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Right’s Bedell Reply Shows Disconnect

8, Mar 2010

Although I hadn’t touched on it yet, conspiracy theories are a pet topic and one would be amiss not to note Friday’s shooting at the Pentagon by reported Patriot/9-11 Truther John Patrick Bedell.
Bedell’s alleged Internet writings expressed concerns of a Sept. 11 coverup. More notably, he taps into sentiments common among the libertarian or Tea [...]

Letter on March 4 Student Protests

6, Mar 2010

Forwarded via NY friends:
On March 4, 2010, students throughout the United States held actions as part of the National Day to Defend Public Education.
CUNY Hunter College students in New York City joined the national call and held a walkout and rally on our campus with the widespread support of faculty and staff. The [...]

J. Sakai’s Settlers: Revisiting History

3, Mar 2010

J. Sakai wrote a book that was tremendously influential among radical left movements in the 1990s. Published in 1983, Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat was a sharp examination of the complicity of white working classes in maintaining the state of racial minorities throughout American history.
Although there has been criticism of Sakai’s writing in [...]

Latino Youth Activist Panel at UST

23, Feb 2010

Hector Chavana, Jr., president of La Raza Justice Movement, will be speaking at The University of St. Thomas, Friday, March 5. The talk happens at 7:30 p.m. at Crocker Hall in the Ahern Room.
He and others will be part of a panel themed, “Young Latino Leaders Voice Their Hopes for the Future.” Youth activists will [...]

Chicano Moratorium Accounts Sought

22, Feb 2010

The August 29, 1970 National Chicano Moratorium was one of the key historical events in Mexican-American and Latino history. The organized youth movement that brought it about, the tragic attack on the rally and the deeper commitment to peace and social justice that grew in its aftermath deserve to be commemorated as an important part [...]

Cap & Trade and Climate Change

20, Feb 2010

The Story of Cap and Trade was produced for December’s United Nations climate talks in Copenhagen.
Also, a new article on climate change denial offers a fresh perspective on the new push to derail environmental justice. “Their sources may be murky, their claims dubious and their arguments decidedly potty, but that hasn’t stopped them from drowning [...]

Houston Event for Mumia Abu-Jamal

12, Feb 2010

Join Houston activists today to watch an important event in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal.
The event happens 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live Oak at Alabama, Houston, TX 77004. The event is hosted in Houston by the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement.
Updates will be given on the latest legal developments, [...]


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