Ring the bell and the Rightie attack dogs drool. In a week characterized by some of the finest slurs lovingly hand-crafted by the ugliest, most racist, most hate-filled minds on the planet, they outdid themselves this morning. MoveOn dot Org ran a full page ad in the New York Times today. The headline (the attention grabber): “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?” Sphere: Related Content
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“Workers organizing for justice and for an economy that lifts all”
“Workers organizing for justice and for an economy that lifts all” By Stewart Acuff, National AFL-CIO Organizing Director Adapted from remarks delivered at the US Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia September 6, 2007 We from the AFL-CIO and the labor movement have been inspired, energized, and moved by this great gathering of warriors for justice and peace, freedom and compassion here in Atlanta. We are reminded that we have much work left to do both externally and internally, and...
The Monsters Are Due on Pennsylvania Avenue
Back in the olden days (before video games, children) when TV was black and white, and ACTUAL writers wrote actual scripts that had actual meaning, Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone was able to nail a lot of uncomfortable truths about American life that couldn’t be told in any other way than by fable, with Serling as our Aesop. One fable, in particular — of the Cold War and the need to find and kill “the Other” — sticks with...
The Monsters Are Due on Pennsylvania Avenue
Back in the olden days (before video games, children) when TV was black and white, and ACTUAL writers wrote actual scripts that had actual meaning, Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone was able to nail a lot of uncomfortable truths about American life that couldn’t be told in any other way than by fable, with Serling as our Aesop. One fable, in particular — of the Cold War and the need to find and kill “the Other” — sticks with...
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