History

The Great American Awakening

 in History / Justice / Resistance / Robert C. Koehler / Trump's administration by

Robert Koehler

“Old wounds break open. Deep, encrusted wrongs are suddenly visible. The streets flow with anger and solidarity. The past and the future meet…”

Robert C. Koehler
Published in: Recorder Online, LA Progressive, Pagosa Daily Post, Common Wonders Blog, Bainbridge Island Review, Information Clearing House, Common Dreams, Newberry Observer, The Sentinel-Progress, Tribune Content Agency, Counterpunch, Free Press, New Clear Vision, Resistance Times, Truthout, Gilmer Free Press, Sierra County Prospect, Rinf Alternative News, Epeak World News, The Pelican Web, Las Vegas Sun, Information Clearing House, Blogster, Kollinos Blog, The Trump Impeachment blog, Conscious Life News, A Field Negro, The Free Weekly, IslamiCity, San Francisco Informer, The Raven Foundation, Eureka Spring News, Huffington Post, New Clear Vision, The Smirking Chimp
Date: February 15,16,17,18,19,22,23,25, March 14,2017
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The Long, Long Journey to Female Equality

 in Democracy / Gender / History / James A. Haught by

James Haught

“With the possibility of America’s first woman president looming, it’s appropriate to consider the monumental struggle for gender equality.”

James A. Haught
Published in: Charleston Gazette-Mail, Pagosa Daily Post, New Haven Register, The Gulf Today, Counterpunch, Tacoma Weekly, Chicago Activism, Gilmer Free Press, Z Net, The Orange Leader, Courier & Press, The Free Weekly, Transcend Media Service, Evansville Courier Press
Date: September 29,October 2,5,6,9,24,2016
1030 Words

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Human Decency Moves Civilization Forward

 in Democracy / History / James A. Haught by

James Haught

“Remember a semi-comic Cold War movie, “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming”? A deadly Soviet Union nuclear submarine”

James A. Haught
Published in: ArcaMax, The Review, Eagle Times, Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, The Johnstown Breeze, TC Palm, Gilmer Free Press, The Bulletin 225, The New Port Miner, Running ‘Cause I Can’t Fly’ Blog, Charleston Gazette-Mail, North Jersey, Hanford Sentinel, The Korea Times, Pioneer Big Rapids News, The Orange Leader, Herald and News, The Free Weekly, Transcend Media Service, Before It’s News, Chicago Activism, The PeaceWorker, The Sunburg News
Date: September 19,20,21,24,25,26,October 21,2016, February 12,2017
687 Words

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Thrown Under the Automated Bus

 in Democracy / History / Rivera Sun by

RiveraSun2

“Automation isn’t coming. It’s here. At the airport, the public library, the grocery store, and dozens of other places, touch screens are rapidly replacing human bodies, especially in basic service industry positions…”

Rivera Sun
Published in: Counterpunch, Rivera Sun’s Blog, Sierra County Prospect, Gilmer Free Press, Transcend Media Service, Chicago Activism, The Daily Journal, The Dekalb County Dispatch
Date: September 7,9,12,2016
828 Words

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Reflections on the Anthropocene

 in Environment / History / Robert C. Koehler by

Robert Koehler

“This is a little too big to simply call “news.” Indeed, I can’t move beyond these words — especially that heart-stopper, “intertwined” — until I’m able to summon sufficient inner quiet and humility.”

Robert C. Koehler
Published in: The Daily Journal, The Smirking Chimp, Huffington Post, Common Dreams, Common Wonders Blog, Tribune Content Agency, Battle Creek Enquirer, Grassroots Press, LA Progressive, Alaska Dispatch, Charleston Gazette-Mail, The Raven Foundation, Daily Tribune, Macomb Daily, Morning Sun, Hutchinson News, The Oakland Press
Date: September 1,2,3,4,6,12,2016
882 Words

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Nonviolent History: South Africa’s Port Elizabeth Boycott Begins July 15, 1985

 in History / Nonviolence / Rivera Sun by

RiveraSun2

“On July 15, 1985, South Africans in the Port Elizabeth Township began a boycott of white-owned businesses to undermine the legitimacy of apartheid. A group of women suggested the idea of the consumer boycott, which was met with a 100 percent compliance rate…”

Rivera Sun
Published in: Transcend Media Service, Chicago Activism, Counterpunch
Date: July 18,22,27,2016
493 Words

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