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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Earthlings Unite?
(1 comments) In the name of holistic justice and planetary rebellion, I am an earthling.

Thursday, April 7, 2011
Banned in Vermont: An interview advocacy journalist and author Rosemarie Jackowski
"unedited, uncensored, unpretentious, unabashed"

Saturday, March 26, 2011
5 Reasons Why Technology Can Never Be Neutral
(8 comments) Technology can never be neutral and industrial civilization can never be sustainable.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Always do the right thing (because 99 is not 100)
Never lose sight of the big picture but always do the right thing.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011
"Love in the Time of Dinosaurs": An interview with author Kirsten Alene
"I think every time love sneaks into a conversation or a story and changes someone, it's a little triumph for people."

Saturday, January 29, 2011
"America Plops and Fizzes": An interview with poet, Andrew Rihn
Some guy named Percy Shelley once said poets were the " unacknowledged legislators of the world."

Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Why are you so negative? (and other FAQ)
(1 comments) What does the term "negative" mean in this context anyway?

Sunday, January 23, 2011
"We need to stop this culture before it kills the planet": A conversation with Derrick Jensen
(7 comments) Even if every single person in the US made every single change suggested in the movie An Inconvenient Truth, carbon emissions would fall by only 21%.

Thursday, January 20, 2011
Beat Your Daisy Cutters Into Daisies
(1 comments) Green-spirited seed bombs and mean-spirited Daisy Cutters. Take a wild guess which one is illegal here in the land of the free.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Downsize or Modify? A Conversation with Noam Chomsky
(2 comments) What will happen if activists don't kick things up a few thousands notches and provoke massive changes in the way humans currently live?

Friday, January 14, 2011
Planet Overkill
"Everything in excess is opposed to nature."

Sunday, January 2, 2011
Are You Ready for the Revolution?
(1 comments) f you agree that fitness--both mental and physical--is a crucial component for any serious subversive, read on...

Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The United States of War Criminals
(2 comments) Roughly one million tax dollars per minute are spent to fund the largest military machine (read: global terrorist operation) the world has ever known.

Monday, November 22, 2010
Stone Age Brain, Space Age Culture
We each possess a physiology that evolved to negotiate the Stone Age. Inconveniently, we live in the Space Age.

Monday, November 1, 2010
Why aren't you happy?
(1 comments) You're not anti-American, are you?

Friday, October 29, 2010
When Criminals Vote
(1 comments) Whatever side we choose in these fabricated conflicts, human society maintains its steady, relentless path toward mass homicide/suicide.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Self Defense for Radicals: Collective Soul + Activist Heart
We are on the brink of social, economic, and environmental collapse.

Monday, June 14, 2010
When will direct action blossom?
(3 comments) How much more are we willing to tolerate before we take direct action?

Monday, May 31, 2010
Ask not what your eco-system can do for you
All we have is right now. How are you making it count?

Saturday, May 1, 2010
The Tea Party Sideshow
(1 comments) We have to challenge right wing hatred and intolerance at every turn, of course, but do so without defending President Obama.

Monday, March 15, 2010
Animal Rights/Vegan Issues: Where's the Left?
Where are the "real" progressives on dark green issues pertaining to animal rights, veganism, and the environment?

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
More Militant Vegans, Less Ethical Butchers
Becoming a butcher in the name of animal welfare is like joining the Marines to promote peace.

Saturday, September 26, 2009
F the New York Times and F "Permitted" Marches
(3 comments) Wake up...

Saturday, September 19, 2009
Revenge Of The Dammed
(3 comments) 5 Reasons Why Large Dams Have to Go Now; 5 Ways to Help Make That Happen

Monday, September 7, 2009
How to be a successful activist
(2 comments) (in 5 simple steps)

Thursday, August 13, 2009
The world's worst polluter: U.S. military
It's time to embrace a much darker shade of green

Sunday, August 9, 2009
Humans vs. Birds: Hitchcock in reverse
It's Hitchcock in reverse as the planet's most destructive species systematically slaughters everything in its path.

Sunday, August 2, 2009
Urban Cavemen (living life out of balance)
(1 comments) We each possess a physiology that evolved to negotiate the Stone Age. Unfortunately, we live in the Space Age.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Taking over post-Arnold California
(1 comments) Mickey Z. interviews Richard Oxman

Monday, July 13, 2009
Poverty draft?
(2 comments) The US military is far more dangerous than any street gang or Mafia family

Sunday, July 5, 2009
Humans are the cancer of the planet
(5 comments) If you think that's harsh, just wait till the chemotherapy kicks in.

Sunday, June 7, 2009
Animal rights, ecofeminism, and rooster rehab
(2 comments) Mickey Z. interviews pattrice jones

Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Activism 101
(4 comments) Okay, short attention span crowd: Grab your remote (or mouse) and get ready to click, click, click...

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Obama and the denial of genocide
(5 comments) This April, President Barack Obama broke campaign promise #511

Monday, April 6, 2009
A starling taught to speak
(2 comments) Humans are the species that can be correctly labeled "invasive" and a "health risk"

Monday, March 23, 2009
Five reasons why Americans won't resist
(19 comments) Why aren't activists ramping up the pressure and looking beyond tactics that are allowed by those in power?

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Obama and His Dick (Cheney)
(5 comments) Here's how well they have us trained...

Sunday, March 8, 2009
Michael Greenwell interviews Mickey Z.
Who Is the Biggest Waste of Oxygen on the Planet?

Friday, March 6, 2009
Text is a Verb
(1 comments) Ain't progress swell?

Saturday, February 28, 2009
Pawns with Lawns
(1 comments) The single most irrigated crop in the United States is lawn.

Monday, February 23, 2009
Radical Love: An interview with Natty Seidenverg
(2 comments) It takes a strong heart to love deeply and freely at the same time.

Monday, February 9, 2009
American Apologies
(1 comments) The future will only contain what we put into it now

Friday, January 30, 2009
No Innocent Bystanders
Riding Shotgun in the Land of Denial

Monday, January 26, 2009
Obama, Guantanamo, and US hypocrisy
(7 comments) Snapshots from the United States of Incarceration...

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Dam Nation
(1 comments) Attacking a dam is terrorism...except when it isn't.

Saturday, January 17, 2009
Planet of Lost Souls
(13 comments) "Maybe we're not all individual souls, but maybe we're all part of one big soul."

Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Obama Nation upholds US terror
(9 comments) The United States of America is a rogue state built on and maintained by terror

Sunday, December 21, 2008
Waves of hope and change
(7 comments) There seems to be no shortage of well-dressed humans cavorting, laughing, and spending freely.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Counting sea gulls
(1 comments) It's what passes for nature in these parts.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008
If Obama coached the Knicks
Barack Obama just might be the Mike D'Antoni of national politics.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Obama Conspiracy
(7 comments) They all think alike...

Sunday, December 7, 2008
Obama and the 2076 election
(6 comments) What a proud moment for the world's greatest nation.

Thursday, December 4, 2008
Woody Guthrie: A little recession music, please
(6 comments) "This machine kills fascists"

Monday, December 1, 2008
Obama exploits liberal denial
(35 comments) In 2004, it was Anybody-But-Bush. This year, it was Attack of the Obamatrons.

Sunday, November 23, 2008
Obama preserves our way of life
(4 comments) What could possibly go wrong now that Obama is in charge?

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Obama and the Great Depression
(11 comments) The Pope of Hope has never been anything more than a human marketing strategy, a product. This year's iPhone.

Monday, November 17, 2008
News Flash: Obama hypnotizes Zinn
(6 comments) Every indication points to Barack Obama doing the exact opposite of what Zinn writes.

Sunday, November 16, 2008
Some things are bigger than any of us
(5 comments) Are this generation's abolitionists ready to step up and create change? Not ask for change, create change.

Thursday, November 13, 2008
A Song for Obama
(2 comments) All hail the Pope of Hope...

Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Driving Mister Barack
(1 comments) The auto industry Mister Barack and his merry band of Democratic comrades so desperately want to bailout and revive is and has been one the primary causes for our planet's environmental and social degradation.

Monday, November 10, 2008
What would Swayze do?
(4 comments) Be nice until it's time to not be nice

Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Will President Obama feel the pressure? (LOL)
(5 comments) The Left drank the Kool Aid again...

Monday, October 27, 2008
American Priorities
(1 comments) As Gandhi sez: "Action expresses priorities."

Friday, October 24, 2008
Chomsky, Zinn, and Obama
(33 comments) "You don't stick a knife in a man's back nine inches, and then pull it out six inches, and say you're making progress." - Malcolm X

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Attack of the Attackers
(2 comments) Sorry if this bursts your comfort bubble...

Sunday, October 5, 2008
The Struggle for Single-Payer
(7 comments) An interview with Katie Robbins of Healthcare-NOW.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Myth America: A Stand-up Tragedy
(2 comments) The state of global affairs has long passed the proverbial tipping point and is more likely flirting with the dreaded point of no return.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
September 11, 2008
(2 comments) "Don't worry. Things were bad but now, we've gotten everything back to normal."

Friday, August 8, 2008
Mother Puncher: An interview with Gina Ranalli
(1 comments) People are taught from a very early age not to think for themselves.

Thursday, July 24, 2008
One little, two little, three little Eichmanns
(2 comments) There are no innocent bystanders in America.

Monday, May 26, 2008
My Memorial Day
(1 comments) America would never be able to spread its values all over the planet without those men and women who volunteer to make it happen.

Saturday, May 17, 2008
Hunters and Soldiers: Brothers in Arms
(2 comments) We must never forget the deep connection between volunteer soldiers and the American hunting culture.

Monday, May 5, 2008
Ashamed to be American
(31 comments) How much more will it take before everyday Americans collectively hang their heads in shame over their (sic) nation's contemptible conduct?

Saturday, April 26, 2008
Simple Steps Towards Change?
(3 comments) Never, ever, ever trust a liberal (on anything).

Thursday, April 10, 2008
Hope is for Suckers
(5 comments) The verb "hope" is virtually synonymous with "pray," while "hope" the noun is often interchangeable with "faith."

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Progressives for Pinochet
(2 comments) All American progressives should unite for Augusto Pinochet.

Saturday, March 29, 2008
Progressives (and Z Net) for Obama?
(6 comments) Barack Obama is part of the problem. Anyone who votes for Barack Obama is part of the problem.

Friday, March 28, 2008
All You Need is Hate
(8 comments) Why are we so afraid to hate those most responsible for our current global nightmare?

Saturday, March 22, 2008
No occupation without representation (and other electoral musings)
The richer get richer, the sick get sicker, the bombs continue to fall, eco-systems decline and vanish, and American Idol is down to its final 10 contestants.

Thursday, March 13, 2008
Can we be anti-war but pro-troops?
(3 comments) Somehow, individuals and groups can stand tall against war and military intervention but refuse to shine a light on those who choose (and get paid) to fight. Nowhere else in the realm of activism does such a paradox exist.

Thursday, February 28, 2008
Obama, McCain, March 19...yawn
(1 comments) Will we ever disrupt our comfortable lives and dedicate ourselves to stopping-by any means necessary-global warming, US military interventionism, economic exploitation, factory farming, environmental devastation, etc. or will we continue defending "our way of life"?

Friday, February 22, 2008
Change We Can Recycle: A Presidential Campaign Quiz
(1 comments) The next time someone tells you America has a two-party system, I suggest you demand a recount.

Friday, February 15, 2008
"You can never be too radical": Rethinking rebellion before March 19
(24 comments) We don't need more conferences, subcommittees, elections, etc. We need bold steps and drastic measures.

Saturday, February 2, 2008
America's top exports: Grief, sorrow, and loss
(3 comments) "When you own a big chunk of the bloody Third World...the babies just come with the scenery."

Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Lab rats, corporate science, and the monsters we've all become
"In reality (animal) tests do not provide protection for consumers from unsafe products, but rather they are used to protect corporations from legal liability."

Saturday, January 26, 2008
For-Profit Health Care: More than one way to scan a CAT
"The truth is that doctors may get their nutrition information from the same newspapers and TV programs we do."

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The Truth about Immigration
(8 comments) Scream it from the mountaintops (or at least on your blog): Immigrants are destroying any and all hope of for planetary survival. Illegal aliens are Public Enemy #1. Foreigners are terrorists.

Friday, November 30, 2007
December 7: More Than Pearl Harbor
(1 comments) While Palestinian Muslims are labeled terrorists for having the audacity to revolt against 60 years of Israeli occupation, Indonesian Muslims can get away with murder. Literally.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007
No Voice Unheard
An interview with animal rights activist Diane Leigh

Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Pigeons, People & Perceptions
In all the thousands of years pigeons have dwelled on this planet, did any of them ever feel the need to invent, say, nuclear weapons?

Sunday, November 11, 2007
Awareness is overrated
When exactly does all this goddamned awareness translate into productive action and tangible change?

Tuesday, November 6, 2007
The Warrior is the War
Even when faced with documented evidence of criminality, Americans will not equate the warrior with the war.

Thursday, November 1, 2007
Jesus Rides the #7 Train
(2 comments) The followers of any religion are pacified not by having their abject circumstances changed, but by being taught ways to tolerate the intolerable.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Rescue: 2008
Maybe our campaign slogan should be "RESCUE THROUGH REVOLUTION."

Friday, October 12, 2007
Ya Gotta Believe?
(3 comments) "The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe." -Voltaire

Thursday, October 4, 2007
The Topic of Cancer
(7 comments) The Western medical priesthood stigmatizes alternatives and aggressively defends its Holy Trinity of cancer treatment: surgery, radiation, and of course, chemotherapy.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
"Pick up the gun"
(1 comments) (Fishing for evil-doers)

Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Mickey Z. to the "Rescue" in 2008?
(1 comments) The next time someone tells you America has a two-party system, I suggest you demand a recount.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Ho, ho, ho: The end of racism and sexism
(2 comments) If a word offends you or anyone you know, ban it.

Thursday, April 19, 2007
Dream Vacation: Sea, sand, and depleted uranium at Vieques
(1 comments) "A cheap holiday in other people's misery."

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