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Two podcasts ~ Choose a side

Fierce Planet Posted on December 12, 2022 by jnfrDecember 12, 2022

This weekend I caught up with a couple of podcasts, and I’d like to highlight a few things. First is a segment on Pod Save America. I’ve set this up so it goes directly to an interview with Strict Scrutiny‘s Kate Shaw, a lawyer talking here about the Supreme Court hearing Moore v. Harper last week. (Strict Scrutiny itself is another excellent podcast, if you’re looking for some top-notch legal minds discussing the issues of the day.) This case presents the “Independent State Legislature Theory”, which you will no doubt hear about a lot in the near future. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Corruption, Democrats, Elections, Legal, Politics, Race, Republicans, Resistance | Tagged history, ISL theory, podcasts, violence

A massive failure of the private sector

Fierce Planet Posted on February 21, 2011 by jnfrFebruary 21, 2011

Over at Salon, Andrew Leonard interviews Joseph McCartin, a Georgetown University professor who writes on the history of the labor movement. The whole interview is worth reading, but this portion really struck me for its clarity on the economic situation we find ourselves in these days. …an even more important factor is basically a 20- or 30-year period of failure in the private sector. What we are really looking at here is a private sector that for quite a long time now has not generated a lot of rising income for the great majority. It has not generated stable benefits … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Justice, Labor | Tagged history, labor

Has anybody here…

Fierce Planet Posted on January 17, 2011 by jnfrJanuary 18, 2011
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Posted in Culture, Equality, History | Tagged culture, history

I am not despondent

Fierce Planet Posted on November 3, 2010 by jnfrNovember 3, 2010

In fact, I’m not particularly worried by this election. I am sorry to lose Betsy Markey. I am happy we’re keeping Michael Bennet. Some other good things happened in Colorado as well: all three tax-busting amendments were defeated, and the profoundly misguided “fetus personhood” amendment was defeated. Still, even here conservatives made a lot of gains, and in other parts of the country they made even more. But I am not worried. The demographic tide is with the progressive vision. The religious right, the old white regressives, they are dying off one by one, and a new multi-racial, multi-cultural generation … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Uncategorized | Tagged culture, elections, history, politics, voting

Moments in Time

Fierce Planet Posted on October 17, 2010 by jnfrOctober 17, 2010

The Jackrabbit Trading Post, Route 66, Arizona, taken in 2006. From the Library of Congress photo collection. Photo by Carol Highsmith, who has spent the past 16 years photographing the United States for the Library of Congress.

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Posted in History, Pictures | Tagged history, picture

Moments in Time

Fierce Planet Posted on September 24, 2010 by jnfrSeptember 24, 2010

From the Akron Beacon Journal, March 25, 1913. Part of Captain Pearl Nye, Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal, a Library of Congress Digital Collection.

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Posted in History, Pictures | Tagged history, picture

Moments in Time

Fierce Planet Posted on September 4, 2010 by jnfrSeptember 4, 2010

This is the the Woman Suffrage Headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, 1912.

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Posted in History, Pictures | Tagged history, picture
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