Six of the Best 357

Gareth Epps welcomes a new report by the Liberal Democrats' race equality taskforce. He says it "the subject of a joint conference on Saturday in London held by Social Liberal Forum (London) and Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats (EMLD). The Conference features the party’s deputy leader Simon Hughes MP, Business Secretary Vince Cable MP and (among others) a former Premiership footballer and Show Racism The Red Card campaigner. (I’m saying a few words too, but don’t let that put you off)." More about the conference here.

Hurry over to the Libertine to see who won the Liberal Youth elections.

Obama, Merkel and all the other G8 illuminati are coming to Eniskillen for a G8 meeting, says Blood & Treasure, but what they will see is not the real town but "postmodern potemkinism".

"Police officers, security guards, or self-appointed vigilantes extrajudicially killed at least 313 African-Americans in 2012 according to a recent study. This means a black person was killed by a security officer every 28 hours. The report notes that it's possible that the real number could be much higher." Adam Hudson  writes on Alternet about the publication of the report "Operation Ghetto Storm".

Good Morning Britten previews the British Library exhibition "Poetry In Sound: The Music of Benjamin Britten", which opened today and runs until 15 September.

"We are taking a walk today from Lochgelly, via Lumphinnans, to Cowdenbeath in search of Lawrence Storione, founder of the Anarchist Communist League in 1908." Why not tag along with The Fife Psychogeographical Collective?