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What All Could Learn from Jay Kernis

26, Feb 2010

I sat in a crowded Philadelphia hotel conference room in 2006, along with other radio folks, listening to Jay Kernis (then of National Public Radio) talk about NPR finding its voice. Year later, going through old notes, I considered how Kernis’ lessons could easily be adapted by those seeking to find voice.
Probably the most obvious [...]

Howard Zinn: Remember, Emulate

28, Jan 2010

Cycling & Houston Sustainability

22, Jan 2010

Gina Mitteco, pedestrian-bicyclist coordinator of the Houston-Galveston Area Council, will talk on the future of bicycling in the region Tuesday, Jan. 26, at the Annual Meeting of BikeHouston, Houston’s organization that advocates making the city safe and accessible for cyclists.
In addition to Mitteco’s talk, Robin Stallings, Executive Director of Bike Texas/Texas Bicycle Coalition from Austin [...]

Mexico, Haiti, Access & Culture News

18, Jan 2010

A few items of note on this Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
Mexico. The struggle of Mexican labor continues, with wildcat strikes by displaced workers happening now. President Felipe Calderon shuttered state-owned Luz y Fuerza and fired its 44,000 workers recently, and Mexico’s citizens have spoken out widely against the country’s expected sell-off of resources to [...]

Does Adbusters Miss the Real Point?

27, Nov 2009

Adbusters is calling for a wildcat general strike today, Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving in the United States. This day, popularly known as Black Friday, ‘the busiest shopping day of the year,’ is also known as Buy Nothing Day, an annual protest against consumerism. This year, Adbusters asks participants “shut off your lights, televisions [...]

Native Blood: Myth of Thanksgiving

26, Nov 2009

A piece by Mike Ely, which is seeing mass distribution this year.
It is a deep thing that people still celebrate the survival of the early colonists at Plymouth — by giving thanks to the Christian God who supposedly protected and championed the European invasion. The real meaning of all that, then and now, needs to [...]

A Final Note on the Conspiracy Debate

2, Nov 2009

After providing lots of links and research, I wanted to take a moment of personal privilege to address the series of conspiracy theory posts and issues discussed in relationship to radio station KPFT.
I realized perhaps noting critiques on conspiracy theories had run its course when area ‘patriot’ boycott organizer Clint Milby made claims of an [...]


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