October 2008
5 posts
Are Climate Campaigners Terrorists?
There are few things that reveal the true nature of the kind of power we’re up against. Surveillance is one of them. Who knew that the Patriot Act and our culture of fear would target some our most inspiring change agents?
In an Orwellian turn of events, my friend Josh Tulkin, a climate organizer with the Chesapeake Climate Action Network and Energy Action, received a letter in the mail...
Is John McCain a Maverick?
No! says Terrellita Maverick, a descendant of Samuel Augustus Maverick, who went to Texas in the 1800s and became famous for not branding his cattle, which led to unbranded cattle being called “mavericks.” The Maverick family has been active in progressive politics for generations, including Fontaine Maury Maverick, who was a congressman and his son, a firebrand lawyer who defended...
A few days in Johannesburg
Johannesburg is probably the most diverse city in the world. It’s layers of tribes, colonists, other colonists, immigrants and slaves all wrapped up together and living on a 12-million person chunk of savannah.
I haven’t seen too much of it yet because of the difficulty of getting around in taxis and so forth, but what I’ve seen and heard has been fascinating. I’m staying...
