The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
THE FOLLOWING is an edited version of remarks by Michael McDowell SC on the appointment of himself, Paul Gallagher SC and Michael Collins SC as adjunct professors in UCD’s School of Business and Law
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | yesterday
We've seen people suck up a lot of heavily compromised bills since Obama took office, but I don't think health care is going to be one of them. Rahm will get his chance to screw progressives once again when Panama Free Trade comes up again and immigration doesn't (and good luck with that one, fella -- it could reach around and bite you in the ass). As Kagro says, the "right kind of activism"...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Alumni of the American University of Beirut gathered on Saturday in the leafy shade of Hyde Park on the Ras Beirut campus to reminisce about their role in a history of activism and protest at AUB, and to rekindle the spirit of the previously popular student tradition. The event - organized as part of a reunion of AUB graduates over several days.
VOT3R (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Fed up with windbag actors advocating for the poor and needy? Me too. But shutting up is worse Why do you have to hear it from an actor? I have a profound dislike of activism. I don't enjoy hearing dispatches from the crisis zone delivered by actors and rock stars. I get no joy from fundraising...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Colorado Democrat's decision ruffles political feathers | VailDaily.com Salazar's vote reflects a growing confidence among Republicans that the “science of man-made global warming” is coming under increasingly skeptical review by moderate Democrats, according to an opinion piece in the June 29 Wall Street Journal by writer Kimberley Strassel. ... [Salazar spokesman] Wortman conceded that...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Fed up with windbag actors advocating for the poor and needy? Me too. But shutting up is worse Why do you have to hear it from an actor? I have a profound dislike of activism. I don't enjoy hearing dispatches from the crisis zone delivered by actors and rock stars. I get no joy from fundraising events, op-eds, posters, speeches, slogans. I'm tired of it. And I'm tired of the crisis in Africa. If your...
Can you handle the truth? (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Jeff Peckman Denver UFO Examiner U.S. space agency NASA intends to bomb the moon on Oct. 9, John Lennon’s birthday . The destructive plan of NASA comes at a time when President Obama is trying to restore U.S. credibility and respect. Exopolitics expert Alfred Webre addressed the seriousness of this issue in his article “NASA moon bombing violates space law & may cause conflict with...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Our divine "moral compass" and declarant of "civil war" on same-sex marriage was arrested and charged last night in DC for stalking a woman in Anacostia Park. According to the Washington Post : At about 8:45 p.m., a woman traveling near the intersection Good Hope Road and Anacostia Drive flagged down a U.S. Park Police officer to report that a man in a vehicle nearby was stalking...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The environment is this year's big theme across the arts. Here's how Britain's greenest cultural avengers plan to save the world " No artist has ethical sympathies," Oscar Wilde once wrote. "An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. All art is quite useless." Try telling that to today's writers, artists, film-makers, architects, actors and musicians....
Room Eight (Free subscription) | yesterday
Earlier this week -and without much fanfare-a city council candidate for this year's elections, went up with a brand new website ; that candidate was yours truly. Although the site is a perpetual work in progress, and will be frequently modified and updated until I am fully satisified with it, viewers can still get a comprehensive look at my personal history, my political activism, my record of public...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON, July 5 (UPI) -- Washington City Council Member Marion Barry has been arrested after being accused of stalking, U.S. Park Police say. A Park Police news release said a female resident informed an officer near Anacostia Park in Washington Saturday night that a man in a car was stalking her, and Barry, 73, was arrested as a result, CNN reported. The broadcaster said the former mayor was cited...
Progressive Alaska (Free subscription) | yesterday
--- by Dennis Harris I'm surprised that former Lieutenant Governor H. A. "Red" Boucher's passing had little mention in Alaska political blogs, because he was a pioneer progressive pro-labor Democrat in public office in Alaska. It was Red who first got me involved in Democratic Party politics when he recruited me in the summer of 1969 for his 1970 campaign for Lieutenant Governor. I was working...
Soccer Dad (Free subscription) | yesterday
I suppose we see this headline every few years: Barry Taken Into Custody, Police Say As the article notes at the end: Barry, a former D.C. mayor, is known for his brushes with the law during a long career in politics and civic activism. Who set him up this time?...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
I'm liveblogging the latest Iran election fallout. Email me with any news or thoughts, or follow me on Twitter . Send me instant messages at nico.pitney@gmail.com or njpitney on AIM. Scroll down for news related to the front-page headlines. Local Iran time is 8 1/2 hours ahead of Eastern time. You can support this post on Digg here . CLICK HERE FOR LIVE-BLOGGING ARCHIVES Useful Resources Translations:...
Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | yesterday
Terrorism Act 2000 urgent alert to all activists coming into the UK As far as I know this law has been used to detain and question activists only once before at a sea port so has rarely been used by police against activists. Two of us were detained last night on flying back from Oslo and arriving at Birmingham and I feel that it is important that other activists are aware of these extraordinary police...
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globalhealthtv | 30/01/2009
‘From the Field’ video upload facility gives voice to health communities in developing world In recent years the internet has become home to an immeasurable number of online communities, which are now increasingly becoming catalysts for social activism – cementing the emergence of the internet as a powerful social phenomenon. Global Health TV , a web-based TV channel that documents global health issues...
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