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VIDEO: Act Out! Takes On Democracy Spring

April 13, 2016 By Eleanor Goldfield 2 Comments

Democracy Spring is a week long series of protests held April 11 to April 18 this year, but you wouldn’t know it from the mainstream media. The Intercept reported that cable news networks devoted just 30 seconds to the protests, despite over 400 arrests on Monday.

Fortunately, independent journalists were there to pick up the slack. Eleanor Goldfield of Act Out! On Occupy shared these videos from Democracy Spring’s first two days. In the second installment, Goldfield herself was among many activists arrested for justice.

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, National News Tagged With: #DemocracySpring, activism, Citizen’s United, corruption, free speech

Wisconsin’s Climate Gag Order Part Of ALEC’s War On Science

April 29, 2015 By Steve Horn 2 Comments

On April 7, Wisconsin’s Board of Commissioners of Public Lands voted 2-1 to ban those employed by the agency from doing any work pertaining to climate change or global warming while doing public lands related work.

Although the story was covered by multiple media outlets, lost in the public discussion so far is how the vote fits into the broader multi-front industry attack in America’s Dairyland-turned-Petro State and which industry interests may have played a role in the vote.

The historical roots of the vote appear to trace back to an April 2009 congressional testimony given by Tia Nelson, executive secretary for the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands and daughter of former Wisconsin Democratic Governor Gaylord Nelson, in favor of passage of the American Clean Energy Security Act of 2009.

Filed Under: Environment, National News Tagged With: ALEC, Climate change, free speech, science, Wisconsin

Personal Alchemy: How Individuals Outwit Institutional Thinking

March 16, 2015 By Ethan Indigo Smith Leave a Comment

I recently left the steadiness of California to embark on a continental book tour. I, like any writer I suppose, have untapped reservoirs of hope rooted in the conviction that I can change the world, so I left the mountains, my friends — everything I’ve known for many years — in a van packed with only the most basic sustenance — food, books and a sweet but demanding canine.

Traveling across the country offers a unique observation point into society’s wells and ills. And from this new liberating perspective, as an outside observer, it soon became apparent that we have essentially become a culture based on ideals and practices of separation.

No matter where I go, I first see the gold in everyone. I acknowledge and greet the people I see and I have met some of the most beautiful people just by being open in this way. But what astonishes me is how frequently I have reached out to people with two and even three simple, friendly greetings — only to be ignored. It is as if these people are afraid to engage, going to extreme lengths – even denying my very existence — to retain their sense of separation.

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, Media & Culture Tagged With: democracy, free speech, freedom, Institutional Thinking, revolution

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