Goldstone and Gaza By Jimmy Carter

 

Goldstone and Gaza

 

By Jimmy Carter

 

Knowing of the ability of Israeli forces, often using U.S. weapons, to strike targets with pinpoint accuracy, it was difficult to understand or explain the destruction of hospitals, schools, prisons, United Nations facilities, small factories and repair shops, agricultural processing plants and almost 40,000 homes.
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Call for Work: Unlikely Stories of the Third Kind

/Unlikely Stories of the Third Kind/, the physical embodiment of all that is UnlikelyStories.org, is now accepting submissions! It will include a CD (suitable for playing in a computer or traditional player), a DVD (suitable for playing in a computer or traditional player), and 400 pages of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, reviews, interviews, and visual art, both in color and black-and-white.

Submissions will be open until March 31, 2010. We will endeavor to answer all mail by May 31. Publication is slated for August, 2010.

/Unlikely Stories of the Third Kind/ will /not/ be a periodical. I don't know if we'll ever attempt something like this again, but we sure as shit won't on this side of the Mayan calendar. So check out the guidelines at http://www.unlikelystories.org/printsubmissions.shtml and get those submissions in, folks. It will truly be better than sex with Jesus.

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AMIRA HASS: On Israel's 'Domination and Its Intoxications'-- AMIRA HASS

On Israel's 'Domination and Its Intoxications'
AMIRA HASS | Accepting the International Women's Media Foundation lifetime achievement award, Amira Hass decries the "official language" that allows her fellow Israelis to avoid reality.

NSA: Fall of Berlin Wall Caused Anxiety More than Joy at Highest Levels

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National Security Archive Update, November 7, 2009

Fall of Berlin Wall Caused Anxiety More than Joy at Highest Levels

Secret Documents Show Opposition to German Unification

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Svetlana Savranskaya/Thomas Blanton - 202/994-7000

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Washington, DC, November 7, 2009 - The fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago generated major anxiety in capitals from Warsaw to Washington, to the point of outright opposition to the possibility of German unification, according to documents from Soviet, American and European secret files posted on the Web today by the National Security Archive.

Solidarity hero Lech Walesa told West German chancellor Helmut Kohl on the very day the Wall would fall that "events in the GDR [East Germany] are developing too quickly" and "at the wrong time," that the Wall could fall in a week or two (it would be a matter of hours) and then Kohl and the West would shift all their attention and aid to the GDR, leaving poor Poland "in the background." And indeed, Kohl cut short his visit to Warsaw and flew back to Germany as soon as the news arrived of the breach of the Wall.

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher earlier had told Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev that "Britain and Western Europe are not interested in the unification of Germany. The words written in the NATO communique may sound different, but disregard them." Top Gorbachev aide Anatoly Chernyaev concluded that Thatcher wanted to prevent unification "with our hands" and not her own.

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Human Rights Watch: Afghans Deserve Change | Iran: Juveniles Sentenced to Death

Human Rights Angst Lingers in Afghanistan >> Published in National Public Radio "I did not vote. The warlords win whoever I vote for," said a young Afghan man who saw his entire family gunned down when he was 11, during the civil war of the early 1990s. One woman decried Karzai's electoral pacts with warlords - in particular the notorious Gen. Dostum, whose men murdered her brother decades ago. "My brother has been eating dust in his grave for 30 years, and here's Dostum still acting like a king." Afghanistan's elections are drawing to a shambolic finale, and the change Afghans desperately want remains out of reach, writes Rachel Reid, Afghanistan specialist. "It is time for President Obama to end his policy review and breathe hope into Afghanistan's bleak landscape." Read more about recommended US policy changes for Afghanistan Iran: Revoke Death Sentences for Juvenile Offenders >> Three Men Await Execution for Alleged Homosexual Conduct When Children Three men accused in separate cases of committing homosexual acts when they were under age 18, have been sentenced to death by Iranian courts. The courts sentenced all three to death despite lacking the evidence required to convict under Iran's shari'a-based criminal code. For example, in at least two cases there were no confessions, nor witnesses against the men. However, the code also allows judges to use their "knowledge" in determining guilt where no such evidence is available, a dangerously broad provision. Putting minors – including those who committed their offence while they were a minor - to death violates international law. No date has been set for their execution, but the lawyer representing two of the men fears it could happen any day. Iran leads the world in executing juvenile offenders. Read more.... More Headlines US: Obama Announces End to HIV Travel Ban President Barack Obama's announcement that national travel and immigration restrictions on people living with HIV will be removed should have positive consequences for public health. Other countries with similar restrictions should follow suit, as restrictions encourage bias and impede effective responses to HIV. Read more Beijing's Abuses Affect Many Issues the United States Holds Dear Published in the Wall Street Journal Since taking office, President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton-both of whom mustered some criticism of China's rights record while they were candidates-have said that human rights shouldn't "interfere" with other issues in the U.S.-China relationship, knuckled preemptively under Chinese pressure not to meet the Dalai Lama, and generally behaved as if the United States has no power in the bilateral relationship. Read more Eastern DR Congo: Surge in Army Atrocities UN Peacekeeping Force Knowingly Supports Abusive Military Operations Congolese armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have brutally killed hundreds of civilians and committed widespread rape in the past three months in a military operation backed by the United Nations. Read more Italy/US: Italian Court Rebukes CIA Rendition Practice Historic Verdict Sentences US Agents in Absentia An Italian court's conviction of 23 agents of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for kidnapping is an historic repudiation of the CIA's crimes. Read more On Israel, Congress Tolerates Abuse Published in The Huffington Post The US Congress gravely insulted hundreds of civilians who were wounded or killed in the most recent war in the Middle East by condemning the report of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict. Those who voted yea are helping to shield those responsible on both sides. Read more India: Reveal Truth about Childbirth Deaths India is falling behind other countries in meeting international commitments to improve obstetric care because it does not adequately monitor deaths and injuries in the critical period following childbirth and fix gaps in its health system and programs. Read more Bahrain: Migrant Workers Denied Pay, Right to Travel Bahrain's Labor Ministry should hold employers who withhold wages and passports from migrant employees accountable. Both practices are illegal under Bahraini law, but authorities do little to enforce compliance. Read more   Follow us on:                 Home | Take Action| Donate

WUK: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out

November 7, 2009

	WUK - Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
	Ben Cain All Gold Melts, 2009		And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out / 2nd chapter on stories and the 'immemorable' / October 28 - November 20, 2009 WUK - Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna http://www.wuk.at
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	Rosa Barba, Ann Böttcher, Ben Cain, Tina Gverovic, Sven Johne, Kristina Kvalvik, Anders Kreuger, Marko Tadic, Slaven Tolj, Judi Werthein Curated by Antonia Majaca and Ivana Bago @ Institute for Duration, Location and Variables (DeLVe) http://www.delve.hr The exhibition And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out is the second part of the trilogy that explores the relation between narrative structures and the notion of the 'immemorable' and which began with the exhibition Stalking with Stories: The Pioneers of the Immemorable at Apexart, New York, 2007. In the book Idea of Prose G. Agamben defines the 'immemorable' as that which 'skips from memory to memory without itself ever coming to mind [and which] is, properly speaking, the unforgettable.' This immemorable, or unforgettable, is an unconscious element that infiltrates the conscious memory and creates an involuntary memory. In Michael Hanake's film Caché, the viewer finds himself in the midst of following a thriller story, a sort of an Agatha Christie plot, which develops around a quest for the mysterious sender of videotapes, disturbing the everyday life of what seems to be an ordinary French citizens and his family. The quest remains unsolved, the sender never identified, and the viewer's expectations are played out as she realizes that behind the surface of the plot, an entirely different drama had been taking place – the drama of colonization, dispossession, predetermined disposif of power relations and collective European guilt. The exhibition And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out explores the relations between the uncanny and the immemorial through similar tensions resulting from points of ruptures between dominant and visible narratives, collective truths and that which is suppressed in order to keep them together; it enlights cracks in the surfaces, the moments of clash between the visible and the hidden, between the articulated and the silenced, but also between the possibility and impossibility of articulation. All works are ventures into story-telling and story-uncovering, ranging from micro-narratives to exploring the ways how these are intertwined with collective and national histories and geopolitical contingencies and how their voicing can disclose and subvert neocolonial imperatives of political domination, economic exploitation and cultural erasure. The exhibition creates a cartography of questioning the Western cultural values of truth and progress as well as the historical narrative manipulated by suppressed and unknown memories. For many works in the exhibition, the storytelling they develope is just a method of searching for the invisible, the unspoken; it encourages the viewer to detect what is below the surface. In this way, the uncanny and sudden confrontations with the inner spaces of trauma, both past and present, become obvious, simultaneously unveiling immemorial geographies and histories that have never entered the dominant narratives. The exhibition is developed through the Institute for Duration, Location and Variables (DeLVe) and supported by The Ministry of Culture, Austria; City of Vienna, City of Zagreb, Foundry Ujevic
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Darger and Tattoos: Learn More at Intuit

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art   A big THANK YOU to everyone who helped make our gala, Visionary Ball: Dreams & Nightmares, such a huge success! With your help, we were able to net over $50,000 in much needed funds for Intuit through ticket sales, a live auction and pledges to our Dream Tree. View photos of this amazing event on Intuit's Flickr page.  The holidays are on their way. Be sure to visit Intuit's Gift Shop for unique gifts, but don't be left out in the cold. The following is our holiday schedule:   Closed: November 26 and 27   Closing at 3pm: December 23   Closed: December 24, 25 and 26   Closing at 3pm: December 31   Closed: January 1 Presentation                                            November 12, 5:30pm The Cellist of Sala Manque Adolf Wölfli, 1911 Prinzhorn Collection, Heidelberg Outsider Art Europe Tour Intuit will host a tour of European outsider art sites March 14 - March 25, 2010, led by Randy M. Vick, Associate Professor of Art Therapy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The focus of our trip will be to visit the historic clinical psychiatry collections and museums as well as private collections, contemporary workshops for artists with disabilities, and artist environments. Join Intuit and Randy on November 12th for a free presentation to learn more about this custom made adventure. Aesthetic Presentation                               November 14, 2-5pm Henry Darger Photo by David Berglund The Life and Work of Henry Darger Presented in conjunction with The Chicago Circle of the Ecole Freudienne du Quebec, please join us for a unique opportunity to learn about this reclusive artist. After viewing the Henry Darger Room Collection, enjoy a presentation that will include a conversation with Kiyoko Lerner, caretaker of Darger's estate, and the screening of a new film on Henry Darger's life and work created by Mark Stokes. This event is free and open to the public. Drag City Release Party                           November 19, 6:30pm Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa   Join Drag City and Twos & Fews for a release party in celebration of Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa. This CD/DVD set profiles several master musicians of the centuries-old North African Sufi trance-healing order called the Gnawa, whose music, dance, and ritual practice synthesize West African animist traditions with mystical Islam. Recorded and filmed by documentarian Caitlin McNally in Marrakech in 2005, Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa features a 35-minute documentary film. Join us at Intuit to enjoy the film, the music and some relevant refreshments. This event is free and open to the public. December Movie Night                                    December 3, 6pm Tattooed Lady by Tom Palazzolo Black as Ink: Three Tattoo Films Join us for an evening of three short films related to tattoo history and culture: Stoney Knows How(1981), by Alan Govenar and Bruce "Pacho" Lane, 29 minutes; Tattooed Lady of Riverview by Tom Palazzolo, 14 minutes; and Fullsuit: A Portrait of Blu-Bak (1991), by Kapra Fleming. After the films, there will be a Q&A session with filmmakers, Tom Palazzolo and Kapra Fleming. Kapra will also be sharing an additional short film on Blu-Bak. $10 non-members $5 Intuit members and students Spotlight On: The Robert A. Roth Study Center The newly added and fully stocked Robert A. Roth Study Center "Pamphlet File" holds a plethora of flyers, exhibition announcements, news clippings, small exhibition catalogs and press releases. It's a great resource for users interested in getting a historical sense of the time and place of the events for which they were produced, as well as for serious researchers hungry for rare, primary source materials. Use our online catalog keyword search 'pamphlet file,' to see the artists, art organizations, fairs and subject headings we have files for, and then contact us to schedule an appointment online to come in and view them in person! Save the Date! November 6 - 8: Visit us at SOFA Chicago December 3, 6pm: Black as Ink - Three Tattoo Films  December 4, 6-8pm: Annual Member Appreciation Reception            Not a member of Intuit? Join today! Opens at Intuit February 12, 2010: The Treasure of Ulysses Davis Become a Member Today!   Intuit is a non-profit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive and self-taught art. As a member of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, you have free access to ongoing exhibits and programs and other benefits. But more importantly, you are a partner in a unique mission. For membership information, please visit www.art.org. Thank you for your consideration and be sure to invite your friends and family!   Contact Information Heather J. Holbus - Program Coordinator Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art 756 N Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL  60642  (please note our new zip code) phone: 312.243.9088  fax: 312.243.9089 intuit@art.org    www.art.org Join our mailing list!

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