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My primary goal now is to persuade the PBS station in Minneapolis, that reaches 4 million homes, to carry the Amy Goodman Democracy Now! program. I was in Seattle to protest the arrest of Lt. Watada. I held a moveon.org showing of an anti-war movie recently. I write anti-war letters to the Minneapolis Star Tribune and get a couple published every year. I am a progressive, not an establishment Democrat, and proud of it.
Thursday, April 22, 2010 Lib Dems Leader Clegg: Britain Must Stop Doing US BiddingSHARE
Until the first UK Prime Ministerial debates, Nick Clegg was just another Liberal Democrat leader who had no chance of becoming PM. In the debates he eschewed ties with the US and it worldwide aggressive foreign policy and sounded like a real Progressive. Now he is leading Labor and the Conservative candidates in the upcoming election. In this country, he would never have been allowed to debate and would have remained obscure.
Monday, June 29, 2009 Was the Iranian Election Stolen? Does It Matter?SHARE
The most thorough and apparently objective analysis of the Iran election I have read. The election procedure is described and it is noted that the procedure is witnessed by all parties involved. The article concludes that it would have been very difficult for the Iranian government to have altered the results by 11 million, the margin that Ahmadinajad won by.
(2 comments) Sunday, March 2, 2008 The Obama Craze: Count Me OutSHARE
This article was written Feb. 27 by Matt Gonzalez‚ who is Nader's choice for VP. After briefly describing the quasi-religous ferver that Barack Obama's campaign has assumed, Gonzalez meticulously dissects Obama's voting record and statements while in both the Illinois and US Senate. When he is finished describing his centrist positions and in some cases, anti-Dem, policies you will know why no progressive should vote for him.