Author Archives: Brooklyn Culture Jammers
Newark’s $100 M School Debacle
A long-form report just published in the New Yorker caught my attention. Five years ago, then- Newark Mayor Cory Booker persuaded Mark Zuckerberg (mister FaceBook) to donate $100 M to improving the schools of the city of Newark NJ. There were a number of conditions put on the money, but the upshot was that […]
How come there are no pot holes in the Netherlands?
Originally posted on BICYCLE DUTCH:
“How come there are no pot holes in the Netherlands?“ Every time I show Dutch infrastructure to foreign guests that question keeps coming back. And it’s not just people with an interest in road design that notice it. “In the Netherlands I did not see one pot hole in the…
The Future is a Dark Place
Several weeks ago I reported on the death of Michael C. Ruppert. His passing was self -inflicted and was anticipated by many who’d followed his work. In the last months of his life, the VICE Network people made a documentary about his work called Apocalypse, Man. After I viewed it, I started looking at the blogs and […]
Cecily McMillan: The Jury objects
Apparently, nine of the jurors who decided the case of Cecily McMillan are suffering from buyer’s remorse. They’ve sent the attached letter to Judge Zweibel asking for leniency in sentencing McMillan, an Occupy Wall Street activist, who was convicted of assaulting a police officer. According to their letter, they were prevented from learning that a […]
Cecily McMillan is convicted of assault
I had a bad feeling about this from the first day in court (which I showed up for). Cecily McMillan was found guilty of felony assault of a police officer yesterday. I had done a post about this a few weeks ago, so if you need context go here. The case was marked by suppression […]
Farewell Michael C. Ruppert (updated)
Michael C Ruppert’s six part series Apocalypse, Man, put together by Vice TV late last year (UPDATE 1/30/2019): YouTube has removed the series episodes and you can now view the whole thing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN6O0WD9Y0c .Michael C Ruppert died a few days ago, by his own hand. For those of you not familiar with him, […]
Whatever happened to the American peace movement?
Whatever happened to the peace movement?.
Whatever happened to the peace movement?
Today was Tax day, so it was also War Tax Day. As I reported a few days ago, the venerable War Resisters League tax day protest kicked off in front of the IRS offices at 110 West 44th Street. It’s the largest anti-war protest I’ve seen in awhile–and that’s part of the problem. I don’t […]
Tuesday is Tax Day! Go Cause trouble!
It’s that time of year again. As I laid out last year, Tuesday is the day we all pay into the Federal tax system (most state income taxes are also due at this time, a subject for a different article). As usual, the New York Peace community will be out in force to remind […]
Cecily McMillan–a critical Occupy trial at hand
If you read this space, you know that I write about troublemakers. The three kinds of troublemakers I’ve written about are: Intentional troublemakers who expect prison time for their deeds. This is a relatively small group–the Plowshares activists come to mind. Their whole point is to be arrested in protest because the thing they’re protesting […]
The Brooklyn Culture Jam 