“If by ‘Liberal’ they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties — someone who believes we can break through the stalemate [...]
Archive for the ‘activism’ Category
RIP Teddy: “The Dream Shall Never Die”
Posted in activism, healthcare, inspiration, labor, politics, tagged Edward M. Kennedy, liberal, minimum wage, Ted Kennedy on August 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s The Media, Stupid!
Posted in activism, healthcare, justice department, politics, tagged Don Siegelman, healthcare, justice department, media, Obama, progressive talk, Robert Parry on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends… that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”
Adlai E. Stevenson
An important article by Robert Parry over at consortium news Why the Right’s Propaganda Works
“Many on the Left are blaming President [...]
Time for Activism
Posted in Election Reform, activism, economy, environment, food, healthcare, justice department, labor, politics, voting, tagged America's Future Now, bailout, Campaign for America's Future, Clint Curtis, Don Siegelman, Edward Markey, Election Reform, Eric Holder, food, Global Warming, green energy, healthcare, Howard Dean, justice department, moveon.org, OFA, OFAMA, organic, Sibel Edmonds, Take Back America, voting, Waxman-Markey on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some petitions to sign:
RestoreJusticeAtJustice
Call the Attorney General’s Office (Eric Holder), ask him to intervene in the Don Siegelman case (drop the charges, replace the Bush appointed U.S. Attorneys) 201-514-2001 More information at Free Don Siegelman and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreeDonSiegelman
Stand With Dr. Dean on Healthcare Reform
Citizens For A Public Option
We Want The Public Option
Some interesting links:
America’s Future NOW! Conference
(formerly “Take [...]
Revolution Boston New Home of Progressive Talk! WWZN 1510 AM Boston!
Posted in activism, freedom of speech, media, politics, tagged 1510 AM, Boston, Jeff Santos, media, progressive radio, progressive talk, radio, WWZN on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m proud & thrilled to announce that starting Monday May 4th,
we are expanding our Boston Progressive Talk Radio
Programming on WWZN 1510AM from 6 am through 7 pm daily,
Monday through Friday.
The new lineup will include Jeff Santos, Stephanie Miller,
Ed Schultz. Thom Hartmann.
Look for more details at http://www.revolutionboston.com.
It’s been a long road to get here, but vision, hard work and
committment [...]
Give the Earth an hour
Posted in activism, environment, inspiration, tagged Earth Hour, Global Warming on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For the second year, I intend to honor Earth Hour this Saturday night,
March 28th at 8:30pm local time. The goal this year is 1 billion participants turning off all lights as acknowledgement of the seriousness of Global Warming. Last year I took a moonlit walk that hour. It was a profoundly [...]
OBLIVIOUS TO THE ROSE
Posted in activism, art & culture, economy, inspiration, media, tagged Art, Brandeis, Jehuda Reinharz, Museums, Rose Art Museum on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
c/p BlueMassGroup
“The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns;
the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.” [...]
POWER TO TRUTH
Posted in Constitution, activism, freedom of speech, inspiration, tagged 1/20/09, Center for American Progress, DC, Howard Dean, Inaugural, Netroots, Obama, President, Washington on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
c/p Seeing the Forest blog
“Beauty is truth,
truth, beauty,
that is all Ye know on Earth,
And all ye need to know.”
-Keats
I’m looking forward to a new reign of truth, a renewed age of transparency,
reason and reasonableness in [...]
Rock the Boat & then Get Out & Rock the Vote!
Posted in activism, freedom of speech, media, politics, tagged Studs Terkel on November 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today we lost a legend, Studs Terkel, a true inspiration and activist. I first read “Working” in college. He never stopped working, never lost his curiosity and zest for living and his interest in other people. RIP. ”Take it easy, but take it.”
“It’s history from the bottom up rather than history written by generals,”
[...]
Local Progressive Talk Host Jeff Santos Returns to Local Boston Airwaves for Special Election Coverage
Posted in activism, media, politics, tagged 1510 AM, BlueMassGroup, election 2008, Jeff Santos, Massachusetts, progressive talk, radio on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
c/p BlueMassGroup
Starting today at 4pm Jeff Santos (formerly host of “The Jeff Santos Show” on WKOX/WXKS AM) returns to the airwaves in Boston on WWZN 1510 AM for special 2008 Election Coverage.
Jeff will be broadcasting “Race 2008” from 4-5pm, Monday-Friday for the coming week through election day November 4th, Saturday & Sunday 10am-11am, and will [...]

