tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:13:16 +0000Activists, Organizers, Agents of Change, Unite!http://www.counterhegemony.org/noreply@blogger.com (Dan)Blogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-6254256661699049077Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:13:00 +00002008-10-09T13:13:16.110-07:00Evil Twin Booking, which represents Bill Ayers, comments on the folks sending hate mail.read more | digg storyhttp://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/10/smear-comes-here-philly-booking-agency.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-6722958098499166017Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:26:00 +00002008-10-09T10:26:57.994-07:00Exponential times, folks. Exponential.read more | digg storyhttp://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/10/did-you-know.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-9169292884377691069Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:04:00 +00002008-10-01T21:04:32.418-07:00The article examines the basis for the Administration's credibility and concludes that no legitimate reason compelled accepting the Paulson proposal as the starting point for negotiations. It also reviews the financial impact of the proposed bailout and investigates the bailout's distributive effects and impact specifically on renters.read more | digg storyhttp://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/10/failed-bailout-drop-in-bucket.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-7443661554100157790Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:13:00 +00002008-09-28T22:13:51.480-07:00Pelosi: It's not a bailout, it's a buy-in | L.A. Land | Los Angeles Times I like the dem talking points on "not a boailout of wall street but a necessary cushion for main street:" but would sugggest the following:  "an investment in main street."   Where is the material investment in a something that could pay the empty "paper" back? Communities for communities.http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/pelosi-its-not-bailout-its-buy-in-la.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-8278413017355034367Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:30:00 +00002008-09-24T06:40:58.779-07:00Bill Clinton Praises Barack Obama on The Daily Show | Indecision2008 | Comedy Central Holy Cow - I'm smarter than I thought, or Clinton is just a bit late to the game.  Which wouldn't be surprising. Check out my Fake Money post from last week. Now watch this interview between Clinton and Jon Stweart from last night, starting at about 3:30. That's mine! Ahead of the curve.  Yeah. http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/bill-clinton-stole-my-analysis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-1692982206601521399Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:05:00 +00002008-09-23T13:05:37.798-07:00So let's be absolutely clear: there are no saviors who are going to look out for us in this crisis. Certainly not Henry Paulson, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, one of the companies that will benefit most from his proposed bailout (which is actually a stick up). The only hope of preventing another dose of shock politics is loud, organized grassroots pressure on all political parties: they have to http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/now-is-time-to-resist-wall-street-shock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-7875864257510847020Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:21:00 +00002008-09-22T14:23:19.404-07:00YouTube - Gas Signs Truth in Advertising http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/youtube-gas-signs-truth-in-advertising.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-8781314198647812608Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:21:00 +00002008-09-17T06:40:38.376-07:00mortgageenroncollapsebankslehman bortherssub-primeI just found some notes I started in December 2007.  It's about what's going on now.  I was so right! Anyway, tonight, I'm listening to NPR.  Middle aged white folks discuss how this "bank collapse" thing can get a lot worse.  Entire markets, industries, economies are now in jeopardy.  AIG?  I can't help but wonder... weren't they paying attention? I know it started earlier, but it seems like http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/fake-money.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-598187994671585264Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:37:00 +00002008-09-16T09:37:43.502-07:00Bitch's fate is in your hands | Bitch Magazine: "Bitch's fate is in your hands" First the bad news: The print publishing industry as a whole is staring into a void. Across the board, newsstand magazine sales are in a slump, subscriber numbers are down, and paper and postal costs continue to rise. But it's not magazines like US Weekly or Vogue that you'll see disappearing from the newsstands—they http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/bitchs-fate-is-in-your-hands-bitch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-2375985237090037446Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:03:00 +00002008-09-15T15:03:30.947-07:00This is Your Nation on White Privilege | Red Room: "This is Your Nation on White Privilege By Tim Wise For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help. White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/this-is-your-nation-on-white-privilege.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-2860547727375920698Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:26:00 +00002008-09-15T11:27:03.756-07:00impact of lakoffobamalinguisticsmcsameYouTube - "Honor" Ad Someone else has been reading Lakoff...  "sleazy" "vile" "dishonest" "damned" "dishonorable" "disgraceful" "disatrous""deception" and... brilliant.  w00t w00t! http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/youtube-honor-ad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-1266845222091717515Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:14:00 +00002008-09-15T09:14:53.919-07:00'Alaska Women Reject Palin’ Rally is HUGE!' Mudflats: "So, if you’ve been doing the math… Yes. The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin’s rally that got all the national media coverage! So take heart, sit back, and enjoy the photo gallery. Feel free to spread the pictures around (links are appreciated) to anyone who needs to know that Sarah Palin most definitely http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/alaska-women-reject-palin-rally-is-huge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-6350447602014256613Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:50:00 +00002008-09-12T08:50:38.583-07:00American Corporate Idol | Dirt Diggers Digest American Corporate Idol September 9, 2008 by Phil MatteraForget American Idol and Dancing With the Stars—here’s the contest you’ve been waiting for: the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 2008 Corporate Citizenship Awards. According to apress release put out by the Chamber, the awards “recognize companies, chambers of commerce, and business associations for http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/american-corporate-idol-dirt-diggers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-5275486478182556977Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:38:00 +00002008-09-12T09:44:09.334-07:00body language matterspalinpalin doesn't blinkpalin blinksYouTube - Sarah Palin Interview-Part 1 I hate to be the one who points this out. The whole thing is over in 2 minutes or less.   Gibson *points to the camera* and opens with a direct question: (from transcript) Governor, let me start by asking you a question that I asked John McCain about you, and it is really the central question. Can you look the country in the eye and say "I have the http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/palin-blinks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-563343197098461580Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:19:00 +00002008-09-11T11:19:02.902-07:00George Lakoff opines on strategy. Folks should listen... Don't Think of a Maverick! Could the Obama Campaign Be Improved? | Election 2008 | AlterNet: "Four years ago I wrote a book called, Don't Think of an Elephant! The title made a basic point: Negating a frame activates that frame. If you activate the other side's frame, you just help the other side, as Nixon found out when he said, 'I am http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/dont-think-of-maverick-could-obama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-2377732288623682413Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:50:00 +00002008-09-11T09:53:31.925-07:00community organizingcommunity benefits agreementsPuget Sound Sage: Community Benefits Agreement at the Dearborn project: "Sage is proud to announce the Northwest’s first Community Benefits Agreement! After almost two years of negotiations, an agreement has been struck between the Dearborn Street Coalition for Livable Neighborhoods and Dearborn Street Developers LLC on a $300-million project, slated to be built on a 10-acre site at the http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/puget-sound-sagecommunity-benefits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-449622170426958199Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:12:00 +00002008-09-11T09:38:52.270-07:00student democracycampus activismpitfalls of student governmentpiss and vinegar"Realizations of Robo's Regurgitation from Campus Politics" - Opinion: "Resistance is futile for the few; we need power in numbers to take control. You've got to say, 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!!!'"http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/realizations-of-robos-regurgitation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-3481638633373396451Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:19:00 +00002008-09-10T08:19:41.711-07:00Student arrested at RNC - News: "Micah Uetricht, a Loyola senior, did not intend to spend 48 hours in prison after protesting on the sidewalk surrounding the Republican National Convention. After arriving Friday in Minneapolis to meet up with Students for a Democratic Society, a student group from his hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich., he found himself handcuffed and featured on CNN."http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/student-arrested-at-rnc-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-6457071168584126421Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:21:00 +00002008-09-11T19:35:51.421-07:00YouTube - The Shock Doctrine by Alfonso Cuarón and Naomi Klein This has been around for a little while, but I'm just now getting into this book.  I'm having trouble sleeping at night as a result.  Very well told story of experiments in neoliberlism.  Only they were'nt experiments.  Proper crimes, really.  Anyway - highly recommended! http://www.counterhegemony.org/2008/09/youtube-shock-doctrine-by-alfonso-cuarn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-4123664634955734914Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:45:00 +00002007-10-31T21:21:20.174-07:00Yo! What happened to peace? I’ve been wondering that myself. In a few ways. 1) Yikes. Its been a few years since college now... Peace? Wasn’t that something I felt so passionately about several years ago? I remember organizing marches, dancing to the Infernal Noise Brigade, teach-ins, postering, fasting, all kinds of stuff. Oh, in these few years, though, I’ve learned to vote, earn a http://www.counterhegemony.org/2007/10/yo-what-happened-to-peace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-114223040620840224Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:10:00 +00002006-05-16T20:51:42.133-07:00CounterHegemony 16 - Catching up and India Nuclear Proliferation. Download it directly or subscribe to the podcast by pasting this URL into your podcatcher software (itunes, ipodder, etc.) : http://counterhegemony.libsyn.org/rss www.counterhegemony.org - Quick refresher - Hegemony and CounterHegemony September 30 2004 US Presidential Debate - Biggest threat to US security? - Kerry and Bush http://www.counterhegemony.org/2006/03/counterhegemony-16-catching-up-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-114081715244062900Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:33:00 +00002006-02-24T13:39:12.453-08:00Just want to apologize for getting side tracked. There will be a new CounterHegemony Podcast in March! My earlier observation is right - the more time passes, the more downloads there are for a show; and then the more subscribers there are who download the next episode! I'll be putting (hopefully) better shows together on a monthly basis, instead of the weekly basis I started, as that just http://www.counterhegemony.org/2006/02/still-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-113852574907958967Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:06:00 +00002006-01-29T01:19:32.880-08:00An urgent message from CounterHegemony Podcast friend, Shahid Buttar: *** I don't send many mass emails, because they clog the internet and usually annoy the hell out of me. However, I'm willing to set that aside given the profound threat to the nation looming next week. And if you want to skip my diatribe below, just hit this link and be done with me: -----------------------------------http://www.counterhegemony.org/2006/01/please-call-your-senator-to-support.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-113752834491389073Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:42:00 +00002006-01-17T12:05:44.950-08:00Download it directly or subscribe to the podcast by pasting this URL into your podcatcher software (itunes, ipodder, etc.) : http://counterhegemony.libsyn.org/rss 1st note: I noticed the last episode has had more than 4 times the number of downloads than previous one. It could be a particularly good show, or it could mean that I can leave each episode on top for more than a week before they 'http://www.counterhegemony.org/2006/01/counterhegemony-podcast-15-shahid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9664969.post-113432964632329512Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:07:00 +00002006-01-05T11:18:30.960-08:00Download it directly or subscribe to the podcast by pasting this URL into your podcatcher software (itunes, ipodder, etc.) : http://counterhegemony.libsyn.org/rss I'm going to be taking a few weeks off over the holidays, so expect another CounterHegemony Podcast in early 2006. In this show, though, I take further advantage of the Pacifica Radio Archive's treasures by presenting a 20 minute http://www.counterhegemony.org/2005/12/counterhegemony-14-germaine-greer-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)