Ordinary People Do Extraordinary Things
Yesterday (Friday, October 8), while I was surfing around the web as I often do, I saw a headline a few times about a Coach Guides Team Bus to Safety After Driver Blacks Out. I didn’t really think that...
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Earth Day 2013
Portage Glacier, August 1997 The first Earth day was declared by the UN for March 21, 1970 but for the US, the date of April 22 was established by then Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. I do not really...
View ArticleDavid Leonhardt, Please Shut Up
Compañeros, I have a dream today. No it’s not the dream where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers . . . I have...
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Bradley Manning Speaks About His Conditions
Stop the Inhumane Treatment of Bradley Manning Add your name to our letter urging the humane treatment of Bradley Manning by lifting unnecessary restrictions on his sleep, exercise, and communication....
View ArticleMartin Luther King Jr.: “I Have a Dream”– Have We Made Progress?
Worth revisiting today, an essay on the life of MLK, Jr.: Prophet with Honor, by Marshall Frady for New York Review of Books, October 27, 1983. Have we made any real progress toward the dream?
View ArticleQueer Questions and The Threat Matrix
This week on the FDL Book Salon at 5:00pm eastern. Details about the books are below. Saturday, July 16th, Civil Rights Attorney, Abby Dees will be here to discuss her new book, Queer Questions...
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Tell the DOD to Drop “Aiding the Enemy” Charges Against Bradley Manning
Demand the DOD Drop Aiding the Enemy Charges Against Bradley Manning Enter your information to help us track this campaign »Click here to see sample script Pfc Bradley Manning will likely face court...
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FDL Membership – A Unique Opportunity
It’s hard to believe it’s already been six months since I joined the team here at Firedoglake as an online organizer. In that time we’ve launched the Occupy Supply program, stopped the Super Committee...
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UPDATE: Occupy New Haven Eviction May Occur Today [Update II: Injunction issued]
[UPDATE: We're keeping an eye out for the eviction of Occupy New Haven; a live stream from one of the occupiers is below. Please take a moment to make a phone call in defense of Occupy New Haven, and...
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Tonight’s Webinar: Occupy the Food Supply – Food Sovereignty, Justice and...
Whether planting community gardens or organizing actions like Occupy Monsanto, the Occupy movement has been particularly effective and creative in addressing food issues on the national level, in local...
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Webinar Tonight – Identify, Investigate, Occupy: Researching Stakeholders for...
Everyone knows about the tremendous impact the Occupy movement has had on the national conversation on inequality. But many Occupies have been equally instrumental in bringing about major change in...
View ArticleUPDATE: LIVESTREAM: Occupy New Haven Eviction This Afternoon
UPDATE: Occupy New Haven voluntarily disassembled most of their camp. But police have moved in at 8:00 a.m. eastern this morning, to make arrests and clear out the remaining tents. Check out the...
View ArticleOrdinary People Do Extraordinary Things
Yesterday (Friday, October 8), while I was surfing around the web as I often do, I saw a headline a few times about a Coach Guides Team Bus to Safety After Driver Blacks Out. I didn’t really think that...
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Earth Day 2013
Portage Glacier, August 1997 The first Earth day was declared by the UN for March 21, 1970 but for the US, the date of April 22 was established by then Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. I do not really...
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I Will Lead.
I wish I had done it but I didn’t. My friend, Dave Boles, made this for the magazine, Primal Urge. It was just too perfect for this very special thursday when our president will give his speech on JOBS.
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I Went To #OccupySacto Today
I went to #Occupy Sacramento today. There were several hundred people there. The atmosphere was calm and enthusiastic. They had just gotten the news that the last of the people arrested last night...
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John From Sac and I Went to #OccupySacto Today
John from Sacramento and I went to Occupy Sacramento today. We manned the information section. The crowd was smaller than on Thursday. But someone told me that the unemployed would be there tomorrow...
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Occupy Oakland Wednesday Afternoon
My daughter, her boyfriend and I went to OccupyOakland yesterday in the afternoon. There were thousands of people in attendance. It was a peaceful and very diverse group of folks. We saw teachers,...
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Occupy Sacto
John from Sacramento and I went to Occupy Sacto today to see what kind of supplies they might need. We met Larue there. As we walked to the park I could see that not many people were there. It was...
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Hieronymus Bosch General Hospital
Last Thursday I received a call from my daughter. She is four and a half months pregnant and had started spotting. It wasn’t the first time but the worry that it engendered in everyone sent her off to...
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