Newsletter 306

[1]My Reaction To Osama Bin Laden's Death
Links:
1. http://b.rw/jTc1cV

Noam Chomsky | Guernica | 6 May 2011

It was a planned assassination in violation of international law. "We might
ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W
Bush’s compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic"
[2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/my-reaction-osama-bin-ladens-death

[3]The Lonely War
Links:
3. http://b.rw/l7CO4C

Eric Pape | LA Weekly | 5 May 2011

Bizarre story of a US accountant who attempted to overthrow totalitarian
regime in Cambodia. Now prosecuted and facing life imprisonment in America
despite judge admitting he was not a bad man, just unlucky with his country
of birth [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/lonely-war

[5]Martyrs' Day
Links:
5. http://b.rw/lkCvEb

Amina A | Gay Girl In Damascus | 6 May 2011

Blogpost from Syrian protests. "Today, I went into the streets. On every
corner, there were security forces, party militiamen, all the thugs of the
regime. Someone near me wondered if there were any apes left in the Nusayri
hills" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/martyrs-day

[7]Fall Of The Female In Kids’ Movies
Links:
7. http://b.rw/iVOILW

Stefan | Persephone | 3 May 2011

"One of the unfortunate (and surprising) side-effects of the triumph of
computer-generated animation was the death of the female protagonist in
children’s movies. Think of female leads in Pixar movies. There aren’t any.
Not one" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/fall-female-kids’-movies

[9]One Hundred Years Of Mississippi Blues
Links:
9. http://b.rw/jtRQOE

Denise Sullivan | Crawdaddy | 6 May 2011

8 May 2011 marks 100 years since the birth of Robert Johnson. He left only
29 songs, but his music shaped folk, rock, blues and soul. Good read on a
groundbreaking musician. Thanks to @damienjoyce for alerting us [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/one-hundred-years-mississipi-blues

[11]World View
Links:
11. http://b.rw/k2sm3N

Various | BBC | 5 May 2011

Stunning audio slideshow of entries for Travel Photographer of the Year.
Competition promoted by Royal Geographical Society, some of whose best
archive images are interspersed among this year's entrants. Seven minutes
well spent [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/world-view

FiveBooks Interview

[13]Amy Chua on Being a Mother
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/amy-chua-on-being-mother

Author of self-satirising memoir on ambitious "tiger mothers" discusses the
books about parenting that have made the most impact on her