Presque vu XXII

16th September 2007 with 0 Comments

Wikipedia reveals mass editing and input by the usual suspects - The CIA, the Vatican, the British Labour Party and the Church of Scientology.
Thanks to Ann Marie for this one.
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I’ve been exploring the site, Read Print, which offers a free online library of classic texts. There are thousands of volumes to choose from. Similar to [...]

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The Poems in Che’s Green Notebook

13th September 2007 with 3 Comments

The Observer reports that the Mexican publishers, Planeta, are to publish the contents of Che Guevara’s green notebook, which was found among his belongings when he was shot by the CIA in 1967. The notebook has since been kept locked away by the Bolivian military.
The notebook contains 69 poems by Pablo Neruda (Chile), Nicolás [...]

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