James K. Galbraith on Civil Disrespect

January 9, 2001 – 12:00 am

[ via suggestion ] UT Austin professor James K. Galbraith defines “Civil Disrespect” as the way to deal with the incoming administration, and comments on how the Supreme Court’s ‘ratification’ of the election is like the board of directors approving the new CEO.
My friend C. responds:
“I hadn’t thought about the parallel James Galbraith drew [...]

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Globalization: the Next Generation

December 9, 2000 – 12:00 am

[ via suggestion ] You’ll have to look closely at the image of anti-globalization poster at the Northlands Poster Collective, but when you do, you’ll get the point.

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What happened to the future?

November 14, 2000 – 12:00 am

[ via Wunderland ] If 19th C. pundits were right, we’d all be utoptian, atheistic communists by now. Mark Rosenfelder takes us through the intellectual history of the 20th Century, where we gave up Fabian ideals for NeoConservatism.
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Clinton on Pacifica?

November 8, 2000 – 12:00 am

[ via Random Walks ] Bill Clinton was making get-out-the-vote calls to NYC radio stations yesterday. He called Pacifica station WBAI and went a few rounds with Democracy Now host Amy Goodman. While I disagreed with him on much of what he said, you can see the Clinton we thought we elected in 1992: he [...]

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Supreme Court Myths v Fact

November 4, 2000 – 12:00 am

More on the “It’s the Supreme Court, Stupid:”
“Before citizens succumb to voting out of fear rather than belief, consider one thought. How can you expect your elected officials to vote their conscience if you don’t?”

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Cockburn on Nader

November 3, 2000 – 12:00 am

[ via Robot Wisdom ] Alexander Cockburn’s excelent synopsis of why we should forget Gore already.
“And only middle-class women enjoy the luxury of Roe v. Wade, since Gore and others voted down federal aid for abortions for poor women long ago.”

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End your sham campaign immediately!

October 31, 2000 – 12:00 am

[ via Random Walks ] His candiacy is spoiling any real chance of reform and should stop now.

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Hamsters against Bush

October 18, 2000 – 12:00 am

Some people do not like George W. Bush.

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The Nation on Nader in 1975

September 26, 2000 – 12:00 am

Back in 1975, The Nation suggested Ralph Nader ought to run for president. A quarter century later, still a good argument.

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Nader’s ‘Priceless’ Ad

August 19, 2000 – 12:00 am

The Nader web site has the clever MasterCard parody ad ready for streaming. This was produced by the same shop that created Jesse Ventura’s TV ads from his 1998 election as Minnesota’s governor.[ QuickTime ]

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A new American flag

August 14, 2000 – 12:00 am

The group Sold Out USA has a new version of the American flag. The 50 stars are replaced with the logos of the companies who are the most active political lobbies.

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Court orders don’t stop the LAPD, they just act with more guile

August 14, 2000 – 12:00 am

I heard about this the old-school way, listening to KPFA this evening on the drive home. It seems the LAPD, who has been ordered not to walk in an arrest everyone at the Convergence Center (where DNC protestors have been organizing,) came up with a new way to harrass demonstrators. At the Independent Media Center’s [...]

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Libraries and Cyberporn

August 7, 2000 – 12:00 am

From FirstMonday.dk, a survey of the on-line porn controversy covering library filtering, the conflicts over porn between “radical” and “libertarian” feminisms, and the Rimm study.

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Another reason to vote Nader

August 1, 2000 – 12:00 am

Jorn “Robot Wisdom” Barger provides a simple reason to vote Green this year.

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Stop Bush Leaflet Art Project

August 1, 2000 – 12:00 am

Stop Bush 2000 is a cooperative art project on the Web. People submit anti-Bush (George W., that is) posters. Other people download them, reproduce them, and plaster their burb with them. I think projects like this are great. The group might want to look into using PDF to display flyers for printing. They also need [...]

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