Well look who the cat dragged =
in...
Greetings all,
For those who don't remember me I'm a =
former=20
bananafish alumni who generally prayed aloud and shot his mouth off on =
this list=20
for a couple of years who has arduously been building a multilingual,=20
multicultural online journal and community of arts and ideas, http://www.towerofbabel.com , =
for a few=20
years. In fact content from a couple of past and present bananafish is =
on the=20
site, including Jim Rovira's piece on Catcher in the Rye. (Hi Jim! =
...and=20
Tim and Will and Sundeep and Brendan and etc)
Anyway, if Tim would allow my APB =
indulgence=20
just this once, Jim just sent me =
a couple of=20
posts about the Seattle riots from a couple of bananafish and I just =
thought I'd=20
mention that Babel hasn't had a Feature for a few months so I've been =
very busy=20
this week being completely consumed by the events (I live in the Seattle =
area)=20
while simultaneously hitting as many mailing lists and discussion forums =
about=20
WTO as I can seeking Anti-WTO protest =
eyewitnesses. If you have been a part of any of the demonstrations =
against the=20
World Trade Organization not just in Seattle but anywhere else, Babel =
would love=20
to feature your up close and personal accounts with the possibility of =
having=20
your content and/or photographs/video featured in our pages in whichever =
language you can translate it into as long as it is also in English.=20
So far I've had quite a few =
bites:
A student=20
at Reed College with plans to be an organizer and public =
interest
lawyer who=20
came to protest who can also translate her piece into Spanish.
A =
webcast=20
engineer for a Net firm downtown who protested all day with =
his
friends and=20
then had a conversation for a few hours with a few of the
delegates, =
he has=20
40 minutes of protest video he wants to stream on my site,
he also =
went to=20
the Jello Biafra, Krist Novoselic et al anti WTO Band
Another =
woman in=20
her twenties who works as a union organizer for the Service
Employees =
International Union Local 6 here in Seattle. The SEIU =
contingent
was=20
about 500 strong
And a freelance writer and activist working on=20
globalization issues who is
based in London normally and also has =
info on the=20
protests that happened
globally - in India, Geneva, Mexico, =
Panama,Paris, etc=20
etc.
And that's just the first few bites.
Watching =
the police=20
standoff at the KFC down from the Comet at 2 in the
morning in the =
pouring=20
rain before it ended in tear gas has got to be the
most surreal thing =
I have=20
ever witnessed on television. The Comet is my old stomping grounds. I =
used to=20
practically pay rent on that place. I know that block better than the =
back of my=20
hand.
So please pass along=20
as you see fit:
Babel, the multilingual, multicultural online =
journal and=20
community of arts
and ideas is seeking Anti-WTO protest eyewitnesses. =
If you=20
have been a part
of any of the demonstrations against the World Trade =
Organization not just
in Seattle but anywhere else, Babel would love =
to=20
feature your up close and
personal accounts with the possibility of =
having=20
your content and/or
photographs/video featured in our pages in =
whichever=20
language you can
translate it into as long as it is also in English. =
For more=20
information
email Malcolm Lawrence, Editor-in-Chief at malcolm@towerofbabel.com
I hope the list is going well. Happy =
Holidays=20
everyone! I'm going to Rome for New Years to visit some friends and =
finally meet=20
the Italian translator of my first (still unpublished but available on =
the Babel=20
site) novel. And what better place to spend Jubilee, breaking open the =
brand new=20
millennium in the capital city of the former empire which once =
crucified=20
but now is the last surviving patriotic stronghold of the man who is the =
hinge=20
of history for most of the planet whose birthday is what the millennium =
is=20
centered around. Go figure. If he had a grave he'd be spinning in it.=20
;-)
So in light of this recent martial law =
in our fair=20
city (and if it could happen in Seattle it could happen anywhere) just =
remember=20
to keep a clean nose and watch the plainclothes. You don't need a =
weatherman to=20
know which way the wind blows.
Take care of each other,
Malcolm =
Lawrence
Editor-in-Chief
Babel: The=20
multilingual, multicultural online journal of arts and ideas.
http://www.towerofbabel.com
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