Photos from Amy Goodman's talk in Lawton
Had a great time tonight going to the Amy Goodman talk in Lawton, sponsored by KCCU. Drove down with a vanful of interesting activists of various backgrounds and experiences, had …
'Grapes of Wrath' 70th anniversary
On April 14, 1939, The Grapes of Wrath was released, to immediate public and critical success. And to immediate controversy. In Oklahoma, the book was sometimes misunderstood, or perhaps understood …
Peace Education Institute announce 2009 summer camps schedule
The summer peace camps program offered by The Peace Education Institute is now in its third year of providing young people an opportunity to explore ideas and issues, to expand …
200 years and we've come to this?
It’s Darwin Day, and time to celebrate science and the beauty of observable, provable reality. But, yet, old myths, and bad policy on based on them, seem as strong as …
Giving Pete Seeger his just reward: a Nobel Peace Prize
Seriously, who deserves that baby more than Pete Seeger, who has literally taught the world to sing, and created much harmony, tonal and otherwise. The goal is to get the …
My introduction to Pete Seeger
Seeing the (banned on YouTube) video of Pete Seeger singing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial Sunday made me think about how I first heard about him. It’s a …
Sad news: Texas Green Bill Holloway has died
Bill lived in Austin, but I believe he was from Oklahoma. He was very active with the Texas Green Party, and I met him in Crawford in August 2006, where …
2008 Peace Arena Progressive Person of the Year award goes to…
The award is presented to Rachel Maddow. I think Rachel is eclipsed only by Obama in meteoric rise from relative obscurity during 2008. She first got national attention in 2004 …
Activist-singer Miriam Makeba passes away
In 1963 (a year after Nelson Mandela was imprisoned), she testified before the UN and asked them to intervene, give black South Africans rights in their own country, release political …