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GREYDOG commented on the diary post Flamenco Barcelona Presents: 50 años sin Carmen Amaya dentro de la Semana de Poesia de Barcelona by GREYDOG.
You’re welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed it and I will try to post more flamenco.
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GREYDOG commented on the diary post Flamenco Barcelona Presents: 50 años sin Carmen Amaya dentro de la Semana de Poesia de Barcelona by GREYDOG.
Yes, it is Flamenco Gitano, OmAli. I watch it live most Friday nights at Flamenco Barcelona, a flamenco school with a stage for live performances, in the gypsy quarter of Gracia,in Barcelona. Last night, an outdoor performance was organized in a nearby square, in honor of Carmen Amaya. I shot the videos that I posted [...]
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GREYDOG commented on the diary post Flamenco Barcelona Presents: 50 años sin Carmen Amaya dentro de la Semana de Poesia de Barcelona by GREYDOG.
Carmen Amaya is Catalan. She was born in the Somorrostro slums of Barcelona in 1913. She is of Romani origin, meaning, she was a gypsy.
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GREYDOG wrote a new diary post: Flamenco Barcelona Presents: 50 años sin Carmen Amaya dentro de la Semana de Poesia de Barcelona
Posted by greydogg, 99GetSmart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DW3J5nQrUc&feature=youtu.be EL JANI: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoqtNDdUuI8&feature=youtu.be MIGUEL DEL TOLEO, BAILAOR JORDI BONELL, GUITARRA ELECTRICA MIGUEL DE LA TOLEA, CANTAOR EDUARDO CORTES, GUITARRISTA MANUEL MASAEDO, PERCUSION EL JANI, JONATAN (ARRELS DE GRACIA) Y EL CORO DE NIÑOS Y LOS POETAS ENRIC CASASSES, BLANCA LLUM VIDAL, DAVID CASTILLO VIERNES 10 DE MAYO 21 h LUGAR PLAZA DEL [...]
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GREYDOG wrote a new diary post: Greece: Repression of the People by the Government
Posted by greydogg, 99GetSmart Today in Athens, the government-of-the-regime showed their real face against the Greek people, the workers and the unions. Within the last two weeks, the rioting police and SWAT teams attacked the metro workers, the municipality workers and now the union PAME. Thirty-five workers, who were engaged in a symbolic occupation of the MInistry [...]
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GREYDOG commented on the blog post Ari Fleischer, Humanitarian
Keep your blood money AND your fear-mongering Ari. :P
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GREYDOG commented on the diary post Invisible Money 5 The Cloud Factory Revisited by IdBing.
Great series Iddhis! Recommended …
Note to editors: Please promote this to the front page of FDL. Thanks. :)
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GREYDOG wrote a new diary post: This Is Your Future 3: Greek Medicine and the ICC
By Iddhis Bing, 99GetSmart Greek Medicine And The ICC
The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she thought: still it had very long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect. - Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI
This article is in three parts: excerpts from and brief [...]
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GREYDOG commented on the diary post Greece: StopCartel TV – Press Release by GREYDOG.
Exactly right BSbafflesbrains
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GREYDOG wrote a new diary post: Greece: StopCartel TV – Press Release
Posted by greydogg and SnakeArbusto, 99GetSmart UPDATE: The audio file (below) is of a statement Dr. Giorgos Kosmopoulos made this morning, December 11, as he waited for news of his impending eviction. He was speaking to those watching his live broadcast from his home via Livestream as he and friends and supporters waited, not knowing when the eviction will begin, and commented [...]
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GREYDOG wrote a new diary post: Greece: Distinguished Physician and Activist Faces Eviction
Posted by greydogg and SnakeArbusto, 99GetSmart It may be difficult for many people, and in particular Americans, to imagine a doctor being evicted from his home for non-payment of rent. But it can happen to a doctor in Greece. And Giorgos Kosmopoulos of Athens is a physician. And not just any physician. He is a thoracic surgeon [...]
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GREYDOG commented on the diary post Greece: Large family with unemployed and disabled members thrown into the street by GREYDOG.
I agree that justice is needed but in the meantime, the Greek people need relief now.
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GREYDOG commented on the diary post Greece: Large family with unemployed and disabled members thrown into the street by GREYDOG.
The father in this family is a heart surgeon. He retired and received his pension for 6 months and then the payments just stopped entirely!!! He only had two months to be reinstated to his previous position. That no longer being an option, he started a private practice but the manufactured IMF humanitarian catastrophe left [...]
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GREYDOG wrote a new diary post: Greece: Large family with unemployed and disabled members thrown into the street
Posted by greydogg and SnakeArbusto, 99Getsmart From the StopCartel Newsdesk: The “fast-track” eviction process in Greece supports state terrorism by robbing citizens of their dignity and their homes. In Athens, a large family of six with unemployed and disabled members are facing the imminent threat of being thrown out onto the street. Their landlord took actions against the [...]
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GREYDOG commented on the diary post NYC Threatens to Shut Down Occupy Sandy Relief Sites by TobyWollin.
Thank you Toby. Recommended and shared on OccupyChicago twitter and FB pages.
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GREYDOG wrote a new diary post: GREECE: The Austerity “Cure” is a Humanitarian Catastrophe
By greydogg and SnakeArbusto, 99GetSmart StopCartel TV broadcasts live from Athens, Greece on Monday and Thursday @ 6 pm Athens time. The following post is a loose transcript of the 26 November 2012 broadcast. – From Brussels: The IMF wants Eurozone finance ministers to agree to a cut in Greece’s debt by €40 billion, but German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble [...] -
GREYDOG wrote a new diary post: Of Luxembourg, London and Paris, and a Lady Named Merkiavelli
By Iddhis Bing, 99GetSmart A GIGANTIC FUNNEL IN LUXEMBOURG Invisible Money 4 At the end of Invisible Money 3, the ink was drying on the latest tax evasion scheme in Marius Kohl’s office at 18, rue du Fort Wedell in Luxembourg’s capital. Kohl, head of the tax bureau at Sociétés 6, was formalizing the tax deal for the [...] -
GREYDOG wrote a new diary post: Monday READ – 12 November 2012
Posted by greydogg, 99GetSmart * CHRONICLES OF A EUROPEAN WINTER A documentary series about austerity in Europe The other greek-like drama. Let’s imagine a country: its economy is completely destabilized by an unprecedented financial crisis originating in Wall Street. In less than a year, the country plunges into recession. The slump in production is combined with a rise [...]
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GREYDOG commented on the blog post The Grand Confusion: The “Fiscal Cliff” is an Austerity Program
Austerity / privatization = fascism repackaged.
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GREYDOG commented on the diary post US Elections: From the “Lesser to the Greater Evil” and the Demise of Critical Liberalism by Professor James Petras by GREYDOG.
Thank you DW.
James Petras is a lifelong activist and a prolific writer. He is a regular contributor on my blog and has given me permission to share his work. His analysis is always spot on.
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