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Connecting The Dots: News You Can Use To Help Sort Out The Mess We're In. February 8, 2010 |
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Howard Zinn: A True American Hero |
 R.I.P Howard Zinn . I had the honor of working with Howard after I got out of jail for protesting the 1990 Gulf War. With a grant in hand from Harper Collins and a script from activist screen writer Marvin Gluck we conspired together to do a multi-media adaptation of Peoples' History. We got it through pre-production but got sidelined because we didn't have enough of a track record to keep the big bucks coming in. 20 years later what we tried to do was accomplished by Matt Damon and the History Channel . Howard was a terrific human being. Give my best to Roslyn! Howard Zinn-presente!! |
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Northwoods Peace Initiative (We're Not Dead Yet) February 4 |
Dear Peacemakers,
This one has been a long time coming. Without going into details, let's just say we've been on a sabbatical of sorts and now it is time to sort out the BIG MESS we seem to have gotten ourselves into. So here we are, a year into "change we can believe in", and it all seems to have fallen a bit short. If anything, Obama is setting himself up for a big fall by assuring us, at the state of the Union, that the big banks had to be saved for the good of the country and that the worst is now behind us-- NOT!! We are witnessing nothing short of the fall of the American Century. Unfortunately, the world has become so technically and psychically entangled that it is impossible for one country to fail without the rest of the world being seriously impacted. Iceland was the first to go, Dubai gave markets a good scare (until their big brother Abu Dhabi threw them a life line), and the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) who are approaching default sized debts roiled markets today. As they say, if the US sneezes, the world gets pneumonia, if the US falls it's all over but the crying.
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If I Can't Sing I Don't Want to be Part of Your Revolution |
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The farm band is back in the studio. We have seven songs in the can and a bunch more in the pipeline. We are hoping to have a CD ready to go for fund raising in a couple of months. Years ago we were the movement band of choice singing at demonstrations, rallies, fund raisers, events, and just for fun. We are hoping to do more of the same now. If you need music for an event let us know. If you want to audition the band (Relative Minor- because we are all related and a minor, little band) go to Neil Young's website Living With War Today. We are currently ranked 149 out of 3000 songs. The more you get listened to the more you move up the charts. Click on our song (Shovelin' Shit) which will take you to our band website. Enjoy. |
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Diary of a Cyber Bedouin 2/4/2010 |
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Monday started with the news that the Israeli military has decided to reoccupy part of Ush Ghrab in Beit Sahour after having left it in 2006 and Tuesday saw the army begin clearing land of Ush Ghrab. Ush Ghrab is part public (Palestinian) land but a major part of it is private lands that was put off limit to their owners for nearly four decades and used as a center for the occupation forces in Bethlehem district. From this military camp, nearly 300 Palestinian homes were partially or completely destroyed in 2002 and 2003.
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