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John Tarleton July 4, 2009 | Posted in
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Uncategorized Not interested in the usual patriotic hoopla that accompanies the 4th of July? Looking to celebrate the day with your fellow rabble rousers? Opportunities abound this year.
Say It Out Loud!
Starting at noon, former NYCLU Director and Public Advocate candidate Norman Siegel will lead his annual reading of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of [...]
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Nicholas Powers July 1, 2009 | Posted in
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Uncategorized “What is wrong with Michael Jackson?” I asked so much it became a punch-line. Like most jokes, it overpowered anxiety of looking at Michael’s thinning body and ghoulish face. Now that he’s dead, I can ask why we didn’t stop joking. Maybe we couldn’t afford empathy while he was alive. He might release another desperate [...]
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Solid Gold Links: What The Indy Is Reading
Between 2000 and 2007 the top ten publically traded insurance companies saw profits increase 428%!
Photos from Honduras
Listen to Naomi Klein give a talk in Ramallah: “The most emotional event I’ve ever done”
Other Palestine links: Israel opens a museum in the West Bank; Cynthia McKinney and others arrested off the Gaza coast
A documentary about compulsive hoarding
Healthcare: [...]
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John Tarleton June 30, 2009 | Posted in
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A National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge ruled today in favor of striking Stella D’oro workers ordering their employer to reinstate the workers to their former jobs under the terms of their old contract, pay back wages with interest and be willing to return to the collective bargaining table.
The 136 workers at the Stella [...]
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Anna Gold | Posted in
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Solid Gold Links: What The Indy Is Reading
Roberto Lovato and Jeremy Scahill on Honduras (via GritTV)
Vanity Fair does Palin
Solid Gold does LA: Picking grapes in the Coachella valley; testing the trustworthiness of Los Angeles vegan restaurants; the A to Z of Change
Car-free NYC, this summer
Before you recycle, precycle!
RIP Abraham Bojorquez
Got links? Send them to anna@indypendent.org.
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Anna Gold June 29, 2009 | Posted in
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Solid Gold Links: What The Indy Is Reading
Honduras: Al Giordano and the Tiny Revolution blog weigh in
Roundup from Slashdot on Nokia’s and Siemens’s role in the Iran web crackdown
Off The Beaten Path, an online exhibit about violence, women and art
Feeling creative? Design the poster for the next movie by the Yes Men
Feeling evil and creative? Write the first paragraph of Dick Cheney’s [...]
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Julia Dunn | Posted in
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By Julia Dunn
This week has been filled with parades, art exhibitions, speeches, presentations and mostly celebrations to honor the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. As you walk down Christopher Street this week, there is an immediate assault of bright colors, pride flags, celebratory people and signs reminding everyone of the [...]
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Alex Kane June 25, 2009 | Posted in
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IndyBlog With Albany, after two weeks of stalling, still engulfed in political power plays and petty infighting, important progressive legislation remains tabled.
Before Senators Hiram Monseratte (D-Queens) and Pedro Espada, Jr. (D-Bronx, or is it Mamaroneck?) threw the State Senate into disarray when they switched to the Republican side, there was hope that the Democrats would deliver [...]
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