Archive for January, 2007

31 Jan

Remembering Molly Ivins

John Nichols

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070219/molly_ivins
…The warmest-hearted populist ever to pick up a pen with the purpose of calling the rabble to the battlements, Ivins understood that change came only when some citizen in some off-the-map town passed a petition, called a Congressman or cast an angry vote to throw the bums out. The nation’s mostly widely […]

31 Jan

Death of a Hellraiser: Mourn the Dead, Fight like Hell for the Living

News: Molly Ivins fought to the end, and asks us to do the same.
By Josh Harkinson
January 31, 2007
http://www.motherjones.com/news/update/2007/01/molly_ivins.html
…Her last piece, opposing the Bush Administration’s Iraq surge, ran on January 11th, and like so much of Ivins’ work, ended with an optimistic call to action. “We are the people who run this county,” she said. […]

17 Jan

Bangor Daily News Editorial: Protest by Ballot

By BDN Staff
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - Bangor Daily News
http://bangordailynews.com/news/?a=145260&z=34
No one should doubt the determination of the “Bangor Eleven,” the anti-war activists who staged a sit down last September in Sen. Olympia Snowe’s Bangor office. The last six of the group now have chosen 24 hours in jail instead of a $200 fine.

15 Jan

Film: The Ground Truth

The Ground Truth: This dramatic 2006 film presents the stories of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, shows the American military’s mistreatment of its own people on and off the battlefield, and reveals the devastating effects of the war on our veterans.

12 Jan

Sign the Petition: The Maine Campaign to Impeach

IMPORTANT UPDATE - April 19, 2007: Petition Address Correction
A new www.maineimpeach.org web site is up and running, and about 1,000 people have already signed on to support an investigation by Congress into the possibility of impeaching George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. The goal of the campaign is 20,000 Maine signatures. The Maine Campaign […]