Gavin Brewis

"Like the conversation between the sword and the neck". Ghassan Kanafani highlights the inherent contradictions and detachment in Western media interviews. A Marxist-Leninist and active member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Kanafani was assasinated on 8th July, 1972.

Interesting framing. So, for MPs, who make c.£94k per year, low income is the reason for the corruption? But when the poor, who struggle on around one-fifth of that amount, commit crime as a means for survival, it's inherent, and a matter of moral degradation? Welcome to the class war.

Murdering and gassing their own people? They've a history of it! On 13th May 1985 in West Philadelphia, police laid siege to a rowhouse occupied by MOVE – a Black liberation group – trying to force them out. First the gunfire, then the tear gas, and then the unthinkable... 1/3

Last night, Trump's America bombed Caracas, Venezuela. This is a horrific act of war that signals wider problems globally. For anyone who doesn't know, Venezuela are a strategic ally of China. Such acts of aggression will, therefore, not be met well in Beijing. More to follow.

You'll struggle to see a better video than this all weekend. 🧵 The Source (1994) Barrowlands, sponsored by @redbull.com. The interviewer is Scots DJ and Presenter Ewan MacLeod, who passed away suddenly in 2020 at just 48 years old (RIP).

Few better places in the entire world than the North of Scotland on a sunny day. A nice wee weekend and a very relaxing journey there and back. Back to it today but good to get away from the madness of the city for some breathing space. Happy Monday, my friends.