By: Thomas Donnovan Broken Window Theory first came about in 1982 when sociologists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling first published a paper called "Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety." In summation, Wilson and Kelling conclude that if the physical makeup of a neighborhood goes into disrepair…
Dear Friends, I have good news and bad news. The good news: is that This is Where We Take Our Stand, a film about the Iraq Veterans Against the War Winter Soldier/Iraq & Afghanistan Investigation, has now been distributed to every PBS station in the country for broadcast in…
By: Frank Tissle Editors note: Shared from The New York Times - Please consider the following insert while reading this piece... "The Republicans hoped to prove that the Solyndra loan was a political favor to wealthy investors with Democratic ties, chiefly George Kaiser, An Oklahoma billionaire. They have not…
Tom Morello from Rage Against The Machine expressing his support for The December 12th West Coast Port Shutdown. The shutdown is a co-ordinated response by the Occupy Wall Street movement to the brutal, co-odinated repression of OWS by the 1%. It is also in solidarity with the longshoremen's struggle…
By OcJim For some time the right wing has controlled the media message. They have controlled the main-stream media and Fox News with two tools: first of all ownership is in the hands of monolithic corporations and corporate values dominate the content and therefore, the message; secondly, the right-wing…
Next week the 99% are taking Congress back from the 1%. Hundreds of activists and jobless workers from around the country are coming to Washington to fight for JOBS, not cuts. There's going to be a massive occupation on the National Mall. We're going to swarm Congress with thousands…
Editor's note: Most of our engagements are with Suzi on Facebook - we love her solid/stern but well balanced, diplomatic style and appeal. She's a winner! We've been following RFO's news-feed on Facebook for the past six months and highly recommend connecting with them. - TJ Here's what they're…
This is a re-post. On Thanksgiving 2011, we can be thankful we still have people of love and good will in our country. Without the noxious contrast of Rush we would appreciate them less. By: OcJim You don’t see Limbaugh’s face real time usually, only as a point of…
Fiction Vixen Book Reviews: Avoiding reality, one page at a time. As described on the F.V. Website - Sophia founded Fiction Vixen Book Reviews in 2009 as a way to connect with other romance readers. In 2010 she invited a couple of friends to blog with her and share…
An estimated one million protesters flood the streets of Cairo as Egyptian protests enter into their fourth day of another massive uprising. The Egyptian military has decided, for now, to promise government control to civilian control by July 1st, 2012 but civilians are demanding that the transaction happen no…