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Simpson: Don Moore 1942-2012: A lion who roared on behalf of public education
Blog Post, November, 13 2012
Bob Simpson
Simpson's ZSpace page
It’s easy to stereotype public policy wonks as data driven, numbers crunching, analytical geeks with horn-rimmed glasses and bad haircuts who provide the research for the real organizers who go out into the real world andmobilize for social change...
Johnson: A Close Look at the 99%, the 1%, and What the Occupy Movement is Up Against
Blog Post, November, 12 2012
Dale Johnson
Johnson's ZSpace page
A sociological and political analysis of class relations in the United States that bears upon questions of strategy for the Occupy Movement.
Emersberger: George Monbiot's "Abject Apology to Lord McAlpine"
Blog Post, November, 12 2012
Joe Emersberger
Emersberger's ZSpace page
George Monbiot's "Abject Apology to Lord McAlpine"
Milstein: Dispatches from Hurricaned NY: Scariest Halloween Ever
Blog Post, November, 10 2012
Cindy Milstein
Milstein's ZSpace page
You can find other blog-musings and more polished essays at Outside the Circle, cbmilstein.wordpress.com/. Share, enjoy, and repost–as long as it’s free, as in “free beer” and “freedom.
Kavanagh: Election Choices: What to Do Instead
Blog Post, November, 08 2012
Jim Kavanagh
Kavanagh's ZSpace page
Having made the case against voting for Obama in a previous post, it’s only fair for me to suggest the alternative. I value the right to vote as fundamental. I have seen how people who don’t have that right fight for it, and how people who get ...
Taylantosun65: In Turkey Over 600 Kurdish Political Prisoners Are in Their 55th Day in Hunger Strike
Blog Post, November, 05 2012
Lutfi taylan Taylantosun65
Taylantosun65's ZSpace page
This article is on the mass hunger strike of Kurdish political prisonners in Turkey who are in their 55th day now...
Emersberger: A US Election Day Parable
Blog Post, November, 05 2012
Joe Emersberger
Emersberger's ZSpace page
A US Election Day Parable
Sallustro: FIAT: poteva andare peggio
Blog Post, November, 03 2012
Fabio Sallustro
Sallustro's ZSpace page
Short stories about Italy (italian version)
Chaffee: Stop & Frisk Trial in Queens
Blog Post, November, 02 2012
Joel Chaffee
Chaffee's ZSpace page
Protesters of the controversial and unconstitutional NYPD practice of Stop and Frisk are currently on trial in Queens.
Jones: The Onslaught on Rural Greece
Blog Post, November, 01 2012
Chris Jones
Jones's ZSpace page
The Samos Diary attempts to explore, record and provide witness to the impact of austerity on the daily life of Samos Island, Greece. This entry looks at what is happening to the mountain village of Ambelos.
Bybee: Makers, Takers, and Fakers
Blog Post, October, 30 2012
Roger Bybee
Bybee's ZSpace page
Thomas Frank outlines the Right's driving narrative on "makers" ("job creators" and "takers" (those who utilize government programs to which they are entitled.) This narrative, plus weaknesses in the Democratic appeal, account for the surprisingly...
Wilson: Useful: Flawed Food Score Card
Blog Post, October, 29 2012
Brad Wilson
Wilson's ZSpace page
Food Policy Action's "Food Policy Scorecard" is a helpful tool for informing voters of how to vote. I'm glad to see it come out prior to the election. On the other hand, it contains major flaws, the same ones that are widespread in the Food Movem...
Miller: Citizens United is Now
Blog Post, October, 28 2012
Gary Miller
Miller's ZSpace page
How big money generated by the Citizens United decision is negatively impacting elections.
Emersberger: Note to Monbiot about his open Letter to Media Lens
Blog Post, October, 28 2012
Joe Emersberger
Emersberger's ZSpace page
Note to Monbiot about his open Letter to Media Lens
Kavanagh: Election Choices: Obama or Not?
Blog Post, October, 28 2012
Jim Kavanagh
Kavanagh's ZSpace page
We’re up against it now. Less than two weeks left. Those on the left confront their quadrennial quandary, and the inescapable debate: to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee or not.
Simpson: Educational apartheid in Chicago and the black teachers revolt of the 1960's
Blog Post, October, 26 2012
Bob Simpson
Simpson's ZSpace page
Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) organizer Brandon Johnson, who is a black man, recently spoke about a conversation he had with veteran black educator Dr. Grady Jordan about racism in the schools today. Jordan told him, “Black teachers fought hard. T...
Cromwell: Why Are *We* The Good Guys?
Blog Post, October, 26 2012
David Cromwell
Cromwell's ZSpace page
An introduction to 'Why Are *We* The Good Guys? Reclaiming Your Mind From The Delusions of Propaganda' by David Cromwell, co-editor of Media Lens. What's the new book about, who are you anyway, and why should I read your book? Then tell me more...
Lausti: Richard Wolff: Occupy the Economy
Blog Post, October, 25 2012
Tapani Lausti
Lausti's ZSpace page
Richard Wolff deals mainly with the United States but also analyses some aspects of the crisis in Europe.
Emersberger: Measuring the Small Differences between Democrats and Republicans in the White House since 1980
Blog Post, October, 24 2012
Joe Emersberger
Emersberger's ZSpace page
Measuring the Small Differences between Democrats and Republicans in the White House since 1980
Kavanagh: If Joe can embrace his Code Pink…
Blog Post, October, 23 2012
Jim Kavanagh
Kavanagh's ZSpace page
The ethics and legacy of Obama's drone kills.
