Day March 23, 2006

Canada’s Arctic in danger

A record loss of sea ice in the Arctic this summer has convinced scientists that the northern hemisphere may have crossed a critical threshold beyond which the climate may never recover. Scientists fear that the Arctic has now entered an…

Paris protests escalate

Riot police clash with thousands of protestors as youths set fire to cars and unions refuse to call off strike. Check the Libcom blog for breaking news.

Why I’m marching Saturday

I just spoke with with Maria, a recently naturalized citizen from Central America. One of her sisters who is not yet a citizen just crossed the border. They walked for three days and nights nonstop without food or water. Maria…

Huge Immigrant Rights march this Sat.

The Immigrant Rights march in L.A. this Saturday now looks to be enormous. Organizers are predicting 300,000-500,000 people. Seasoned activists tell me this is a realistic estimate. The sleeping giant of Immigration Rights has awakened. The primary demand is No…

The coming blog shakeout. Pt. 3

It occurs to me, we’ve heard all this before. Currently there’s much hype and brouhaha about how netroots and blogging will change the face of D.C. and politics forever and ever. Feingold is running Blogads asking the netroots to choose…