Where progressive voices can be heard
Every social movement has its music.  From the union movement  in the early part of the 20th Century to the 60’s revolution to Africa’s apartheid;  everywhere voices were raised together against the forces of injustice and misrule.  There are important...
I was reading the Wikipedia article on Clean Elections, with the hope of deepening my knowledge and writing a summary article. What I learned, in short, is that many states and jurisdictions have passed...
June 10 update: Jackie continues to be weak and is reportedly being released to return to Washington State for medical treatment. June 5 update: Evaluated at the hospital and returned to prison Still no...
Tacoma activist Arthur M sent along an email and link about organizing that I think is right on. Thanks, friend. Here is the link if you want to read the whole article. It’s 14...
Three minute summary, from Michael Moore’s ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ DVD Extra Preview – Bank of North Dakota A detailed (26 min.) history of the Bank of North Dakota (produced by PrairiePublicBcast) Slides from...
Prisoner of conscience, Jackie Hudson, is at the Irwin County Detention Center and is having chest pains. We need to put pressure on the facility to transfer Jackie to a hospital emergency room for...
It’s bitter sweet to be writing about prisons during the week that Gil Scott-Heron died. I believe that Gil did some time for possession of cocaine. That tells you so much about the current...
Gil Scott-Herron died a few days ago. If you are not familiar with his work, he is the grandfather, the god father of rap, hiphop, spoken word. Here is a video of Gil talking...
The Supremes gave orders to California to do something about the prison over-crowding recently. It was a split 5-4 decision as most controversial decisions will be from the current court because there are 4...
See The Congressional Progressive Caucus’ description of the Peoples’ Budget. Support for the People’s Budget Paul Krugman “genuinely courageous†“achieves this without dismantling the legacy of the New Deal†Dean Baker “if you...
