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  • Way to go!

    Wonderful nonviolent and effective demonstration, Kate.  I was with you in spirit and following via Twitter all day.  Thanks - Mark GormanOn Thousands protest against coal in front of D.C.'s Capitol Power Plant posted 9 months ago 18 Responses

  • Radicalism

    Sometimes it helps to get back to the basic meaning of words when discussing whether a term, or in this case a movement described by a term, is relevant in today's world.  The original meaning of the word radical comes from the latin word for root.  So the term really refers to someone or something rooted.  In the case of environmental "radicalism" I would suggest that a true radical is rooted in the truth of what it means to live connected to the earth and to other creatures, including the rest of humanity (Will and Grace included).  I would think that Aldo Leopold would be a good example for us of a "radical" in the original sense of the word.  If we switch the framework of the discussion to promote the "rooted" nature of radicalism, then radicals are not the ones far removed from reality.  Rather, radicals are those rooted in the basics or ecological connectedness, and it is society as a whole that is moving away from our roots toward ecological disaster.  --  Mark GormanOn Free the radicals posted 5 years ago 2 Responses

  • The inability to govern

    If anyone thinks that the nominee of either party in the current scheme of things can effectively govern, work against the impact of corporate money, buck the system and make meaningful change (whether its relating to the poor, rampant militarization or the environment), they're deluding themselves.  The only real change works from the bottom up, at the grassroots level.  The only way to energize that grassroots constituency is to smack them in the face and get them off their couches-away from their televisions.  Kerry won't do that.  In the end, he will have to compromise with a split congress to get anything through, and none of it will be meaningful.  In the long term, maybe it will be better to have a puppet like Bush in power, attempting to clear-cut the nation and smog the skies.  Maybe his blatant, empty-minded, stumbling ineptitude will get people off their butts and working for real change.On Nader haters posted 5 years, 1 month ago 9 Responses

  • Nader Haters

    I was recently in Colorado and saw what I thought was a cogent bumper sticker: "I Think Therefore I Vote for Nader."  I'm tired every four years of having to turn off my brain and choose the lesser of two evils: Tweedle Dumb or Tweedle Dumber.  Unfortunately, the Seattle Naderites gave the meaning behind that bumper sticker a black eye.  However, there are knee jerkers in every group, and I will still voice my opinion on November 2 that I'm sick of the mediocre oatmeal we get with the choices that the Democrats and Republicans give us.On Nader haters posted 5 years, 1 month ago 9 Responses