Guardian"
Nepal's former Maoist rebels withdrew plans yesterday to form a new government after their candidate lost Monday's presidential election, tipping the country into renewed political turmoil. After Ramraja Prasad Singh's defeat to Ram Baran Yadav of the Nepali Congress, the leader of the former rebels, Prachanda, said: "We have lost the moral ground to lead." He added that his party would now act as the opposition even though it emerged as the largest party in April's elections. Since then, parliamentary parties have been unable to agree upon a coalition government.
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CUNY Hunter SDSer Freddy Bastone has made an exceptional call for support for an organized, organic and accountable leadership in our student organization. Freddy rightly examines that he calls the "The Problem of Mechanical Attitudes toward Organization." Freddy writes "We need a process of developing organic leadership, thats accountable to the people and can be openly challenged. We then need a more dynamic sense of what leadership means based on raising people's consciousness, lifting people's heads up."
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
My 7 Things
1. All three of my "real" names could be considered first names.
2. Originally I identified as an anarchist.
3. I still dig Bob Marley.
4. Most of my blog posts are written after midnight.
5. I have a man-crush on Billy Bragg.
6. I'm listening to Bob Marley right now.
7. I have a dent in my skull from a football injury.
From Portland IndyMedia: On Sunday afternoon two guerrilla artists brought ladders and a message to dixie mattress company store front on se belmont: they covered the two confederate flag emblems flanking the entrance with two metal sheets spray painted with portraits of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the phrase "I have a dream" amidst onlookers.
From the hispter-reactionary Portland Mercury: The owners of the Dixie Mattress Company at SE 33rd and Belmont had the unfortunate experience of showing up to work this morning to find their property sign had been altered. Where two confederate flags once adorned the awning, were two images of Dr.Martin Luther King, affixed with clothes pegs. Mercury staff Matt Davis concluded that the action was "bullying" to the store owners.
CUNY Hunter SDSer Freddy Bastone has made an exceptional call for support for an organized, organic and accountable leadership in our student organization. Freddy rightly examines that he calls the "The Problem of Mechanical Attitudes toward Organization." Freddy writes "We need a process of developing organic leadership, thats accountable to the people and can be openly challenged. We then need a more dynamic sense of what leadership means based on raising people's consciousness, lifting people's heads up."
