A Little (Rude) Perspective
Great points from The Rude Pundit “But, as ever, as ever, since it’s started, everyone, from The Daily Show to Diane Rehm, right, left, and middle, has insisted that Occupy Wall Street conform to some...
View ArticleMore Militarization of the Police
From Digby The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of Karen Piper, a bystander who suffered permanent hearing loss after Pittsburgh police deployed a...
View ArticleAstonishing Stuff at Occupy Davis
From Balloon Juice – Today at Occupy Davis, a police officer approached a group of students sitting in a line peacefully on the ground, walked up and down the line and pepper-sprayed them directly in...
View ArticleOnline workshop on boosting writing productivity starting Monday Jan 2; also,...
Link to upcoming workshops – and if you want me to give a workshop or class to, or on behalf of, your activist group, either in person or via telecom, please email. Workshops are on time management...
View Article““When you protect the things you believe in with your body, it changes you...
Says one of the pepper-sprayed UC Davis students The whole article – including the video of the “perp walk” the UCD chancellor did the next day – is amazing. If she had had any brains or spine (or...
View ArticleUC Davis Chancellor does Perp Walk
Chancellor Linda Katehi of UC Davis wound up doing a perp walk in front of what looks like many dozens (or more?) of silent protesters, in the dead of night. It is astonishing how little of a clue she...
View ArticleHoliday Special: What to Do If Your Family Gets Obnoxious About Occupy
“Family…is like receiving a life sentence for a crime you didn’t commit.” – Richard Pryor The holidays lend themselves naturally to the topic of how to cope with family. I’ve covered this in the past...
View Articleen Espanol
The 3d section of The Lifelong Activist (“Managing your Fears”) is now available in Spanish! Thanks to my friend Erik for the translation!
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New Telephone-Based Support Program for Graduate Students and Other Academic...
I’m VERY excited to announce that I am starting a new telephone-based support program specifically for graduate students and other academic writers. Whether you are working to complete a thesis, book,...
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