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Writers have always been a vanguard for positive change in the face of political injustice — the same goes for visual artists. On the web, I think that writers/bloggers helping to write us out of this mess have leapt forward so far that the visual artists have yet to catch up. I suppose a lot […]
Last week Air Force secretary Michael Wynne charmed the nation when he suggested that high-tech non-lethal weapons should be tested in domestic crowd-control situations before using them overseas.
RJ Eskow, blogging for the Huffington Post, warns that the situation is, “worse than we heard … much worse.” He’s right. We’re talking about torture. We’re also talking […]
On the day US District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ruled that George W. Bush and Michael Hayden violated the constitution with their warrantless wiretapping the press was in a frenzy. Unfortunately, the hysteria was over the arrest of the suspected killer of JonBenet Ramsey, an operation performed with an assist from, oddly enough, Homeland […]
Dozens of progressive groups across the country have come together to help Camp Democracy stake out the National Mall in Washington. They're calling for justice, accountability, and impeachment. They're not alone.
John Nichols over at The Nation discusses the increasing groundswell of support for, as well as the wisdom of, a call for impeachment. People […]
This evening I watched Supervolcano on the Discovery channel. In the film a fictional high-ranking government official made a call that set politics aside and saved untold millions of people. Faced with the reality that FEMA and the rest of the gang could never reach the affected in time, the masses were told to 'Walk […]
At the root of all the legal redefinitions and claims of necessity, in the face of evidence to the contrary and cries of protest from all corners, is this: they want to torture, and they have tortured. Even Colin Powell is speaking out about it. At this point they probably want to keep their asses […]
If this is old news to you, great! If not, read-up.
Laurence Britt wrote a fantastic article for Free Inquiry Magazine back in 2003. He produced a list of 14 commonalities shared by a culturally diverse set of criminal regimes:
For the purpose of this perspective, I will consider the following regimes: Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco’s […]
The criminals in charge keep pushing the United States down that slippery slope towards fascism. I’m sick of it. I’m new to political activism – I’d rather spend my time painting. Unfortunately, if current trends continue we’ll be living in a totalitarian hell-hole within my lifetime.
I have an English degree (creative writing really), and I’m a lover of American Literature from the Romantic […]
