In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007

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A great living fight for democracy is taking place now, do not let blackout make you doubt, nor lies make you neutral.
A good summary of the people's view from Egypt (by an authentic journalist stuck abroad, Noha Atef)
A sign outside the subway station, "No Disabled Allowed," we would denounce, but that's the reality. http://lb.cm/jodyequality
Another reason advertising does not deserve police protection: https://www.msu.edu/~howardp/softdrinks.html
A Vegan No More via @stephthegeek –i believe every word. But yes, i'll remain vegan, as i have for 7 years.
The most frightening election result: US loses its best senator, Russ Feingold- outspent 12:1 (wild guess), plus white people
Everybody, please, everybody, listen to this - Annie Leonard tells us how we can fix everything.
In US law, corporations have individual rights (speech, property) but are not liable for murder. Gates of hell: wide open

Andrew Judson Grice (1969-2012)
Peasants and migrant workers rising up, organizing, and even winning in repressive China
It's the day before Yom Kippur and i've had two pretzels.
The Uncertainties of the Aftermath of Genocide: The New York Times Makes the Case for Passivity
Hero you haven't heard of to be sent to jail
15 Minutes to Live: the story that has to be written
In an entire decade we couldn't manage to hold a trial?
The McDonald's Tax
On War and Peace, and the right of people to support one over the other
The reactionaries are right. Enough with the talk of "social justice"

If Drugs Were Legal, My Friend Would Be Alive Today
Figuring out the real story is part of life, just to get over the indignity of being lied to all the time
Good overview of the racist drug war
Catch 22, the 87 e-mail edition
Every Exchange a Willing Exchange
Need a better word than organizer or activist
Really, DemandProgress? Isn't running television ads in Washington D.C. a way to try to influence
In praise of the newly elected Republican congressman who are refusing government-paid health care

How stupid does a spider have to be to build a web inside a screen door?
Rain in the early morning, sprinklers
Cape Cod with Stefan, Romy, Dimitrius
day starts with exercise
unimaginable
NYC -> Providence -> Boston
Thursday in Wellfleet
the author is ringleader, cheerleader, ringmaster, organizer, and jack of all trades of a process that might never end

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