April 4
An email from my friend Batch, director of the Oklahoma City Peace House: To commemorate this April 4th memorial of Martin Luther King’s assassination, a friend sent me this 9-minute …
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Citizens United comes to the heartland
In their decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, the Supreme Court of John Roberts twisted the knife in for the kill of representative democracy in this country. Literally …
Internet access for the people of Libya
Dutch ISP provider XS4ALL has set up an internet dial-up service for Libya. Use your modem to dial +31205350535 username: xs4all password: xs4all Spread please. Facebook Comments
A clear signal for voters
The Oklahoman has made its endorsements in the OKC city council race. I think most of you reading this know what that means relative to your vote. Do your homework …
Sincere question for Democratic politicians
How’d you like to be greeting with thunderous applause just for going to work? Fight for the workers, we’ll get your back. One big union!* For on the scene coverage …
1967
Hang On, Sloopy was a hit when I was in 7th grade. I was just becoming aware of the Vietnam War, but it wasn’t much on my mind; I had …
Peace Arena sells out!
I’ve succumbed to placing a web ad on the site. Oh, well, so much for my integrity, right? Ah, I hope not. But, yeah, I’ve become an affiliate of a …
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 …
"This is America …" – a memorable observation, but it's by Allen Ginsberg, as recounted by Mark Shields
Ah, the internet, so democratizing, yet so capable of the almost-instantaneous propagation of a non-fact, even with well meaning intentions. Take this nugget going around Facebook yesterday and today like …