Day March 6, 2008

Foreclosures hit all time high

This was as of the end of 2007. The foreclosure rate is probably even higher now. “We’re seeing people give up even before they get to the reset because they couldn’t afford the home in the first place” Some homebuyers…

Activist Video launches

Activist Video, a video-sharing site for activists, has just launched. Looks promising, here’s one of their videos. “THIRD WARD TX trailer One-minute trailer for the documentary THIRD WARD TX about a group of African American artists who create Project Row…

Obama’s campaign creates space for activism

From American Leftist Leftists make a mistake if they dismiss the mainstream political process as meaningless, or allow themselves to reflexively evaluate it in a jaded, cynical way. Why? Because the process has a social dimension as well as a…

Obama and those 50 undecided superdelegates

Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO), Sen. Barack Obama’s Missouri co-chairman and pledged Obama superdelegate, said Obama will gain the support of 50 undecided Democratic superdelegates later this week, according to the Columbia Missourian. Said Clay: “She (Sen. Clinton) will not make…

March 10-12. Stop-Loss Congress

Congress has condoned a widespread stop-loss policy in the military which requires soldiers to involuntarily extend their tours and prolong the killing. It is time to Stop-Loss Congress! Congress can not go home until all the troops come home. March…