Month: December 2015
DAESH VS. THE TALIBAN
Daesh released a new video on Monday claiming the Taliban leadership has deviated from the righteous path. The video is highly produced and distributed by Daesh’s official Telegram channel. The video comes five days after reports emerged that the Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was badly wounded in […]
Poetic Zoetic Rebel Verse
Note from the Managing Editor: as the snow falls or the sand flies, chase this grey goose of a consumer holiday with a short collection of poems by critically acclaimed Gonzo Today staff writer, Saira Viola. Read them yourselves or let Saira’s soothing tones help your head to not explode. […]
MEDIA INTERESTS
A new media watchdog report states global media outlets are slanting their coverage of the refugee crisis toward a right-wing populist perspective. The Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) states that media behavior is allowing conservative politicians to exploit fear to acquire political gain. Media outlets in the 14 country study […]
Mudita
From the Lion of Verse, Heathcote Williams … Heathcote Williams’ new book: Royal Babylon A Case Against the Monarchy
BLACK LIVES MATTER
In Baltimore, the judge presiding over the trial of William Porter, the first police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, declared a mistrial on Wednesday. Gray died while in police custody in April. The jury twice decided it couldn’t come to a unanimous verdict. Porter was indicted for […]
DRUMS OF WAR
Privacy and civil liberty advocates are organizing to block a dubious piece of cybersecurity legislation that was slipped into a massive, “must-pass” federal spending bill in Congress. The tactic is a way to make the additions virtually unstoppable. Speaker Paul Ryan announced the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill on […]
Sanders and Trump Don’t Stand a Chance
Hunter Thompson had it right when he said, “Politics is the art of controlling your environment.” As it stands, we have two parties with top tier demagogues using class/wealth on one side and race/religion on the other who have evidently mastered the art of environment control. Sun Tzu couldn’t have […]
A Collection of Cackles
by Ashley Beth We are a collection of cackles Bearing scars of spirit on our backs From the time the Shaman had the Devil whip us Right around the time our happiness Cracked Each and every one of us Bear this same scar marking It unites us in our […]
The Gonzo Today Interview: Alison Playford
by Saira Viola photos courtesy Alison Playford Alison Playford is a rising British actor with a social conscience and an appetite for rebellion and revolution, but you won’t find her gracing the pages of Hello magazine or the gossip columns of the Daily Mail. You may, however, find her […]
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