- Push begins to create an Oregon State Bank
- A bill (LC12O6) is going to be presented to the Oregon legislature early in 2011. The Oregon State Bank is the creation of the union-backed group, Oregon Working Families Party working in conjunction with Portland State University…
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- Narrative insurgency | grassroots communications tips pt.3
- A narrative insurgency approach, on the other hand, examines the other's narrative, learning the component parts, looking for "allies" inside the narrative. In the Biblical creation story, for example, God charges humankind to be the caretakers of God's sacred creation. Rather than directly attack a creationist's whole belief system, a "narrative insurgent" looks to foment "home-grown insurgency" inside the belief system against the most problematic beliefs (which, in this case, is indifference to climate change). By stressing humanity's mandate to care for God's creation, that ally belief is singled out for positive reinforcement within a complex belief system.
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- American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States
- Database of and index to 5000+ full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.
- Farmer by Farmer, an Organic Transition
- After decades of chemicals, farmers in the Philippines are seeing the benefits of organic farming. But what convinced them to make the switch in the first place?
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- Danny Glover: The Black Power Mixtape
- [YES! magazine]
Amy Goodman sits down with Danny Glover at the Sundance Film Festival to talk about his new documentary, The Black Power Mixtape.
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- Mini Case Study: Catchafire pairs professionals with social change organizations
- [Dowser]
…how do organizations that need rebranding, for instance, specifically solicit a talented public relations volunteer? Catchafire, an organization masterminded by Rachael Chong matches skilled volunteers with specific projects at social change organizations, pairing human capital with necessary, but otherwise costly, projects in nonprofits.
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- Judicial lawlessness vs. healthcare reform
- [Open Left - Paul Rosenberg]
…a judge strays into lawlessness when they assume jurisdiction in violation of existing rules or pinciples and/or when they simply ignore precedent… As a finder fact…it was beyond [Vinson's] jurisdiction to even consider overturning existing precedent, which he happily did apparently without even noticing.
- Egypt: No march today, but TWO million people estimated in & around Tahrir Square
- [Open Left - Paul Rosenberg]
Al Jazeera is reporting estimates that more than two million are in and around Tahrir Square. The square itself can hold about two million people, and there many more on side steets unable to enter.
…it's impossible for millions of people to demonstrate day after day, so a strategy is emerging to keep a continuous presence in Tahrir Square at all times, and to bring massive demonstrations at regular intervals.
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- Who’s Missing?
- What are the names of the two federal judges who upheld the law? Why did they uphold the law? Where are the excerpts from their opinions upholding the law? Why are we only hearing from two judges, when there are four?
Two federal judges determined that the law was constitutional. One federal judge ruled that the mandate was unconstitutional and the other threw the whole thing out.
Two for to two against. But, the conservative argument on the Commerce Clause has absolutely dominated the public debate, to the exclusion of all else…
These are excerpts from the one of the opinions that upheld the law:…
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz: Bill Redefining Rape To Prevent Abortions Is ‘A Violent Act Against Women’
- [Think Progress - Tanya Somanader]
…172 Republicans — including sixteen women — and lone Democrat Rep. Daniel Lipinski (IL), chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus — readily support the new standard. Appalled at such a cavalier attack on women’s rights, one House member is not taking the change lightly. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) “fiercely denounced” her conservative colleagues for this “absolutely outrageous” dilution of victims’ rights. Enraged at the suggestion that “there is some kind of rape that would be okay,” Wasserman Schultz told The Raw Story that she considers the bill itself to be “a violent act against women”:…
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
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