Month April 2006

Motorists this summer can expect to pay an average of 25 cents more a gallon for gasoline, the government reported today, as market watchers say that $3-a-gallon gasoline nationwide is a near certainty in the wake of higher crude oil…

I’m at a lot of demos and protests. Sometimes it’s noisy; speakers from the stage, bullhorns, conch shells, etc. So, when I try to call Sue or she tries to call me, often we can’t hear the phone ring or…

I’m reading Adam Hochschild’s ‘Bury the Chains,’ which chronicles the history of British abolitionism, the making of the world’s first grass-roots movement.Ԛ  Pioneers in activism, the “campaign’s leaders pioneered a variety of techniques that have been adopted by citizens’ movements…

Berlusconi lost in Italy. The government of France was forced to cave to protestor’s demands. Governments in South America are headed sharply to the left. Bush and Blair are in serious trouble, even with their once-loyal base. Antiwar sentiment is…