Activist profile: Connie Gadell-Newton
Connie Gadell-Newton is an attorney who has been active in her community for many years. She is skeptical about Obama’s recent stimulus proposals, though likely […]
corporatocracy
Citizens protest for tax justice outside the Columbus office of Senator Rob Portman
(Photo by Bob Studzinski) Adrena said she was protesting because Senator Portman voted nay on the procedural vote for the Buffet rule. “We need to […]
Voting for Obama
During this election season, I’ve noticed people focusing their dislike on Obama or, depending on one’s political perspective, Romney or Gingrich, and, with particularly intense […]
How does the attack on women's rights relate to the risk of fascism in the US ?
So…how does institutional sexism connect with the class war ( the rich have been waging on the poor, as Warren Buffet himself puts it)? This […]
Is it hypocritical for activists to use social media to oppose corporate abuses of power ?
What do you think ? See also Consumerist Activism A cynical formulation would be to say that capitalists give us the rope with which to […]
Corporate abuse of power is only part of the problem
The corporate abuse of power seems the thread running thru so many issues—fracking, tar sands, mountain top removal, the Drug War, The War on Terror, […]
Notes regarding our 'democracy themepark.'
That person won’t “vote Obama out of office,” because it’s his second term. —–Due to campaign financing and lobbying, the differences between the two candidates […]