Looking For Eric, directed by Ken Loach
Speech Therapy, by Speech Debelle (Big Dada Records)
Indonesian villagers blockade nickel mine, win concessions
Villagers in Sorowako, Sulawesi, blockaded a major road to a mine owned by Inco, Indonesia's largest nickel company, after it announced restructuring plans.
New report on the state of the worker's movement in China
China Labour Bulletin published a report based on a study of 100 different workers' protests, which found that workers there are becoming more effective in organising outside union structures.
Wendy and Lucy, directed by Kelly Reichardt
Recent events in China (July)
Taxis strikes, environmental protests, sit-ins and the aftermath of other events previously reported on libcom.
Sources for news on Asia
I'm going to be posting links to news from Asia (mainly China and Taiwan) for me or others to write up later. For reference, here is a list of sources I currently use to find news.
Goldacre: 'Argument is about capitalism, not food '
I blame the parents!
State of Play, directed by Kevin Macdonald
Impressions on the commute
For the last three months I've been spending a good portion of my time in commute-land, a rattling, faded bastion of middle-class conservatism and low-level lebensraum crammed into the 08.30 from Norwich to London.
Hopefully, this is soon to come to a blessed end and I can start waking up in a London bed, with London traffic and London impoliteness to look forward to as I make the jump from Suffolk buh to City cynic. Which makes this a good time to have a think about exactly what I learned on the trip down.
In the Loop, directed by Armando Iannucci
Endgame, written by Paula Milne, Channel 4
MMA and straightedge - nazis fuck off
Hoax academic articles, media meddling, and problems with 'open access' as it exists.
Some recent hoax articles are demonstrating the flaws in the control of information and particularly academic publishing. A recent hoax demonstrates that, so long as you are willing to pay, you can get anything published, even computer generated mumbo-jumbo. And if you can't pay, you either don't publish, or the company owns the product of your labour. Open access isn't as open as it seems.
Five Minutes of Heaven, by Guy Hibbert, BBC 2
The Wire, by David Simon and Ed Burns, BBC 2
The Red Riding trilogy, based on novels by David Peace, Channel 4
Acpo chief, you're one low-expectation-having motherf*cker.
A quote piece by the Times from Sir Ken Jones, head of the Association of Chief Police Officers reminded me of Chris Rock's most famous, and funny skit.