Month: March 2009

The Akha Ride for Freedom has begun. Lincoln City, Oregon to the UN at New York. www.akha.org www.youtube.com/akhazauh A ride by bus and horseback from coast to coast to protest land seizures by the Queen of Thailand, the Drug...

Americans clearly are capable of being outraged.  Missing, however, is a sustained, vibrant demand for deep reforms of our political and government system.  You hear a lot about populist rage these days, especially...

This note in TPM contains links to two fascinating articles about economics. http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/truthseeker77/2009/03/jon-taplin-an-angry-obscure-me .php#comment-3421560 The first is an examination...

This week’s updates include the economic crisis and immigrants, more on the Family Unity tour, and local immigration news from New Jersey, California, and Alabama. National News Amnesty International (AI) released its...

From Chris Bowers: “To me, as a political activist, the lesson [of the AIG bonuses saga] is that we should be generating as much anger as possible, all the time, because it is about the only thing that appears to make...