www.thememoryhole.org
russ kick of the www.thememoryhole.org has obtained 361 photographs from dover air force base of the flag covered coffins of iraq military war dead. he was able to get these photos by filing a freedom...
View Articleeyes wide open memorial
elliot organized some friends and brought the american friends service committee's eyes wide open memorial to elm park in worcester, ma yesterday. to represent the war dead, empty boots and shoes were...
View Articleupdate - 8/29/04 protest and march in NYC
new email from UFPJ today...http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2532 UFPJ Says No to the West Side Highway August 10th, 2004 Dear UFPJ supporter: WE ARE MARCHING! On August 29, United for...
View Articleupdate - 8/29/04 anti-bush protest and march in NYC
here's today's update from UFPJ on the big anti-bush agenda march. nyc has again denied UFPJ use of central park for a rally at the end of the march. they are still fighting for this, but in the mean...
View Articlewhy i am going to nyc
there've been some discussions in the diaries recently about the benefits and risks of protesting at the rnc. for me the most compelling issue is the war in iraq... and i don't think a kerry win is...
View Articlemore info from NLG on RNC protests....
for those who were arrested in nyc during the rnc protests... i understand there is likely be a class action lawsuit regarding the conditions of detention, especially conditions at pier 57.
View Articleemail update from: No Stolen Elections!
just received this Urgent Response Network email from No Stolen Elections! (you can get on the list at www.Nov3.US). they have lots of good action suggestions and are organizing / coordinating at the...
View ArticleKerry's speech - report from FDL roots project
salvador posted the text of Senator Kerry's speech in a diary yesterday. This is the report-back from MA group of the FDL roots project (hey, if you haven't yet - sign up already!). 5 of us attended...
View Articlehow FISA went down in the House
How was it, that the truly awful S.1927, was passed in a Democratic majority House last week?During the many hours spent watching C-SPAN on Friday and Saturday, and in the days since, we've been trying...
View ArticleLooking back at FISA's year in the House
This diary is my attempt to document and deconstruct the political theater we've witnessed from the House of Representatives, and specifically its Democratic leadership, in amending FISA this past year...
View ArticleLooking back at FISA's year in the House - Appendix
This diary contains, as an Appendix, the detailed timeline for my diary, "Looking back at FISA's year in the House." These two diaries are my attempt to document and deconstruct the political theater...
View ArticleSingle-payer Medicare for All: Imagine electing a senator who will lead the...
FDL is holding a fundraiser RIGHT NOW (12-2p ET) for Jonathan Tasini with David Swanson (Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union).If you can walk and chew gum at the...
View ArticleTime to Sweep the Vampire Squid Off Our Faces and Make Room for the Real Change
Warning: At the end of this diary, I'm going to be asking for your support. Your financial support. Please consider making a donationtoday.______________I remember the fall of 2008 not so much as the...
View ArticleFiscal Sustainability Teach-In & The Deficit: Nine Myths We Can’t Afford
For everyone who wasn't able to attend Wednesday's Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In and Counter-Conference at GWU, with help from the volunteers who made the recordings, I've posted each session's audio...
View ArticleWhy Paul Krugman, and we, need to take MMT economists seriously.
Everything I'm going to try to say in this diary, save the last bit, can probably be summed up by this comment from masaccio at FDL on Sunday:...thinking is hard, and teaching yourself to think away...
View ArticleSocial Security: The Real and The Unreal
Stephanie KeltonYouTube clips and transcript quotes are from last year's Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In and Counter-Conference. Complete audio, video, transcription and presentation materials are...
View ArticleUSG deficits: The Economics, the Politics, the Banksters and You.
The Economics:James K. Galbraith: In Defense of Deficits... a big deficit-reduction program would destroy the economy, or what remains of it, two years into the Great Crisis. For this reason, the...
View ArticleL. Randall Wray: A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO FEDERAL BUDGETING
[The following is x-posted with the kind permission of the author. — selise]______A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO FEDERAL BUDGETING: Or, Can One Take Billionaire Pete Peterson’s Money and Remain...
View ArticleDear Representative James P. McGovern
The Honorable James P. McGovern 438 Cannon House Office Building United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515Dear Representative McGovern,My name is xxxx xxxx. I am writing to ask you to...
View ArticleJames K. Galbraith: Without the rule of law, the financial sector is no use...
Posted below, with kind permission of the author, is the transcript (see note below) of James K. Galbraith’s talk on financial fraud at the 20th annual Levy Institute Hyman Minsky conference at the...
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