The sheer number of signatures being filed – nearly as many as the total votes cast for Walker in November 2010, and almost twice as (many as) those needed to … [Keep reading >>]
Interesting blog post at New York Review of Books by Ian Johnson, on the recent Wukan resistance of Beijing rule. I’ve been following events from afar, with interest. What series … [Keep reading >>]
Democracy is many things, and not just ballots cast. The sense that we matter, that we are stake-holders in the society we live in, is a foundation stone. That sense, … [Keep reading >>]
The headline that caught my attention in a small inside piece was this:
Beijing’s air quality center opens its doors to the public for the first time since its establishment in … [Keep reading >>]
Jim Hirst calls in from Oakland to say there are thousands in the streets of Oakland, with a large presence of kids and families. Police are no where to be … [Keep reading >>]
…some of the Democratic Party’s biggest donors gathered Tuesday – not inside his tony San Francisco fundraiser at the W Hotel, but outside on the sidewalks carrying signs in protest … [Keep reading >>]
Monday night, October 17, was our last night in Paris, and as it happen, my birthday. Near the end of the must-do boat tour of the Seine after dark, we … [Keep reading >>]
Perhaps a lot of you have seen this in Common Dreams. I pass it on, passed on to me in my final days of a Paris visit.
Occupy Wall Street: The … [Keep reading >>]
The New York Times “Deal Book” appears in the Herald Tribune, including this piece on the on-going Occupy Wall Street actions:
The Stanford Daily published an op-ed piece on Tuesday entitled … [Keep reading >>]
What a great thing to read in the lead article in the International Herald Tribune today, covering the page above the fold with a photo of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, of … [Keep reading >>]
Paul Krugman, in the New York Times and across the ocean in the Herald Tribune:
There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear, but we may, at long last, … [Keep reading >>]
The demonstrations on Wall Street are being covered in the Italian and Spanish press.
I manifestanti protestano da due settimane contro le logiche dell’alta finanza e le politiche adottate dall’amministrazione Obama … [Keep reading >>]
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