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(c) 2006 Daniel Patrick Welch. Reprint permission granted with credit and link to http://danielpwelch.com. Writer, singer, linguist and activist Daniel Patrick Welch lives and writes in Salem, Massachusetts, with his wife, Julia Nambalirwa-Lugudde. Together they run The Greenhouse School (http://www.greenhouseschool.org). Translations of articles are available in two dozen languages. Links to the website are appreciated at danielpwelch.com.
Saturday, April 23, 2011 Hasta la Vista, Baby! Skynet is already here (1 comments)
Washington's now-reflexive use of drones signals an empire gone off the rails, a signal Americans ignore at our own peril.
Monday, November 1, 2010 Bring me the head of Silvino Herrera : "Us versus them" and other "modern" myths of war and civilization (1 comments)
Against the background of the leaking of the USA's secret Iraq war crimes files by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, Daniel Patrick Welch peers beneath the West's self-proclaimed cultural and moral superiority in the face of atrocities against innocent people all over the world.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 First Harvest--Food is Life at The Greenhouse School (3 comments)
Urban farming is a powerful way to advance the radical notion that even poor people can resist learned helplessness. Here, a small school built in a refurbished greenhouse on Boston's north shore is helping to teach urban kids about the miracles of growing food. Agriculture is right up there Along with algebra and art, say school officials.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Year Round Greenhouse School Keeps Kids Chugging, Come Hell or High Water (1 comments)
This unique little school on Boston's North Shore stays open all day, all year, no matter what Mother Nature has in store. Built in an old greenhouse, the school serves kids from infancy to eighth grade. Here staff describes a recent overnight at the school, which went ahead despite a flash flood.
Thursday, February 18, 2010 Haiti Still Suffers After the Media Big Boys Wrap
Daniel Patrick Welch documents one school's attempt to stay directly connected when the klieg lights dim and major media have decided to strike the set. Our children will adopt the attitudes they see around them; empathy and a thirst for justice should begin as early as possible.
Friday, January 22, 2010 My Country 'tis of thee--Corporatocracy! Of Thee I Sing (3 comments)
We should welcome the corporatocracy, which will usher in a new era of peace and harmony. Corporations are our friends [patent pending] and we have little to fear from their total, unfettered control.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Why Martha Lost (9 comments)
While US Democrats are shocked at the surprising vulnerablity of Ted Kennedy's Senate seat--the Liberal Lion of the Senate--US observer Daniel Patrick Welch, who lives in and writes from Kennedy's home state, is underwhelmed. Democrats have foolishly ceded the populist impulse to the right, and are now reaping what they have sown.
Monday, November 30, 2009 Custer Died for Your Sins - Thank You for the World So Sweet
Piece contains a video of Daniel Patrick Welch singing and playing guitar. "The Holidays" offer an opportunity to reflect on the founding mythology on which the US nurtures its own image
Friday, September 25, 2009 The Recession is Over! (Now get off your lazy asses and spend some MONEY, dammit!) (1 comments)
Daniel Patrick Welch, regaining his muse after an unfortunate hiatus, marvels at the audacity of the THC (Talking Heads Chorus), who tell us with a straight face that it's our own damn fault if the fake "recovery" sputters--for not spending the money we don't have!
Thursday, August 27, 2009 The Thousands Yet Unborn: a Farewell to Senator Edward Moore Kennedy (4 comments)
Ted Kennedy may be the last of the New Deal/Great Society liberals... will his passing mean the death of the soul of the democratic party, or a resurgence in radical challenge to the slick corporate bipartisan heist?
Sunday, March 8, 2009 Ain't She A Woman? A Great Lady, A Great Legacy
A tribute to a wonderful woman, Patricia Jennings-Welch, a pioneer in education and founder of The Greenhouse School, whose innovative teaching and spirit touched lives on six continents.
Thursday, October 23, 2008 Voter Intimidation in Odd Places: Even in Safe States (2 comments)
Daniel Patrick Welch reports on an ugly intimidation attempt even in "Liberal" Massachusetts. "If this is happening in Boston," people are saying, "just imagine what they are doing in close states." Indeed.
Saturday, September 27, 2008 A Reason to Stay: Still Crazy After All These Years
Daniel Patrick Welch reflects on the lasting, positive impact of a teacher on a pupil and considers how the obverse – "the intransigence to the plight of the poor" in an earlier time had given way to a "real explosion of ruthlessness and terror ... from New Orleans to Gaza and beyond".
Sunday, January 27, 2008 All the Baggage, None of the Charm - She's not Bill, and Bill's not running-thank god (4 comments)
US observer Daniel Patrick Welch writes on the presidential campaign with all the dutiful enthusiasm of one covering a sports event in which the local team has been shut out. There's no real debate, but as with every horse race, there's always someone to bet on--or against.
Monday, January 7, 2008 No Change for me: I want Bills: US Election Circus Awash in Cliches (1 comments)
US observer Daniel Patrick Welch writes on the farcical atmosphere of the US election season. The same media that prevents open discussion of the war and the middle east waves its wand over candidates' debates-and poof, the ones with the most to say disappear.
Saturday, March 17, 2007 Saint Patrick's Day and missed opportunity
Just in time for another St. Pat's--offered in the spirit of resistance
to empire. Sad to think that the American melting pot should cook up
such a stew of domestic support for the lies of empire. But over this
year's boiled dinner, we might reflect a bit more deeply...and
rejoice at The Thing That is Coming...
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 Denouncing Hugo Chavez - And other sports of the rich, infamous and just plain stupid (2 comments)
They are being hyped as "the most important midterm elections in 50
years," but Daniel Patrick Welch wonders how any real change can come
from a US "opposition" that denounces Hugo Chavez for insulting "our"
president.
Friday, July 7, 2006 Beyond Bashing Bush: Grassroots environmentalism and the prospect for a populist resurgence
The global environmental crisis affects everyone on the planet. Policies of governments and corporations leading to sprawl and overdevelopment both threaten the environment and make our lives miserable. It's a natural well of populist resentment, a powerful one that remains largely untapped.
Thursday, May 25, 2006 Sucks to be you! (1 comments)
Americans' unforgivable attitude toward immigration; the seamier side of Americans' incongruous xenophobia--it
is a full-fledged settler society, after all--and exposes the inherent
contradictions that just might make this one the right wing's downfall.
