Read the Freedom Rider. I never could stand Barack Obama or Michael Eric Dyson, anyway. And when I see Ford, who has research and analytical skills, talk to Dyson, who has only sophistry, I feel well justified in preferring journalists to professors. I think people are voting for Obama because they think he can cause … More Glen Ford
“Those of us who have made war know how to recognize the paths by which it is prepared and brought near,” Marcos said. “The signs of war on the horizon are clear. War, like fear, also has a smell. And now we are starting to breathe its fetid odor in our lands.” Marcos’s assessment supports … More Chiapas Alert
It is time to get ready for action January 11, the sixth anniversary of first prisoners’ arrival at Guantánamo. Wear orange and check Witness Against Torture for materials and plans. Axé.
The number of myths now masquerading as fact are very tiring to refute, so I am glad when other people help to do it. Right now I am glad the NYT has refuted a few myths about religion, the Founders, and the Framers. The article refers to Mitt Romney’s speech on the matter earlier this … More Refuting Myths
Observe OneVoicePAC. It is excellent. Then in that spirit support the people of New Orleans. Then read Momo on the triumph of the corporate university and feel your blood run cold. Axé.
It is sunny here and cool enough for me to sleep with the windows open, and ride my bicycle. On the weekend we rode everywhere, I ate shrimp on a stick. I am still grading and not able to go to the CAC tomorrow night, but I hope you can. Here is key information from … More To the CAC
A question submitted to the most recent Republican presidential debate: Brian Denzer, Lower Ninth Ward. The U.S. would declare war if Rhode Island were bombed, yet few Americans know that the loss of an equivalent area of Louisiana wetlands has been answered with an appalling lack of leadership. At the leading edge of a range … More Brian Denzer
Watch this video, which I learned of from Liprap, and then act to help save public housing in New Orleans. The architecture in some of these projects is gorgeous, and the sturdy buildings have survived many storms. Many of those who have not been able to return to New Orleans were public housing residents and … More International Human Rights Day
I There is a good website for the trial of ex-President Alberto Fujimori, for very serious human rights violations in Peru. The trial begins 10 December 2007 in Lima. This video has a slightly anti-Asian frame (Fujimori fled to Japan and claimed Japanese citizenship at one point, and he is known in Peru as “El … More Alberto Fujimori
Via Truthout: Today a huge mining corporation, Grupo México, has provoked a strike by demanding that miners work 12 hours a day instead of eight in Peru’s largest copper mine. The Peruvian government supports the company, because it believes longer hours and lower wages will attract more foreign investment. Since NAFTA passed, the same company … More Andean “Free” Trade
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