Category Archives: travel

Flying While Anarchist: The Black Bloc Whipping Boy For the Security State

The anarchist ideology invoked as justification for Culatto’s treatment is a common whipping boy for the left and right alike.
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Ace of Base’s Stockholm: An Interview with Ulf Ekberg

The perfect ambassador for all things Sweden is famous for, Ace of Base's Ulf Elkberg takes us on a tour of Stockholm and shares us some of his secrets about the town.
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What IS Sarah Palin’s America? Following her “One Nation” bus tour

After so many years of hearing Palin speak about “Real America,” it’s undeniably exciting to see her actually try to define the damn thing.
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Searching for David Bowie in London

I like the idea of Bowie the man but what I wanted from London was the glam-rock god (or ghost).
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Primavera festival: transported by sound

Every element of sight and sound works in harmony to cast thousands into personal raves at the earliest of hours.
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Racial profiling in airports: not a simple case of black & white

I suspect that the next series of airline attacks may be carried out by white Westerners.
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Get to Northern Cyprus before unification

There was a very intense checkpoint that we had to cross.
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Kuala Lumpur: from Tall Towers to the Batu Caves

If you're going to visit the towers, bring a book - the wait to get up there can last for hours.
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Toronto: where to shop, what to see

Besides sporting attractions, you have to check out Toronto's churches, such as St. Michael's Cathedral. For sinners, I recommend shopping and eating on Bloor Street.
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Speeding through Montreal

Montreal’s name - you guessed it - comes from “Mount Royal.”
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