from novinite.com
A Bulgarian organizer and ‘zine publisher describes current anarchist projects in his country, discussing how Really Really Free Markets work in an eastern European context and addressing the local relevance of CrimethInc. texts from the United States. Contacts are included for those hoping to connect with anarchists between Sofia and the Black Sea.
This I found searching about the 60 years ince the Nakba or the creation of the state of Israel.
After I saw it I think I understood why I believe in peace less and less lately, what can you do, that humanity :), you cant stop it 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/06/iraq
A $5bn (£2.5bn) tourism and development scheme for the Green Zone being hatched by the Pentagon and an international investment consortium would give the heavily fortified area on the banks of the Tigris a “dream” makeover that will become a magnet for Iraqis, tourists, business people and investors. About half of the area is now occupied by coalition forces, the US state department or private foreign companies.
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He acknowledged that any project would face formidable difficulties: “There is no sewer system, no working power system. Everything here is done on generators. No road repair work. There are no city services other than the minimal amount we provide to get by.”
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For many Baghdad residents, the Green Zone has been a no-go area for years, first under Saddam and now under the occupation. “What do I care?” shrugged one, Ahmed Hussein. “I don’t have electricity, I don’t have fresh water and I don’t have a job.”
par Etienne Jaboeuf
Je retrouve Mehdi en fin d’après-midi à Üsküdar, sur la rive asiatique. Son discours est insolite et ne me surprends guère. Mais je ne peux qu’y adhérer faute de contradicteur et d’avoir une connaissance suffisante du pays. Les Turcs ne sont un peuple qui ne produit plus rien et qui a perdu son identité du fait de la sécularisation et du changement d’écriture dans les années 1930. C’est un peuple qui est en proie à des difficultés et qui n’est dès lors pas « dangereux » pour les européens, car il va à marche forcée vers un Occident qui ne leur permet pas de le suivre. L’attitude des gens est en réalité trompeuse : ainsi, les filles voilées peuvent n’être pas religieuses, mais juste « coquettes ».
An investigation of NYT which shows how the Pentagon used “military analysts” to brainwash audiences and “military analysts” used connections with Pentagon to get contracts for their arms firms.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp
“To the public, these men are members of a familiar fraternity, presented tens of thousands of times on television and radio as “military analysts” whose long service has equipped them to give authoritative and unfettered judgments about the most pressing issues of the post-Sept. 11 world.
Hidden behind that appearance of objectivity, though, is a Pentagon information apparatus that has used those analysts in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance, an examination by The New York Times has found.”
By Vassil
Part 1 - Too much Culture
There is an old saying, an oxymoron, which is often brought up in conversations in Bulgaria – ‘Too much good is not good!’. My recent trip to Kardzhali, a town in Southeast Bulgaria with a significant ethnic Turkish population, made me wonder – what is behind the increased interest of governments or powerholders in promoting culture? Does the sudden interest in the public good of culture signal tensions, wars and antagonisms?
Here’s the link to a highly entertaining article by Gábor Miklósi which explores some of the paradoxes of Schengen in Central Europe.
La Route de la Soie ou la premiere d’un jeune baroudeur parisien
par Etienne Jaboeuf
28 juillet 2004, Karachi
Karachi : une ville qui s’étend à perte de vue du hublot de notre avion. Après notre descente d’avion, nous sommes accueillis dans les locaux de l’aéroport international Mohammad-Ali Jinnah par une musique sourde ; nos passeports tamponnés par les agents des douanes pakistanais, nous nous dirigeons vers la porte de sortie que je perçois comme une lumière aveuglante, qui, une fois franchie, laisse la place à une immense foule ou plutôt un attroupement, qui scandent des noms et des mots dans une langue qui m’est inconnue. C’est la première fois que je foule le territoire d’un pays au-delà du détroit des Dardanelles, conformément au serment que je m’étais fait à moi-même l’année précédente.
Its 4 in the morning. Snows falls, blankets of snow fall and cover the city. The bus reaches the outskirts and starts turning in the empty streets. The Serbian driver speeds up. The little Bosniak and her French boyfriend are still asleep. The city is also sleeping. No light in the windows, no shops open, no pedestrians walking the streets. Perfect conditions for someone to look carefully for the ghosts of the city before the day push them back in their nest.
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