May 2012
0 posts
Israel starts building wall on Lebanon border →
theyoungradical:
verbalresistance:
Israeli army begins constructing wall, set to stretch for more than 2km, to “avoid frictions on the border”.
The Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed sporadic clashes since the 2006 conflict between Israel and Lebanon
The Israeli army has begun building a wall that will run several kilometres along part of its border with Lebanon, a military spokeswoman...
April 2012
3 posts
The 53% ploy to divide the 99% →
This 53% business is very clever, because it is basically a way to trick people into throwing their lot in with the 1% when their real interests lie with the 99%. Pointing out who pays income taxes and who doesn’t is a way of praying on the frustration—the very understandable frustration—that people feel when they are worked 40+ hours at a job they hate for a boss they hate so...
March 2012
2 posts
December 2011
5 posts
A Dream →
Tell me if this sounds idealistic and immature:
It is my belief that a racist white working class man from, say, South Boston, and a young black woman who has only know white people in the…
RT @BootsRiley: Ports update: Oakland shutdown. Vancouver shut down. Portland shut down. Longview shut down. LA/LB partially shut. SD: a …
Talk, As Long As You Don't Incite →
“Little in the way of expression is outlawed under the United States Constitution, but an act which incites a lawful forceful response is unlikely to pass as expressive speech.”
-Justice…
November 2011
3 posts
RT @OccupyArrests: At least 36 #occupyarrests at #occupycal rally at #occupyberkeley overnight, today’s total: 42 #oo #ows #ola http://t …
RT @TomJoadsGhost: Video: Gov. Walked gets Mic-Checked while giving a speech to Chicago’s Union League Club. http://t.co/lTcn4tie
RT @sammyalfabravo: http://t.co/XlfYSKWS happy birthday #occupyboston
RT @bootsriley: We got ur back- if any company retaliates against its workers4striking during Nov2 #OaklandStrike, they will b ocuppied…
October 2011
13 posts
New Post: List of Demands (and why are we talking about this?) http://t.co/a07MPGna #ows #occupyboston #p2 #rebelleft #ANewWorldIsPossible
I've Got a List of Demands Written on the Palm of... →
Why we are giving into the pressure of outsiders trying to discredit us is beyond me. Our demands aren’t clear enough? And that’s a problem because…?
It’s a problem for the people seeking to…
New Post: This Is What Co-optation Looks Like: Response to George Lackoff @georgelakoff http://t.co/EBwVyaVc #ows #occupyboston #p2 #tcot
This Is What Co-optation Looks Like: Response to... →
George Lackoff wrote this truly troubling piece about the Occupy movement.
The only thing I agree with is the sentiment that he begins the column with:
“I think the movement should…
RT @apeywoo: Nails it. #OWS Outing the Ringers http://t.co/guuhYRPu @jsmooth995
Response to "How to be a Radical Therapist" →
A few weeks ago, April mentioned an article by Rick Kunnes entitled “How to be a Radical Therapist.” This is an article that appeared in one of my classes at Simmons. I have written a response…
New Post: Response to “How to be a Radical Therapist” http://t.co/6B1WfJhB #liberationhealth #rebelleft
Response to "How to be a Radical Therapist" →
A few weeks ago, April mentioned an article by Rick Kunnes entitled “How to be a Radical Therapist.” This is an article that appeared in one of my classes at Simmons. I have written a response…
New blog post from @apeywoo- “Struggling Together at General Assembly” #occupyboston http://t.co/BHoSktm5
Guide to Occupying With Love →
This is
just what I think, not what I have been successfully able to live up to. Even
in ourselves, there is a struggle worth having. I just wanted to put it out
there to you.
New Post: Is This What Democracy Looks Like? RE: #occupyboston http://t.co/mYe6zSWg #occupytogether
Is This What Democracy Looks Like? →
Revolutionary groups have a very different picture of what democracy looks like than what has sprung up in the #occupytogether movement. For example, the Revolutionary Communist…
August 2011
2 posts
RT @RebelCapitalist: RT @iWatch: Gov’t advisory panel on #fracking has abundant ties to energy industry: http://bit.ly/rdyWuF
RT @democracynow: United Nations: Shell Responsible for $1+ Billion in Environmental Damage to #NigerDelta Over 50 Years. http://owl.li/ …
July 2011
1 post
21 facts about income disparity (eg approx 50% of all child will b on food stamps at some point b4 reaching 18) http://ow.ly/5vHFs #p2 #tcot
May 2011
5 posts
Some Thoughts on Privilege, Activism, and Getting Yelled At http://bit.ly/k5Zofx via @studentactivism #p2
RT @democracynow: #Yemen forces open fire on protesters in 3 cities, killing 9, as protests against #Saleh enter 4th month. http://ow.ly …
RT @shoutcacophony: RT @Broadsnark: US judge says lesbians can be ‘cured’ by male soldiers http://is.gd/lBjr7n
RT @justiceunited: GOP Blocks Bid To Make Elizabeth Warren Head Of Consumer Bureau http://huff.to/l3m39I via @huffingtonpost
RT @democracynow: #Egyptians call for social reforms as govt bans protests & #strikes—http://ow.ly/4Mje2 #egyworkers #unions #healthcare …
April 2011
7 posts
RT @democracynow: Democracy Now! National & Global News Headlines for Tuesday, April 26. Read/Listen/Watch/Share: http://ow.ly/4Hfec #ch …
37 Arrested at Hancock Air Base near Syracuse Protesting Use of Drones | Common Dreams http://t.co/CLEh0uT
Report on state-subsidized insurance and abortion... →
First, for a look at the impact of the Hyde Amendment and the policy of excluding abortion funding from Medicaid, check out this paper that I wrote back in Fall 2009 (in the midst Stupak-Pitts…
New Post: Women’s experiences in MA w/ state ins. & abortion care + a nat’l analysis of Hyde, ab access http://tinyurl.com/3dmobo9 #fem2 #p2
RT @RayBeckerman: RT @femmekatz: RT @AlertNet: Uganda threatens to block social media over protests http://j.mp/hVPWdh #uganda
RT @democracynow: 27 arrested at @whitehouse “die-in” protest against US #Army School of the Americas—http://ow.ly/4xWsr #humanrights @S …
RT @CharlesBivona: More.. RT @Reuters: Coalition air strike hits Libya rebels, 13 dead. http://t.co/EOFuBhm
March 2011
1 post
.@TheDailyShow eviscerates American foreign policy http://bit.ly/gvvA5E #p2 #lybia #tcot #middleeast
February 2011
10 posts
RT @Pash1994: RT @AFLCIO: BREAKING: Wis. Assembly passed bill taking away collective bargaining rights http://bit.ly/ejhzvC #WIunion, # …
RT @RebelCapitalist: RT @MotherJones: Just how big is the gap between the rich and the poor? These will shock you: http://mojo.ly/hiAPmg #p2
RT @democracynow: NEWS: #Indiana Deputy Attorney General Fired for Backing Armed Attacks on Pro-Labor #Wisconsin Protests. http://ow.ly/ …
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Extremism http://youtu.be/vkPyEUPjtDw via @jsmooth995 #mlk #p2 #tcot
RT @democracynow: Uprising in #Egypt Live: In a special show, DN! talks w people in #Cairo hours after #Mubarak resigns: http://ow.ly/3U …
The Ghost of Tom Joad →
Since a lot of people on Twitter seem to think that my name is Tom, I thought I would provide a little info on my handle. The reference is to a Bruce Springsteen song which was inspired by a…
Comic: Happiness is just around the corner! (the meritocracy at work) http://bit.ly/hqlvd4
RT @democracynow: Read Amy Goodman’s new weekly column on the situation in #Egypt: “When Corporations Choose Despots Over Democracy.” ht …