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The violence which liberal critics found so offensive has survived intact. Aldrich sets up dispensable characters with no past and no future, as Marvin reprieves a bunch of death row prisoners, forges them into a tough fighting unit, and leads them on a suicide mission into Nazi France. Apart from the values of team spirit, cudgeled by Marvin into his dropout group, Aldrich appears to be against everything: anti-military, anti-Establishment, anti-women, anti-religion, anti-culture, anti-life. Overriding such nihilism is the super-crudity of Aldrich’s energy and his humour, sufficiently cynical to suggest that the whole thing is a game anyway, a spectacle that demands an audience. [ wikipedia ]

pict by [ dewil.ch ] (cc) JHB, December 11 2011

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pict by [ dewil.ch ] (cc) Johannesburg, August 9 2011

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Despite U.N. Ban, Mandela Meets Qaddafi in Libya […] Mr. Mandela said that he had spent 27 years in jail rather than abandon his principles and that he felt the same way about his debt to Colonel Qaddafi for his support in the struggle against apartheid. «This man helped us at a time when we were all alone,» Mr. Mandela said. [ NYT, October 23 1997 ]

pict by [ dewil.ch ] (cc) JHB, September 3 2011

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The family was criticized for poor training of Bo by Dog Whisperer host and professional dog trainer Cesar Millan, based on photos where the dog was allowed to walk ahead while on a leash. [ Bo ät wikipedia ]

pict by [ dewil.ch ] (cc) Berlin, September 25 2011

Orlando Stadium, June 16, 2011

Many students who later participated in the protest arrived at school that morning without prior knowledge of the protest, yet agreed to become involved.

Orlando Stadium, June 16, 2011

The protest was intended to be peaceful and had been carefully planned by the Soweto Students’ Representative Council’s (SSRC) Action Committee, with support from the wider Black Consciousness Movement.

Orlando Stadium, June 16, 2011

Orlando Stadium, June 16, 2011

The Soweto Uprising, also known as «June 16», was a series of student-led protests in South Africa that began on the morning of June 16, 1976.

Orlando Stadium, June 16, 2011

Students from numerous Sowetan schools began to protest in the streets of Soweto, in response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools.

Orlando Stadium, June 16, 2011

An estimated 20 000 students took part in the protests, and roughly 176 people were killed. The 16th of June is now a public holiday, Youth Day, in South Africa, in remembrance of the events in 1976.

Orlando Stadium, June 16, 2011

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audio recording of Antoinette Sithole [ Audio File, June 16, 1976 ]
txt wikipedia [ Soweto uprising ]
picts by [ dewil.ch ] (cc) JHB, June 16 2011