Buy Blue
“You may have voted blue, but every day you unknowingly help dump millions of dollars into the conservative war chest. By purchasing products and services from companies that donate heavily to conservatives, we have been compromising our own interests as liberals and progressives.
BuyBlue.org is a concerted effort to lift the veil of corporate […]
Not One Damn Dime!
Not One Damn Dime Day - January 20, 2005
There’s no rally to attend. No marching to do. No left or right wing agenda to rant about. On “Not One Damn Dime Day” you take action by doing nothing. You open your mouth by keeping your wallet closed.
Since our religious leaders will not […]
If anyone knows what kind of leukemia Sontag had, please comment. Perhaps it is selective pattern recognition - but first Jean-François Lyotard, then Edward Said, now Sontag - all intellectuals dead of leukemia.
This is from a speech Sontag made in April upon receipt of a literary award. It talks about literature in a way […]
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Just a quick comparison for you.
US Tsunami Relief PledgeRaised to $35 Million from $15 million
Cost of Bush’s 2005 Inauguration$40 Million+
2004 Florida Hurricane Relief$3.17 Billion
OneWorld.Net at Common Dreams: “The latest poll found that more than two thirds of European and Canadian consumers have had a negative change in their view of the United States as a result of U.S. foreign policy over the last three years. Nearly half believe that the war in Iraq was motivated by a desire […]
The Tsunami is a major natural disaster and the death toll is rising.
It doesn’t yet approach the death figures of Iraqi civilians, however, which Americans have yet to mourn or take responsibility for.
And my hero Susan Sontag has died of leukemia. Another major light fades.
Susan Sontag, Author and Activist, Dies at 71
And one […]
Gather the Women | GTW Global Altar
This is a beautiful page of prayers for peace from around the world and from different religious traditions. Wonderful.
Enjoying Music
