Hugo Chavez has turned into a global publicist for Noam Chomsky. After making Chomsky’s Hegemony and Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance suggested reading at the UN sales of the book have soared:

After Mr Chavez recommended that anyone wishing to understand “what has been happening in the world through the 20th century” read Professor Chomsky’s [...]

This can’t be good for Venezuelan/US diplomacy but I must say it was good to see a world leader promoting Noam Chomsky like this. If only more would read his work…

Chavez’s speech began:
‘First of all, I would like to invite you very respectfully, to those who have not read this book, to read it’. [...]

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Written and edited by bloggers, the Little Red Book of New Labour Sleaze may not bring down the government but it's sure to give us a good laugh until that day…

Strange.

I used to be a massive Groo fan many years ago and tonight my enthusiasm was fired up again upon discovering the Groo wiki! I’ve got about 80% of the characters releases but this wiki means finding out what the others are and more. Time to re-read my entire collection and get writing I think.