Raoul Peck: acclaimed Haitian filmmaker and a political activist. His new film is The Young Karl Marx. His documentary I Am Not Your Negro just won the top documentary prize at the British Academy Film Awards, or BAFTA, on Sunday. It was also nominated for an Oscar in 2017. His… Continue reading
February 21, 2018 by Common Dreams Clearly revealing their warped priorities, Republicans voted on the same day to declare porn a “public health risk.” by Jake Johnson, staff writer “Most people would probably be ashamed to basically kill a gun control bill with teenage survivors in the room with them,” wrote GQ’s Luke… Continue reading
February 21, 2018 by Common Dreams An Obituary by Cecil Bothwell “Graham’s message was principally one of fear.” (Photo: Duncan Holmes/flickr/cc) “We are selling the greatest product on earth. Why shouldn’t we promote it as effectively as we promote a bar of soap?” — Billy Graham, Saturday Evening Post, 1963 Billy… Continue reading
By STEVE DUBB | February 23, 2018 (nonprofitquarterly.org) February 19, 2018: Next City “State and local governments hold around $458 billion in deposits, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, while state and local pensions hold $3.7 trillion in investments,” notes Oscar Perry Abello in Next City. Right now, these deposits are typically at the Big… Continue reading
Come for the discounts, stay for the opposition to common sense gun laws. KIRA LERNER,JOSH ISRAEL FEB 20, 2018 (thinkprogress.org) NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS VISIT EXHIBITOR BOOTHS AT THE 146TH NRA ANNUAL MEETINGS & EXHIBITS ON APRIL 29, 2017 IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. WITH MORE THAN 800 EXHIBITORS, THE CONVENTION IS THE… Continue reading
A groundswell of interest in public banking has advocates pondering how city-owned banks could transform the way municipalities collect and spend their money. STORY BY Oscar Perry Abello PUBLISHED ON Feb 19, 2018 (nextcity.org) It’s no surprise that Malia Cohen worries about what local public dollars are doing. As a member of… Continue reading
February 21, 2018 This showed up in my email. Thank you, whomever transcribed it. Transcription of Brian Edward-Tiekert on KPFA, 2/12/18, 7:27 am …. a move by the City of Berkeley to dislodge homeless encampments from the grounds around Old City Hall. Possibly of much larger significance because Berkeley is… Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO – (aifisf.com) Michael Smith, the Relocation-era Sioux man who founded the American Indian Film Institute and the American Indian Film Festival, passed away on Wed., Feb. 14, 2018 in San Francisco. He was 66. Growing up watching non-Natives play Natives, perpetuating stereotypes and disseminating inaccurate, often offensive portrayals of American Indians… Continue reading
laborvideo Published on Feb 19, 2018 The crisis at KPFA and Pacific including the possibility of bankruptcy was the focus of a forum on 32/18/18 in Berkeley. The forum also looked at the history of efforts to make Pacifica and the stations into an NPR type operation.Also presentations looked at… Continue reading
