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to support those who don't have a real, let alone virtual, home.
Besides spending much too much time on my PC, I also work with the socialist and feminist singing group, VELVET FIST. During the day I'm a music teacher at a college. I used to be a queer activist with the lesbian and gay direct action group OutRage! There's a book about the group - but who's that on the front cover:
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. I play the piano and the 22-key mbira and am working on being a magician.
Fernando Guasch maintains that there has to be more to being gay than simply being funny, fashionable and fabulous. He argues that we will never find love, friendship and acceptance from other gay men unless we stop relying on superficialities and start dealing with the real pain underlying our predicament.
My Favorite Quote:
What is a homosexual?...a man who by his very nature is out of step with the world, who refuses to enter into the system that organises the entire world. The homosexual rejects that, denies that, shatters that whether he wants to or not. For him romance is only a kind of stupidity or deception - for him only pleasure exists. To live with surprises, changes, to take risks, to be exposed to insult: it's the opposite of social constraint, of the social comedy. It follows that if the homosexual accepts more or less to play a role in this comedy, like Proust or Gide, he's cheating, he's lying: everything he says becomes suspect.....
Jean Genet
ANTI-RELIGION
Baptist Watch This is a site to make people aware of the actions of Baptist zealots all over the world. It focuses on cult-like followings like that of Fred Phelps. Fred Phelps is preacher at Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas. He is anti-gay and goes so far to protest at the funerals of gays. His motto is "no tears for queers".
Martin Poulter's Home Page for anti-Scientology stuff.
Besides being a dangerous and abusive cult, Scientologists believe
that millions of years ago the inter-galactic ruler Evil Prince Xemu (boo hiss), solved his overpopulation problem by sending people to Earth and blowing them up in volcanos with hydrogen bombs.
Medialens correcting the distorted vision of the corporate media. This is essential reading for the UK and exposes the failure of the media to tell us the real issues. Sign up for the media alerts.
the DOSSIER - the War on Terrorism Exposed. Oil - Gas - Terrorism The 'War on Terrorism' clearly equates to a smoke screen that masks a hidden agenda. The evidence for this observation can be found within this website in the form of mainstream news web articles, video, audio, leaked & declassified documents and various maps & charts.
USA Boycott These pages look at the growing calls for a boycott of USA goods. There is a list of brand names for USA goods on sale in the UK and links to similar information for other countries.
Urban75 is a magazine from that aims to reflect the true underground scene in the UK, reporting on the hardcore environmentalists, underground ravers, road campaigners, etc. This is pretty cool!
McSpotlight Home Page for the case against McDonalds and information on the McLibel case.
Magic for Socialism is the info page for my favorite socialist magician, Ian Saville.
Mark Thomas Product These are the pages from the Mark Thomas Comedy Show. It's a great mix of comedy and politics. Get on the mailing list (digest recommended!) to see what actions you can be involved in.
Edward King's AIDS Pages Edward works with Gay Men Fighting AIDS, who played a major role in re-gaying AIDS in the UK.
Red Pepper a political and cultural magazine for the left.
Z Magazine is a monthly magazine featuring analysis, commentary, and humor on politics, economics, culture, foreign policy and day-to-day life. Writers include Chomsky.
MUSIC
Spirit Talk Mbira is an ensemble of mbira musicians from Zimbabwe, Germany, Canada, England and the United States under the musical leadership of Chartwell Dutiro.
Dandemutande A resource for Zimbabwean music and culture. Includes information on recordings, books, etc.
IASPM Home Page The WWW site of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music.
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Anti-religion
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