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Download Ramparts, infamous left-wing (radical, progressive) political magazine (rag), ubiquitous in the 1960s, early 1970s. Cover story on killing of Che Guevara by Bolivian army with help of the CIA. Article by Paul Krassner. Poem by Ferlinghetti.
Download a copy of Ramparts featuring an article by Eldridge Cleaver, an open letter to Stokely Carmichael, a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and more.
David Cline's letters from Vietnam should be required reading for anyone wanting to learn what war was really like for a soldier on the front lines of Vietnam.
Well, I'm going to close now but while you contemplate the wisdom poured forth on this paper remember the maxim of L.B.J.
From TED 2009. Professor Barry Schwartz says the real crisis is a world gone mad with rules, procedures and complexity. His passionate call for a return to "practical wisdom" in business and public affairs brought the audience to their feet.
Violent protests and riots are breaking out everywhere as economies collapse and governments fail. War is bound to follow. Salon blogger.
With unemployment rising, a healthcare crisis, and a planet on the brink of incineration, the stimulus bill is only the first step in fixing America's problems. ~David Sirota on Slate
Musician + activist Peter Gabriel is the co-founder of WITNESS, which distributes digital cameras to empower people to document human-rights abuses. In this video, Gabriel shares his very personal motivation for standing up for human rights with this watchdog group - and tells stories of citizen journalists in action.\n \n
During Obama's February 24, 2009 speech to Congress on the economic stimulus package, Senators and Representatives were "tweeting," or sending micro messages with Twitter.
The Senate Judiciary Committee appear to be on the verge of creating a "Truth Commission" to investigate Bush crimes, but Nancy Pelosi repeatedly advocated the need for criminal prosecutions, not merely fact-finding.
President Obama used it to get elected. Dell will recruit new hires with it. Microsoft's new operating system borrows from it. Can CEO Mark Zuckerberg make those connections pay off? Indeed, sometimes it seems as if everyone but Facebook is capitalizing on the platform.
The recession is throwing millions out of work. Here's what the new jobless class can tell you about what it's like out there.
If you've got good examples of barriers to Facebook organizing and want to begin a conversation about them by blogging on this site, email facebookorganizing@gmail.com right away!)
Foto folios include: Running the Numbers: Portraits of Global Mass Culture; E Pluribus Unum 2009; Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption; In Katrina's Wake: Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster. New book: "Running the Numbers."
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Updated on 2009-08-11
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