Comrades!
The festive season is upon
us. For dedicated subscribers to the Turtle, however, every
month is Christmas. Like St. Nick, the Turtle is red, internationalist
and hyper-mobile. Unlike Santa Claus, however, we spread tidings not
so much of comfort and of joy but of insurgency and revolutionary
zeal.
That said, we're very pleased
with our sackful of articles this month. For the badly behaved, we
present Raj Patel's invective against elites at the WTO in Doha;
Leo Zeilig's interview
with an insurgent; and new writer Naima Bouteldja with a continental
perspective on the anti-war
protests in London. Wisely, we've been noticed by a number of
sites for our critique of Harry
Potter: Slate magazine published a dreary article on the politics
of Potter, and usefully published a link along which thousands of
unsatisfied readers flowed in order to feast upon more succulent fare.
Well done Comrade Adams for boosting the hits of the Turtle -- and
many congratulations on your impending marriage to Liz Stuart, which
will be celebrated on more than one continent. A new
book review from Amy Tabor and more fresh writing will be posted
in early 2002.
We're exceptionally happy
to be able to remind our readers of the Stakhanovite of the Month
Award which we bestowed upon Paul
Dundon in September of this year. Careful watchers of the Turtle
will notice that the site has changed not one whit over the past month.
Except that now the menus work, it downloads faster, and doesn't discriminate
against Linux users. For this, we thank, salute and hail Comrade Paul,
who has once again put his shoulder to the wheel, uploading and downloading
to make our hearts content. He's the codemaster extraordinaire, and
we're very grateful for his hard work.
As we sail into the New
Year, a year that will -- at last! -- witness the Turtle's inevitable,
inexorable triumph over the rest of cyberspace, we end with our usual
plea. The Turtle does not exploit reindeer, gnomes or the helpless.
We depend, as ever, on the constant goodwill of our readers to supply
us with materiel: opinions, reviews, bile, polemic, half-baked ideas,
inventions, etc. The holiday season is just the time to deliver on
those promises extracted by the editors over pints. Get writing, and
make the Turtle soar over the rooftops!
Salutes from under the
Mistletoe!
Avanti!
The Editors
