Thomas Goltz

I have long been in the habit of making periodic mass emails about recent activities to a long list of subjects hopefully appreciative friends and acquaintances. 

Most of these personal postings were written in the face of grinding frustration: modern journalism has changed so much over the past decade that I often find it almost impossible to "place" a story or OpEd the way I used to do, so I hit the mass-email 'send' button. 

This might irritate some. But just as often, my friends send me praise for my work and invite me to post more, with the understanding that these 'blogs' are merely a first draft of chapters of future books.

Thanks all, for reading/praising/criticing/tolerating myperiodic Blasts From The Blue.

Over the years these have included SitReps (situational reports) from the Gezi Riots in Istanbul (2013), the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Greek Lesbos (2015/6), the Standing Rock North Dakota oil-pipeline stand-off (2018) and a wide and wild assortment of different informational stuff, down to CORVID-19 in Azerbaijan and Montana.

Implicite in this Public Intellectual equation is that I cannot continue to do this sort of weird informational altruism forever for free.

Thus, I have added donations button to this bar in the hope that readers will show their appreciation by sending me coin once in awhile. 

Suggested donations range from $1 a raw rant to $2 a refined chapter to $3 a video viewing to $5 a complete book--and more on an annual basis, should you want!

The PayPal button should be servicable soon.

Thanks!

TCG

BLOGS TO BE POSTED:

Gezi Park Riots, Istanbul 2013:

On Aggregate (also film): Azerbaijani refugee football/soccer team, 2014

Syrian Refugees in Lesbos, 2015:

Turkey: Gulenist Coup in Turkey and its Aftermath, Fall 2016:

Standing Rock, North Dakota and the anti-DAPL pipeline protests, Fall 2016

Return to Goltzstrasse, Berlin 2017

Oriental Adventures in Spain and Morocco, 2018

Tijuana Tommy (Mexico), 2019

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Karabakh front circa 1992 

Gezi Park/Istanbul circa 2013, camping with the protestors; and below, Lesbos second harbor, doing an al-fresco beach camp in solidarity with Syrian refugees. BRRR!