now, that's a meal

careful with this. sounds like austerity politics to me.
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/23/if_the_risk_is_low_let

there's been several examples now of authorities using may day vandalism as an excuse to hold people. putting the politics aside, it seems to be me like the pragmatic thing is for activists to stay away from thugs.
http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2013/12/23/grand-jury-resistor-jerry-koch-bids-for-freedom/

no sane person thinks we should freeze in the dark to make an ideological point.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/12/24/christmas_for_many_wont_be_the_same_wynne.html

http://libcom.org/blog/pussy-riot-released-pr-stunt-olympic-proportions-24122013
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20835-food-security-can-come-in-tiny-wiggly-packages
http://www.democracynow.org/2005/11/17/pentagon_reverses_position_and_admits_u
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=11244
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/news/beyond-cute-and-cuddly/story-e6frg8gf-1111114841214

there has been talk of a reinvasion of iraq for a little while now.

there's a clear comparison in palestine. they ran elections. the americans didn't like the results, so the elections didn't count.

it's sort if the same thing. this maliki guy is a bit of an authoritarian, but the bigger problem is that he's aligned with iran. but of course he is. he's shia. this hypothetical "shia power to replace iran" thing was always a pipe dream, because the threat of oppression by saudi arabia is too great. iran is the lesser evil from a shia perspective and nothing can be done to change the calculus besides take the saudis out of the equation, which would defeat the point in the first place.

so, this shouldn't surprise anybody.

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/27/iraq-d27.html