Blog for Choice 2012
22/01/2012
January 22 is Blog for Choice Day 2012 and I would like to refer everyone to Clarissa‘s excellent post on this matter. Axé.
Category: Movement
Mountaintop
16/01/2012
Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want … More Mountaintop
“But this is the United States!”
16/01/2012
“But this is the United States!” is a manner of speaking; things are not supposed to be that way, I know. So one can use that phrase as an exasperated exclamation or, if one is idealistic, as the expression of a goal. Yet some appear to have believed things truly were not that way. Is … More “But this is the United States!”
The World House
16/01/2012
One matter that would have been worth pursuing is how King, shortly before his own assassination, was echoing Malcolm in his speeches and writing, linking racism to economic subordination and calling for a Poor People’s Campaign and a guaranteed income, with the goal of initiating a “radical restructuring of American society.” King also linked black … More The World House
Mario Savio
14/01/2012
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Marcel Johnson, or Khali
08/01/2012
“So he’s basically arrested for littering, and a week later he’s facing felony charges,” Siegel said, in an interview on December 23. And that’s yet one more thing about the police. Axé.
Illich, again
12/12/2011
In convivial institutions (and the societies they make up) modern technologies serve ‘politically interrelated individuals rather than managers’. (Illich 1975: 12). Such institutions are characterized by ‘their vocation of service to society, by spontaneous use of and voluntary participation in them by all members of society (Gajardo 1994: 716). Ivan Illich (1975a) uses “convivial” as … More Illich, again
Socialism, a U.S. export to Canada
29/11/2011
From the Northern Gaijin: late 19th century farmers, pushed off land by banking practices, organize and radicalize in the United States and move to Canada. Their descendants are the NDP. This video is very interesting. Axé.
Occupy Oakland Livestream
28/11/2011
This may not be up long but it is interesting. Axé.
What Naomi Wolf says…
28/11/2011
The mainstream media was declaring continually “OWS has no message”. Frustrated, I simply asked them. I began soliciting online “What is it you want?” answers from Occupy. In the first 15 minutes, I received 100 answers. These were truly eye-opening. The No 1 agenda item: get the money out of politics. Most often cited was … More What Naomi Wolf says…
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