It's been rather quiet here lately, time has not allowed much musicmaking - apart from the traditional Marxist Christmas songs of course - but I thought I could try to do something I have been thinking of for a while - collecting a few of the many lovely hip-hop tracks with thematics around all those lovely peacekeepers that permeate society to keep us all nice, safe, warm and cosy. It's not really a mixtape as it's just a collection of videos and links of stuff that's available online, but i could have been... So, without further ado:

If you want a few socialist laughs and magic tricks, you could do worse than checking out Ian Savilles website: http://www.redmagic.co.uk/video

Iceland was one of the first countries that was hit real hard from the economic crisis. To evaluate the situation on the island now, a couple of years after the economic brakedown, I went to Reykjavik to have a chat with a couple of representatives of the alterglobalisation movement Attac, which was startet in Iceland after the crisis. I may be neither Jon Stewart nor Freddie Skavlan, but the discussions were interesting nevertheless.

The conversation moves through various themes. The economic situation in Iceland after the Economic crisis, the political situation, the relationship to the European Union, the activities of Attac Iceland, the Kafkaesque process against the so-called "Reykjavik nine" demonstrators, and the Icesave-deal. Watch the videos below:

IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID: This first part is about the economic situation on Iceland.

Robert Fisk writes about "The truth behind the Israeli propaganda" in The Independent:
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-the-t...

Israel’s Explanation for Deadly Gaza Aid Attack "Full of Holes as a Window Screen"–Former U.S. Ambassador Edward Peck:

From Democracy Now:
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/2/israels_explanation_for_deadly_gaza...

After Don Rosa laid down his pencil, Disney comics has beeen in a sorry state. With all the artists gone, only craftsmen of varied quality remain. Luckily we can still reminice over the old classics, and this site, has collected quite a few:
http://disneycomics.free.fr

Du trodde vel ikke vi var ferdige med rapportere fra Attac-konferansen i februar ennå? Langt i fra. Her har vi et oppsamlingsheat med et lite knippe godbiter. Seierstad og Dietrich kommer med noen korte og poengerte kommentarer fra avslutningsmøtet, og Gudmundsson brilierer i et spontant bokbad i foajeen i lunchen. Enjoy!

Dag Seierstad snakker om krisehåndtering og forholdet mellom arbeiderbevegelsen og miljøbevegelsen på avslutningsmøtet under Attac-konferansen "En annen verden er mulig - men hvilken?" Konferanse om økonomiske alternativer og deltakende demokrati i Oslo 5. - 7. februar 2010

We continue our coverage of the Attac-conference "Another World is Possible - Which One?" at Håndverkeren konferansesenter Oslo, Norway 5.-7. february 2010 with the famous English author and activist Hillary Wainwrights (England) talk "Reclaim the state - introduction to popular democracy".

Professor Richard Wilkinsons forskning er tidligere referert her på Venstresida.net, men nå har han vært i Norge og deltatt på et Manifest-møte. Referat fra møtet er her:
http://www.frifagbevegelse.no/politikk_ff/article4843806.ece

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