Digital Transition in Oakland
Audio: D-TV in Oakland
ACORN working in West Oakland
Anchor:
More front doors in West Oakland are being boarded up because of the housing crisis. But some housing rights organizations are fighting to keep their communities in tact. This Martin Luther King Holiday, the national reform group ACORN went house to house today educating people about their rights as homeowners and tenants. Jared Marchildon has [...]
Humanity of Palestinians
I just wrote a long article on Gaza in response to the ongoing conversation with Josh Bull and Jonathan Harper. After I wrote it I came across this article by Tariq Ali written in the Guardian, where he echoes this theme of humanity.
He also argues for a one-state solution, which I have at times been [...]
Response to Alan Dershowitz
For background: Josh Bull sent me this article. I reference it several times.
A much fairer treatment is found here: Hamas compromising, not hell-bent on Israeli destruciton, and here. Dig around on that site, counterpunch.org, for some really-well informed, rational articles, especially in relation to Israel, Hamas and Palestine. Its not the same vinegary spoonful of [...]
SEIU Labor Story
I had the pleasure of doing a follow-up story on the SEIU. Because of the nature of the day, I was able to spend time conversing with experts about the larger picture of unions, and not just focus narrowly on one news item. Steve Early, a labor journalist whom I read and interviewed, began my [...]
Eviction Story
Not my best story. I started on it late after my original assignment on the SEIU fell through.
ANCHOR:
TWO MEN IN OAKLAND FIND THEMSELVES HOMELESS TODAY. THEY WERE GIVEN THIRTY DAYS TO EVACUTE THEIR HOME IN A CONVERTED GARAGE AFTER THE CITY CITED THEIR LANDLORD FOR ILLEGALLY RENTING THE SPACE. WHEN THE CASE WENT BEFORE [...]
Collective Punishment
If there is any doubt about how Israel is conducting the colonization of Palestine, read today’s headline: “Israel Shelled Gazan Civilians.” Israeli soldiers rounded people up, around 100, put them in a school and then 24 hours later bombed the building. There can be no doubt that they knew civilians were in there. 30 of [...]
American Decline
I am going to make an off-hand wager: the decline of the United States will lead to a more peaceful world.
(Reading the Harper’s Piece Utopia Falls would help as background here)
Theory of hegemonic transfer would have it that during times of flux, one big power in decline and another rising, there exists conflict. China seems [...]
An article from Al Jazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2008/12/20081230122143645275.html
Sent from a good friend of mine. His comment was that the article reflects his belief (very true) that this reflects “the reaffirmation of power by powerful nations (i.e. UN) and the ilegality or terrorism of the “other.”
Some more thoughts on Gaza
“Only by ignoring the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict can you justify Israel’s current war on Gaza.”
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