Tag Archives: Social Movements

Alan Haber : Exposing the Dark Forces

As long as these forces operate, and are not pursued, there is no democracy, whatever the window dressings. By Alan Haber / The Rag Blog / June 25, 2009 See ‘Did the CIA kill Bobby Kennedy?’ by Shane O’Sullivan, Below. … Continue reading

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‘Justice in the Coalfields’ : The Pittston Strike, April 5, 1989

Trailer: ‘Justice in the Coalfields’ by Anne Lewis Anne Lewis’ provocative and skillfully produced documentary of the strike, Justice in the Coalfields, has had a profoundly formative influence not only on my understanding of the struggle, but larger issues of … Continue reading

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Massacre at Tlatelolco : Art Can Help Us Remember

Freedom of Speech (1968) by Adolpho Mexiac. Inspired by the student protest in 1968 in Mexico City and the massacre at Tlatelolco. As I started to tell the story behind these sculpted ghosts, I realized how little I remembered of … Continue reading

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Tom Hayden on Obama : Transformational President or Another Disappointment?

Screen print from Ray Noland’s (CRO) traveling Obama art show entitled Go Tell Mama!.‘Whether he wins or loses, the vast movement inspired by Obama will become the next generation of American social activists’By Tom Hayden Barack Obama, it is true, … Continue reading

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David Sirota on Building a Progressive Movement

Five Ideas to Start Going from Uprising to MovementBy David Sirota / July 9, 2008 David Sirota is a senior editor at In These Times magazine and contributes regularly to The Nation, the American Prospect and the Huffington Post. He … Continue reading

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Oaxaca’s Government Land Grab

Members of the Oaxaca People’s Popular Assembly (APPO) take part in a demonstration against Oaxaca’s governor Ulises Ruiz in Oaxaca on Nov. 5, 2006. At least a dozen people have been killed in the area since the protest movement began. … Continue reading

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A Progressive Obama? It Takes a Movement.

FDR, our most progressive president, had the support of a massive labor movement. Photo courtesy of Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum.Barack Obama: deeply flawed,and it’s our job to make him betterBy Kathy G. Kathy G. is a shrill feminist, … Continue reading

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Hugo Chavez: A Commitment to Democracy, Egalitarianism and Civil Liberties

Chavez, not Bush, upholds U.S. idealsBy Jesús Rivas/ June 27, 2008 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez often uses very harsh language when referring to President Bush. And the mainstream media in the United States always rushes to describe Chavez as ”anti-American.“ … Continue reading

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Look Out Denver

“How can we make ourselves less frightening? We aren’t this scary image that protesters often get painted as.” – Zoe Williams, CodePink. Photo by Joe Amon, The Denver Post.New generation plans dissentat Democratic ConventionBy Colleen O’Connor / June 22, 2008 … Continue reading

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Books : Writings for a Democratic Society : The Tom Hayden Reader

Richard Flacks discusses Tom Haydenand the new collection of his writings By Richard Flacks / June 12, 2008 If you were on the campus at Ann Arbor at the dawn of the 1960s, you’d have been aware of Tom Hayden’s … Continue reading

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