Author: Madman in the Marketplace

Layers of Protection

from Liberal Street Fighter There is a haunting piece about the dead in Louisiana in the Village Voice, a piece also about the dead in another criminal war, a piece that got me thinking about who gets protected, what they get...

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An Alinsky Compendium

Many of us here have learned a lot from Dancing Larry’s Alinsky posts. I thought, since they were mentioned a couple of times in Meteor Blade’s diary, I thought I’d post a quick set of links to Larry’s...

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"He told me I was his angel"

a humanist take from Liberal Street Fighter his was the story told by Ashley Smith back in March about her time as a hostage of Brian Nichols. To refresh your memory: The woman held hostage in her apartment by the suspect in...

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Paint it Black

felling the ugly vibes at Liberal Street Fighter Mondays … as the tension ramps up in the American air, Mondays seem particularly fraught with the possibilities of conflict. There is so much palpable tension in the air....

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