In today’s Times the difficult article about the Apple Foxconn factory in Chengdu, China. Like so many stories it implicates all of us. But this time we must connect human misery with the bright, uplifting futuristic world of the i-Pad. Hard to look, hard to look away. Ask Siri.
The world is speaking out (with artists in the front lines), against the detention and punishment of Ai Weiwei for doing what artists must do every day everywhere: telling the truth. Architect, designer, artist, citizen, he has been challenging the government of China on its censorship policies, as well as its overall disregard for human … Read more
Blacklisted from academia and barred from publishing in China, Mr. Liu has been harassed and detained repeatedly since 1989, when he stepped into the drama playing out on Tiananmen Square by staging a hunger strike and then negotiating the peaceful retreat of student demonstrators as thousands of soldiers stood by with rifles at the ready. … Read more
Moments in the never ending carnival of crazy with names funny enough to make anyone, especially George Orwell, shake, rattle and roll. 1. The Simon Weisenthal TOLERANCE MUSEUM is being built on a 400 year-old Palestinian gravesite. From the Times of London: “What the UN can do is limited but they can investigate and raise … Read more
