Steve Hochstadt: Those who have argued for excluding some Americans from full rights, who have urged some Americans to leave because they weren’t American enough, who wanted to separate and classify and dominate people, have always been wrong.
Wells Fargo Meets Occupy: Where There’s Smoke There’s Smoke?
February 6, 2012 By
Dick Price: Occupiers expressed satisfaction that their concerns had been heard by Wells Fargo leaders, but frustration that little concrete action had been taken and no promises made for future steps.
The Making of an Activist
February 4, 2012 By
Vivan Rothstein: In my first act of civil disobedience, I mixed up all the index card files of clients and contracts so no one could figure out who had received which threatening letter, effectively destroying the company’s system of harassment.
My Bias Is More Objective Than Your Bias
February 3, 2012 By
Charles Hayes: Commercial media thrive on dissension, so their pursuit of perpetual conflict is easy to understand, even if it is not always forgivable.
Occupy Oakland Takes Wrong Turn
February 1, 2012 By
Randy Shaw: For all of its claims to represent the true democratic spirit of the 99%, it seems that once Occupy Oakland decides to close down a public facility or seize a public asset, that’s all the democracy it needs.
Why #OWS Needs to Denounce Violent Tactics on Display at Occupy Oakland
January 31, 2012 By
Tina Dupuy: Nonviolent struggle has nothing to do with how the cops react. In actual nonviolent movements they welcome police overreaction because it helps the cause they’re fighting for.
From Blue to Green: Power to the Cities!
January 29, 2012 By
After the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act, with its codification of imprisonment without charge or trial, I could no longer register voters for the Democratic Party – even with the hope of involving new registrants in the California Democratic Party’s popular Progressive Caucus. If I could not ask someone to join the Democratic [...]
Are Black Conservatives Simply Useful Idiots?
January 27, 2012 By
David Love: Now, when the GOP is tea party-owned and steeped in 100% pure corporatism, greed, intolerance and white supremacy, black conservatives are simply useful idiots.
Sanctimonious Hypocrites Can’t Diminish Warmth for Joe Paterno
January 25, 2012 By
Walter Brasch: When journalism turns into history, it will be written that Joe Paterno had done more than was expected, in every part of his life. The people, not the governor or the trustees who will quickly be forgotten in the cold, will keep Joe Paterno warm.
What Americans Must Utter to Reclaim the Human
January 21, 2012 By
Kathleen Peine: In much the same manner as Huck Finn, scores of individuals in America feel ill at ease with everyday imperatives. For some it’s the Imperialism, even if they don’t know what to call it. For even more it’s the degrading, soul eroding workplace.
Is AA “Too White”?
January 19, 2012 By
Jeff Deeney: Dismissing AA as a white-person’s movement, many black addicts take a pass on the 12-steps and seek salvation from their church. That’s not always a prescription for success.
Occupy Movement Recharges for 2012
January 18, 2012 By
Randy Shaw: The Occupy movement could greatly benefit from choosing a similar big target that could engage activists across the world.
Walking Works for LA
January 18, 2012 By
Stephen Box: One of the simplest ways to reduce the traffic congestion that surrounds LA’s schools in the morning and in the afternoon is to support children as they walk and bicycle to school, yet the City of LA continues to engage in a charade that’s all talk and no walk (or ride!)
As Feds Abandon Cities, Corporate Clout Grows
January 17, 2012 By
Randy Shaw: The federal government’s slashing of funding for urban America has made all cities more dependent on corporate investment than at any time since the 1930’s, raising new challenges for urban progressives.
‘…Thou Shalt Not Be as the Hypocrites Are’
January 15, 2012 By
Berry Craig: With Tebowing, this lifelong Kentuckian whose Presbyterian roots go back to Scotland of old, are uncomfortable with ostentatious public piety, which, after all, gets bad press in the Good Book.
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