Author Archives: Brooklyn Culture Jammers
Update on the Transform Now Plowshares
So for those of you who missed my original post back in August, these three peace activists broke into the Y12 nuclear weapons production plant in Oak Ridge Tennessee last July and put up signs for peace and poured blood in front of the factory. There’s a whole Website devoted to them here. These three […]
The Drone Strike questions that won’t be asked at Monday’s debate
There’s value to following foreign news outlets in order to gain some international perspective on our issues. Since many US media outlets simply won’t touch truly controversial stories, those among us who want to find real news must frequently look abroad. That’s why US residents who want some insight into American war politics should look […]
Update on Seattle Grand Jury Arrestees
I recently wrote about Leah Plante, one of the three anarchists recently locked in federal prison for refusing to talk to a grand jury about Occupy. I’m pleased to report that Leah was just freed. I’m chagrined to report that I’ve given short shrift to the two people arrested before her for the same ‘crime’ […]
My show on WBCR–Tune in tonight
This is my fifth installment of the Occupy report on Sex And Politics on WBCR, Brooklyn College radio. It is broadcast live via the internet starting at 7 PM (go here). I usually come on at 7:30. And if you miss it, you can check out the podcast here. There’s a lot to talk about tonight– * The […]
The 9/11 documentary you must see
Most of you who’ve been following this blog (I count in the low two figures, but who knows?) understand that I consider myself a survivor of 9/11. I was 800′ from the South Tower when it fell, and I remember looking UP from the 25th story of the building I was in as the top […]
Our Nobel Laureate’s drone strikes and the peace activists who protest them
So while the rest of us spent much of the week arguing about the debates between two of the five candidates for the presidency (and two of the five candidates for vice president), a court in Missouri sentenced two peace activists for the high crime of interfering with unmanned drone flights out of Whiteman Air […]
Deepwater Horizon. Again.
Disturbing news from the Gulf of Mexico: the Coast Guard (working in conjunction with NOAA and BP) has confirmed that a large and growing sheen of surface oil has appeared over the Macondo drilling site that was the location of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. This is extremely disturbing news, because there is currently no drilling […]
Enough politics! Time for Artsy-Fartsy!!
Okay, I’ve been writing too much about politics lately. This is a site about arts and culture and the Occupy movement, and although I do my best to illuminate that discussion, it occurs to me I should… share something fun. A couple of months ago, I was asked to write a Subway Monologue for the […]
The Brooklyn Culture Jam 