November 2008
15 posts
Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death - A Shopping... →
Also, the UFCW Union called this an “avoidable” tragedy and denounced Wal-Mart’s “cold and heartless” response.
Student protests continue in Italy - "We won't pay... →
also, see this pamphlet: “the Anomolous Wave so far: The Education Rebellion in Italy” and this blog on the Anomolous Wave. (thanks to Djordje for the links)
National High-speed Rail (@very small array) →
Rad map showing the travel times for a National High-speed Rail Line - Minneapolis to Chicago in under 2 hours, LA to SF in 2.5. Damn, that would be sweet.
"Driving Poor" in Los Angeles →
A video about taxi drivers’ struggles to organize for fair regulation of their industry in LA. My friend Noah is featured at the end of this video. He was a taxi driver in LA for five years and helped organize the Taxi Drivers Association - over 5000 drivers who lack basic employee rights (OSHA, unions) because the government classifies them as ‘self-employed’, which lets the...
"Yesterday twenty members of the Yale... →
The sit-in still appear to be a potentially effective tactic at some campuses - (at least at those campuses that are not as securitized as the U of Minnesota, which at the last sit-in in the president’s office called in security guards who maced and arrested the protesting students).
“(On a recent rash of murders in the Minneapolis Somali community):
“This...”
– Minneapolis Somali community facing dark web of murders - News - City Pagespage 2
Obama's Elections: Lessons for fighting White... →
The radical left should take lessons and hope from the Obama campaign’s (and moveon.org’s) overwhelming success in grassroots organizing of millions of people around a progressive agenda. An even more progressive campaign for radical egalitarian change could be focused on creating spaces and forms for the radical left to self-organize with people who are going to remain marginalized...
Obama’s Transition Team Restricts Lobbyists’ Role... →
Obama is partially reducing not only the most blatant corporate corruption of politics, but also some of the mystifying spectacle… Unfortunately, fireworks were my favorite part of spectacle politics. But maybe this is a symbolic first step towards getting rid of all weapons.
“While aides to Mr. Obama say they are keenly aware that a lavish celebration might not be well received...
Richard Neutra’s 1962 Gettysburg Cyclorama... →
natedaiger:
I like Neutra a lot (I used to live right by Neutra Dr. when I lived in Silverlake), and I have fond memories of the Cyclorama, but I don’t really get the point if the paintings aren’t there anymore. Those paintings are spectacular.
I have fond memories of visiting the Cyclorama as a kid and seeing the panoramic paintings of the Gettysburg battles. Coincidentally, my dad’s...
Bill Ayers - "What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been" →
Far from a “washed up terrorist,” Bill Ayers is a brilliant progressive who reflects here on the election, the 60s, and the future of democratic politics. ”History is always in the making. It’s up to us. It is up to me and to you. Nothing is predetermined. That makes our moment on this earth both hopeful and all the more urgent—we must find ways to become real actors, to become...
U.S. Airstrike Reported to Hit Afghan Wedding -... →
Bush is making sure to pass on to Obama a legacy of international ‘goodwill’.
“The following quote from Paolo Freire is helpful for understanding why some poor...”
– Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (quoting Fromm and Niehbur).