Category Archives: Activism
Oppose H. Res. 1734 (formerly 1731)
Today I received a number of emails about a House resolution of bipartisan authorship (which includes, disappointingly, the often admirable Anthony Weiner) calling on Congress to oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state through any means other than the so-called … Continue reading
Concerns Regarding the DREAM Act
Many of my friends (especially those on the left) have been rallying loudly and courageously in support of the DREAM Act, which would grant individuals with illegal immigrant status who came to the US before age 16 to earn citizenship … Continue reading
Communism? by any other name…?
(The dawn of SPRING BREAK (woo!) signals that )I’m about halfway done grinding through a seminar on Marxism. To supplement the all primary source course readings, I kept a copy of Tariq Ali’s wide-reaching and powerfully written little book, The … Continue reading
Filed under Activism, History, Philosophy, Politics
12/31/2009
It had just begun to snow.
Filed under Activism, Autobiography, Boston, Politics, Visuals
Divided Cities Conference
I’ll be volunteering for most of this next week: Leaders from Divided Cities to Meet at UMass Boston April 14-16 Building on his successes at bringing together leaders from divided societies in South Africa, Northern Ireland, and Iraq, Padraig O’Malley, … Continue reading
Saletan on Singer, or Are you stupider than a monkey?
Link : Slate – Animal-Rights Farm Animal-Rights Farm Ape rights and the myth of animal equality. By William Saletan Should apes be treated like people? Under a resolution headed for passage in the Spanish parliament, respecting the personal rights of … Continue reading
Filed under Activism, Philosophy
World Bank/IMF Protest
This past Saturday (October 20), I attended a protest outside the World Bank headquarters in DC with a group of fellow novo collegians. After the protest had subsided, we were ambushed by a local news reporter, with whom my buddy James and … Continue reading
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