"From 1945 onwards, J Edgar Hoover’s FBI spied on Camus and Sartre. The investigation soon turned into a philosophical inquiry…"

"On Monday November 4th, 2013 Nichole, a woman experiencing homelessness in Denver, went to court for a ticket issued to her for “unlawful camping.” She was given this ticket while lying on her blanket under the “pillars” in Civic Center park on a cold rainy afternoon. The description on the ticket said “unlawful camping”, but instead of citing the ordinance number for the urban camping ban, the officer cited 39-7a which is a park violation prohibiting sleep in or on a blanket in the park overnight. However, as noted, this ticket was issued in the afternoon, not at night when the park camping violation 39-7a would apply."

"The harmonious vision of higher wages in general benefiting both capital and labour is a mirage."

Could there even be such a thing as a non-cynical monk? Here's some nice satire from Thomas Merton.

This is the only version I could find transcribed to the www, and it has some encoding problems. You can find a hard copy in Random House's "A Thomas Merton Reader'.

Coverage from Chris Steele: "The one woman revolution Janet Matzen who organized against the restaurant Snooze got another victory when The Palm recently reversed its position on the Urban Camping Ban in Denver."

This is an open response from the staff of Global Community Communications Alliance to my weblog posts about Gabriel of Sedona and my decision to host an old NBC Dateline video expose about his group in Arizona. They originally sent this to me as an email, and I updated my posts accordingly at the time.

And it doesn't even include prisoners, conscripted soldiers, or sweatshop workers.

The best retrospective on Chumbawamba I've ever read.

More of this sort of thing, please. Thank you, Tucson!

A nice little article which uses the current US federal "government shutdown" to clarify the meaning of "anarchism".

"Waging Nonviolence is a source for original news and analysis about struggles for justice and peace around the globe."

I keep finding good articles here.

Appears to be consistently good coverage and analysis of global protest movements.

Internet Archive audio collection of some oldtimey IWW songs.

"This 80-minute documentary focuses on the growing 'wealth gap' in America, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune."

Worth watching if only for the people he was able to get interviews with. And also if you'd like to lose any respect you might have had for Milton Friedman.

This is [should be] very embarrassing for McDonalds. The kicker is at the end: the whole "helpful" budget guide seems to be just a joint scam with Visa to fleece McDonalds employees a little bit more through payroll card fees.