First of all, if you haven’t heard of sopa or pipa… go research for a sec or understand that its about internet censorship and the powers that be wanting to maintain power and control over the last bastion of unfettered information – which is a challenge to their authority. We have seen the ways in […]
January 14, 2012
It took me a very very long time to upgrade my cellphone to a smart phone (and it wouldn’t have happened if my parents weren’t so Rad – thanks mom!). I didn’t *really* want one for all of my socioeconomic-political-hippie-resistance reasons.. but now that I have one.. can I just say how impressed I am!?!?! […]
October 11, 2011
first I think it’s important to highlight what’s going on to our brothers and sisters in boston: Boston Police Brutally Assault Occupy Boston | Occupy Boston: Following the raid, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis made no mention of veterans, organized labor, students, or families, nor did he issue an apology for his department’s aggressive tactics. Since […]
October 4, 2011
Oh my stars, Occupy Wall Street is the half-sister and antithesis of the Tea Party. From CNN (like, omg! Is the media blackout fizzling out? I guess after 2 weeks and accusations of perpetuating no/misinformation this situation gets hard to ignore): In New York City, several unions endorsed the two-week-old Occupy Wall Street movement and plan […]
September 27, 2011
Occupy Wall Street protestors face police violence — Feministe. Over the last, 4-5 days (when people actually started to pay attention or even know what was happening) I’ve heard a lot of different sentiments. One common one is dismissal. “there’s only x amount of people there” “they’re not making a difference” “it’s just a bunch […]
September 24, 2011
I wish I was in New York!!!! Solidarity from Hawaii from a Bay Area native. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” -John F. Kennedy Here’s a petition for the White House to recognize those occupying wall street: This article was particularly informative, imo: For someone who has been following this […]
September 23, 2011
First, How You Can Help #OCCUPYWALLSTREET | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters. Here’s the good news – you can help, right now today – no matter where you are. Spread the word – there’s something going on. People have started a movement – they’re occupying Wall Street. Hundreds of people have been camped out in lower Manhattan for […]
September 13, 2011
From Feministe — In defense of the sanctimonious women’s studies set.. YES: The feminist arguments against beauty pageants are obvious, and have been around even before the famous 1968 demonstrations at the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, which spawned that impossible-to-kill myth of feminist bra-burning. But in 2007, when women are attending college and grad […]
July 28, 2011
Censorship of war casualties in the US – Opinion – Al Jazeera English. more and more (though still few and far between) I’m seeing articles that are honestly discussing what is happening in american politics. This is a pretty long article, and i highly suggest reading it, but here are some of the points i […]
January 16, 2012
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