Why demonstrations matter, read, learn, agitate.

In the surah titled Jonah in the Koran it assures us that there is, in fact, free will. Behold,

Indeed, in no way does God wrong people, but people wrong themselves

Red Lentils

Garlic

Lemon

Ginger

Dash of Salt

Boil and Eat

Better!

Confront the Mouth and its red thirst with this too relevant and brilliant animation.

On the same note, sister, rejoice in this splendid tune.

With the most natural love and solidarity to the struggle in Honduras from New York. Watch this poignant coverage of the coup in Honduras with Amy Goodman.

Talk about Honduras in your common spaces with the people around you, better yet, call or write to your congressperson to put pressure on Obama and Hillary to talk more firmly and to take action against the military hooligans in Honduras. The people, and their collective vision – too beautiful to be denied.

Democracy NOW!

Check out coverage by the New York Times here with an awesome picture of LGBT activists celebrating. CNN has semi-cool coverage (semi being the too serious look of the reporter, cool being the exhilarating footage of the streets of Delhi packed with people celebrating). Apparently the world seems to be in the midst of a new sexual revolution with brave new words, fearless faces, and broader identities. From New York, solidarity with the sexual struggle in India. Well done friends.

एकजुटता न्यूयॉर्क से. भारत में अच्छा काम दोस्तों

No, Independence Day does not mean the same thing for everyone. Read, what Frederick Douglass has to say about the Fourth of July. Then, watch Brian Jones, read an excerpt from his speech. Happy Chinese Fireworks Day!

On the corner of Jorge Luis Borges and Paraguay in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo at a cafe, I found the most curious magazine. The publication is called La Mano (The Hand) and the April 2009 issue sported, on its cover, a splendid photo of Miles Davis in all of his musical glory. Amongst the magazine’s many articles of Miles Davis and his life of drugs, is an article on the minimal social effects of marijuana versus other, more illicit drugs, like alcohol and cocaine. Pipo Lernourd, in Spanish, explains this awesome tidbit on cocaine…

Es bueno recordar que la cocaína, que es elaborada con solventes y quimicos tóxios en laboratorios truchos, es la droga que se consume en el Congreso Nacional, la droga de los políticos, de los torturadores, de las fuerzas de (in)seguridad y de todos los personajes que navegan en el gran mundo de currupción y violencia, pasados de rosca y dispuestos a todo.

WORD

This is the quote translated…

It is important to remember that cocaine, which is manufactured with toxic solvents and chemicals in bootleg laboratories, is the drug that is consumed in the National Congress, it is the drug of politicians, of torturers, of the forces of (in)security, and of all the characters that navigate the great world of corruption and violence, shameless folks capable of anything.

Sad, that in such a beautiful place like Buenos Aires such a horrible drug like cocaine is not only popular but cheap and readily available. Come on Latino América, its time for a chemical change, something that can actually benifit society and the environment.

This is Sir. J. Lubbock

This is one of his quotes,

Among others a dead blue-bottle fly was pinned down, and after vain
efforts at removal the selected ant hied home, and emerged with
friends who slowly, and evidently incredulously, followed their guide.
The latter starting off at a great pace distanced them, and they
returned, again, however, to be informed, come out, and at length be
coaxed to the prey. In the several experiments with different species
of ants and under varied circumstances, these seem to indicate the
possession by ants of something approaching language. It is impossible to doubt that the friends were brought out by the first ant, and as she returned empty-handed to the nest the others cannot have been induced to follow merely by observing her proceedings. Hence the conclusion that they possess the power of requesting their friends to come and help them.

My definition of “Chicos” was published by Urban Dictionary. This definition comes from my experiences in Buenos Aires and the context of the word in Argentina. Behold,

curious crowd of youngsters hanging about, talking amongst themselves, probably smoking something or reading a poem

People of Influence

This great “wiki-painting” by artist Zhang An. Huge painting of people from around the world and throughout history of significant influence, click on the subjects in the painting for their wiki page. Neat!