My own government labeled me a terrorist and attempted to murder me. My story is strongly relevant for activists today in this climate of an unending 'war on terror.'S. Brian…
I was very happy to spend time at Occupy Wall Street this week. A while back I reported on a comrade's observations; here are mine to add to the picture.…
We had a terrific little trip to New York. It was a real treat for us to be there together without the crush of holiday crowds, to see family without…
Read and sign the petition!From Our Public Library::* * * *The first order of business of Mayor Ford’s handpicked Toronto Library Board was to cut 100 librarians and other staff.Even…
We're here early this year, visiting friends and family now instead of over US Thanksgiving. Occupy Wall Street is definitely on the agenda. Probably not much blogging though.
S. Brian Willson is a Vietnam veteran and peace activist. In September 1987, he lost both his legs when he was run over by a US government munitions train during…
From the Occupied Wall Street Journal #3:Howard Zinn is here. Dominick Dunne and Tom Wolfe, too. Ernest Hemingway and Barbara Ehrenreich and Dr. Who and Beowulf: All here, and all…
I found this telling infographic in a column by Charles Blow in the New York Times called "America's Exploding Pipe Dream". If you can't read it here, go here and…
This would be so much funnier if people's lives and a great city weren't being damaged in the bargain.
If you missed the story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/occupy-oakland-veteran-critical-condition.
Solidarity with Oakland: The Oscar Grant Plaza Gazette brought to you by the People's Library at Occupy Wall Street.The whole world is watching.Scott Olson, 24-year-old Iraq War veteran, is in…
Katha Pollitt on "The Mainstreming of OWS": Maybe OWS will vanish with the lovely fall weather, or drift off into the anarchist subculture, or break down in fights and factions.…
I don't watch this show, but if I did, this would piss off the hell out of me.CBC and McCain, the frozen food company, are "partnering" for a contest. Viewers…
I just received this from the ACLU. I will run it here verbatim, except for a few extraneous bits. This is racial and ethnic profiling at its most extreme. If…
This post - like its subject - is old but still relevant.Over the summer I read Life, Keith Richards' memoirs. When I blogged about it here, I was loving it,…
There is a tendency to think that what we see in the present moment will continue. We forget how often we have been astonished by the sudden crumbling of institutions,…
In my post here, recapping a report-back from Occupy Wall Street, I mentioned The People's Library - but I neglected to see if the people's librarians have a blog. Silly…
Top Ten OWS signs, courtesy of International Business Times.
From ReWORKit: In light of Occupy Wall Street and the spinoffs that are growing in many other cities, there have been a large number of excellent articles and studies going…
