New Orleans Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize winning economist and op-ed writer for the New York Times, ended a column on the Trump presidency the other day saying, “be afraid.” That’s good advice. At the same time be prepared to occasionally succumb to the hysterical hilarity of its very ridiculousness. Take for example the weekend …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Protest Inside the Corporate Castles and Behind the Government Walls
New Orleans If you ever wondered whether mass protests bring social change or just more miles on your wrist FitBit, the evidence of the protests’ impact whether the Women’s March or the mass airport actions around the Trump travel ban are now everywhere including inside corporate castles and behind the walls of government throughout the …
Blockadia May Not Be a Place, but Could be a Tactic Everywhere
New Orleans I read Naomi Klein’s book, This Changes Everything, in November 2014, but had forgotten her notion of “blockadia” until I was listening recently to the Bioneers broadcast on KABF following our new public affairs show last week. She was giving a speech to their convention along with other Canadian activists. She was trying …