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United N*****s
by Mark James when this war comes to be blue vs brown and sides are chosen the armed forces vs the united nation flags on their coffins freed and enslaved everything remains my nephew, he’s ordered kill the man standing next to me on this line afraid to […]
Staying Put
by Cody S. Decker Here I sit it’s a sight to see a man of my stature six foot eight in a small man’s chair on a tiny covered porch the rain howls all around it splashes into my drink and dances around this paper flirting with ruining the […]
Film Review – Gonzo: the Life & Work of Hunter S. Thompson
by Deanna Williams Pennell Just finished watching Gonzo on Netflix. It was amazing. I don’t advocate suicide, because in the end you are hurting those around you. Those who need you (which can also put one under pressure). But I do believe Hunter would be even more miserable now. He […]
Fear and Appreciation at the Carnegie Center
by Cody S. Decker I just got home from The Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame induction, where the Grand Poobah of Gonzo became one of the newest members. A lot is going through my head right now. Which means it’s time for me to kick start this old Smith Corona […]
Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation & Apartheid South Africa
A Democracy Now! and Pacifica Radio Archives exclusive: newly discovered recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On December 7, 1964, days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, King gave a major address in London on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for Nelson Mandela […]
Ralph Steadman on Charlie Hebdo, the Right to Offend and Changing the World
BY ROBERT CHALMERS / JANUARY 14, 2015 / Newsweek We were sitting in a bar in Aspen, Colorado, almost 20 years ago, I remind Ralph Steadman, when he first told me that he’d become a cartoonist because he wanted to change the world. It wasn’t the first time he’d made […]
Saudi Arabia set to resume flogging of activist, Raif Badawi
from Amnesty International & CNN The Saudi Arabian authorities have an opportunity to improve their appalling human rights record by heeding the international outcry about the public flogging of Raif Badawi and halting it immediately, said Amnesty International. The organization has learned that the imprisoned activist, who was sentenced to 10 […]
TTIP – or “Fuck Democracy”, says the corporate Lobby
By: Mark A. Linnhofer I came across the Transatlantic Trade And Investment Partnership on one of those hung-over Sunday mornings where everything just seems kind of shitty through the haze of pain killers, weed, and the remaining blood-alcohol-level. I was unsuspectingly skimming through a variety of news, when a commentary […]
The VICE Netherlands Designer Drug Awards 2014
By Thijs Roes and David Meulenbeld, This post originally appeared on VICE Netherlands Every year around 40 new research chemicals are introduced to the market. These are then tried and tested by drugs nerds, psychonauts, and vendors hoping to have a new hit on their hands. While some of these […]