I am so happy to hear that the people in the audience can enthusiastically and confidently enlighten Mr. Romney and anyone else who might be standing nearby. Yes people, the parade is forming. Here's hoping that soon it will be marching … [Read more...]
from the keyboard to the streets
event of possible interest here: Greater Boston Civil Rights Coalition March 4, 2011, 9:30am - All are Welcome! Selma to Cairo to Madison: Are Americans Flexing Their Freedom Muscles? Discussion About Direct Action for Freedom and … [Read more...]
Dispatch from Egypt @ Boston Review
On Tuesday morning I walked around Cairo's Tahrir Square, weaving through and around the thousands of fellow protesters, trying to get a view of things. The space felt like a giant playground. Everything was accessible to me. Pro-democracy … [Read more...]
What to do about Egypt?
While BMG generally focuses on domestic politics, I'm sure that the last week's events in Egypt have everyone fixated on this incredible uprising. I've been following the events non-stop since last week and, as I've read and listened … [Read more...]
Wall Street – from their perspective.
It is interesting to listen to the talk on Wall Street, and the way they feel put upon by government and society. They think Tim Geithner is "solid" and the good guy. They spin tax numbers to make it seem like they are going to … [Read more...]
The Anti-Gay Right’s Theater of the Absurd
The right wing showed its skill at displaying phony outrage when Barack Obama used the old line about "lipstick on a pig" in reference to McCain's policies and former Mass. Gov. Jane Swift accused him of insulting Palin. Now they're up in … [Read more...]
Nov 15th is National Day of Protest Against CA Prop 8
Thirty state constitutions now explicitly discriminate against gays by preventing same-sex marriage (not to mention prohibit adoption and foster parenting by gay parents). But only in California were gay families stripped of currently … [Read more...]
The United States of America, or the State of “Norsefire”?
Even before the convention started, dozens of assault-rifle-wielding swat teams burst into houses where protesters were housing themselves with local friends, handcuffed them and had them lay on the floor, while they took away computers, … [Read more...]