The conservative group will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. at Alamo Square instead August 25, 2017 (nbcbayarea.com) The Patriot Prayer group has canceled a controversial free speech rally in San Francisco, citing the “fear brought on” by the city’s leaders, including Mayor Ed Lee and Nancy Pelosi. The… Continue reading
August 25, 2017 (johnlaurits.com) Like a weird monster emerging from the glowing portal discovered by the protagonist of a bad sci-fi movie, a new and uncomfortable reality continues to unfold from the void opened by the 2016 US elections. Facing a system that fails to stop the absurd hosts of… Continue reading
Supporters of California’s SB 562 “Medicare for all” bill rally in front of the State Capitol in Sacramento. Photo courtesy of Business Alliance for a Healthy California. August 24, 2017 (eltecolote.com) Our print and electronic media inundate us almost daily with concerns about quality healthcare, or more accurately, the… Continue reading
“Information is the currency of democracy.” –Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of… Continue reading
Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whosestreets… Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point… Continue reading
“The psychology of individuation has nothing to do with politics at all because it deals with the ultimate values, but yes, it has shattering political implications. We cannot behave as if this journey into the collective unconscious hasn’t happened, because it has happened. We can’t plead ignorance any more…. Continue reading
Is protest broken? Micah White, co-creator of Occupy Wall Street, thinks so. Disruptive tactics have failed to halt the rise of Donald Trump. Movements ranging from Black Lives Matter to environmentalism are leaving activists frustrated. Meanwhile, recent years have witnessed the largest protests in human history. Yet these mass mobilizations… Continue reading
Click here to find out how to see this film | http://www.wethepeople2.film Tree Media’s (http://www.treemedia.com) feature Documentary, We the People 2.0, about the work of CELDF (http://www.celdf.org) Directed by Leila Conners, Featuring Thomas Linzey, Narrated by Walton Goggins, Produced by Mathew Schmid. We the People is a visual essay about… Continue reading
