Oklahoma's good old days
Oklahoma was once a hotbed of radical labor organizing. I say, let’s take our state BACK! If the image doesn’t display, see 1/20/2011 event here: www.snipr.com/okcprogcal Update/Caveat: I don’t know …
Holding Obama to the same standard as Bush on 'stupid wars'
Here are my photos from today’s demonstration against Obama’s escalation of the war in Afghanistan. The turnout was pathetic. I’m sure there are many reasons why. Even while Bush was …
I'm against this war no matter who's running it
Well, more disappointment from Obama. Now we know who really runs this country while he is president — the same folks who have been running it (badly and into the …
Photos from today's Rally for a Moral Budget
(Click on box to get a bigger version.) Quite a good turnout for a weekday. And it wouldn’t be complete without teabagger counter-protesters. They were relatively well behaved, compared to …
Poem I wrote 20 years ago about Tank Man
Most of the world was moved by Tank Man, the unknown rebel to the Chinese government’s violent crackdown on the student democracy movement in Tienanmen Square during the Spring of …
Vigil and peace walk for Okie War Resister Joshua Key
With apologies for the last minute nature of this event, you are invited to join us to support an Oklahoma man who is one of the Iraq war resisters in …
Emailing 101 for activists
This morning I got a phone call from an activist friend because her Internet service provider was not letting her send out emails to 200 addresses at a time from …
Oklahoma progressives, are you ready to lobby?
Several upcoming events are designed to help citizens do their civic duty of participation during the 2009 session of the Oklahoma Legislature. These are some that focus on progressive issues …
Busy, busy, busy — light blogging alert
I had two meetings today, have two paying (!) jobs on my plate, one of them with a tight deadline, and Mom is feeling better and want to get back …