"guerilla" recording by londonsoundposse. Sponsored by the Mayor of London with our council tax money
don't bother complaining about the quality!!!
we thought this would be widely available on the web by now, given the enormous mainstream media presence on that chilly morning, but but looking at the web it's like this debate didn't happen. lucky thing we whipped the mic out and pointed it at a speaker!
An important debate between Mayor of London Ken Livingstone and Daniel Pipes the pro-war (sorry pro "victory") US academic about the 'clash of civilisations' thesis and the "war on terror". (Being literate and rational, we just can't write "war on terror" without quote marks. Tried. Failed every time.)
There were thousands of londoners out early saturday 20 january 2007 lining up in the cold to see the debate with substantial pro-israeli , muslim, and anti-war lobbies adding a frisson of excitement to proceedings.
London sound Posse "We Record. You Decide"
well, maybe not.
BTW London's now the greatest city in the world.** No doubt about it!