greetings from Kanemoto of Club Noon:
今回の摘発を受けて現在の法律では「無許可営業」ということは免れないと痛感しました。そして、この摘発をもってClub DAWN～NOONの歴史は終わったと観念しました。
現在私は、起訴され保釈として釈放されています。これから公判される身なのですが、支援していただける弁護士団と共に、行き過ぎた捜査に対して戦う所存です。そして、NOONや私に関わった方々で、「SAVE THE NOON」という活動が起こっていると留置場の中で知らされたときは、驚きと共に大変元気づけられました。そこで、25年間クラブに関わってきた私としましては、風営法という整合性のとれていない法律がクラブを規制していることに対してどうしても納得ができませんので、留置場の中でこの法律の改正に務めることを決意しました。「SAVE THE NOON」の成功を心より願います。

"My initial reaction was to contact Mr Gove and invite him to shadow me for a full week, at school and at home, working days and the weekend. This would demonstrate to him that teachers are already “working as long as is required to do the job”, not just the 32.5 hours he quoted. It would show him how far off the mark his 8 or 16 pupil class sizes really are. It would allow me to introduce him to children who, for a variety of reasons, simply are not capable of achieving five A* to Cs including English and maths. It would also allow me to show him that not being able to reach that level of formal education doesn’t mean those individuals can’t be of value to society.

"What good would such an offer have done, though? Mr Gove would surely have politely turned me down. My next thought was to keep a timesheet and send it to him."

via Anna: "Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee drew cheers at the Women in the World summit Friday morning, telling the crowd, “It’s time for women to stop being politely angry.”

AMY GOODMAN: Ah, Billy Bragg.

"I thank you for playing the ... clip of Congressmen Issa explaining that I was not an appropriate witness. I can’t think whose voices would be more appropriate than the women who are affected by this policy."

"There is no historical evidence to support the idea that we can change the system through elections, yet many on the left keep pushing this. Why? Because we don't think we have the ability to create a large enough movement. But we do have that ability."

ym's take...

"Tim went up to another one. 'Do you think we could chitchat?' he proposed.

"The cop shook his head.

"Tim tried two more police officers. Each time, he used the absurd word 'chitchat.' I began to feel love for Tim."

the... best. this book... I must

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