Tag: politics

  • Moral Monday Shames North Carolina Legislature

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    Moral Mondays Shames NC Lawmakers, So They’re Restricting Statehouse Access (via http://crooksandliars.com) By karoli May 17, 2014 8:00 am – Comments North Carolina lawmakers announced strict new rules aimed at limiting Moral Monday protests, or even better, ending them. Conservatives in North Carolina really do not like the weekly protests in the state capitol…

  • Brother Ali – Mourning in America

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    This is the title track to my new album, Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color. The first half of the album highlights and critiques the dire situation in which we live. The second half outlines the tremendous opportunity we have to re-imagine and reform our society. This song is an observation and a critique…

  • State of the Union Reax

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    As I’ve mentioned before, I try to stay away from politics.  However, every now and then I can’t help putting a toe in.  Watched tonight’s State of the Union and was pleasantly surprised by a seemingly liberated Obama.  I think this was his best SOTU to date.  It was simple and direct, but powerful.  Here’s…

  • Gar Alperovitz suggests what the next economic system might look like.

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    In What Then Must We Do?, Gar Alperovitz speaks directly to the reader about where we find ourselves in history, why the time is right for a new-economy movement to coalesce, what it means to build a new system to replace the crumbling one, and how we might begin. He also suggests what the  next system might look…