22 July 2010
Hartford; Middletown, CT—Two days ago during rush hour, activists with the climate justice network Connecticut Rising Tide dropped two large banners off of the Portland Bridge in Middletown and over Interstate 91-North in Hartford, to highlight the irreparable destruction in the Gulf of Mexico on the 3-month anniversary of the oil disaster, [...]
22 July 2010
FREE CONCERT — FRIDAY July 23rd 7:30pm @ Charter Oak Cultural Center GET YOUR IMPROV ON! Hartford Sound Alliance performs along with the Jacob Zimmerman Quartet and The Sophisiticates. …Improv, electronics, jazz, composition etc etc We hope to see you all there! ~-~-~-~ Jacob Zimmerman Quartet is: Jacob Zimmerman – sax (Berkeley, CA), Randy Pingrey – trombone (Boston, MA), Jesse Ward [...]
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07 July 2010
This article by Ryan Harvey of the Civilian Soldier Alliance raises some insightful points about what we are really celebrating on Independence Day. Thanks to Dave Ionno for the tip.
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03 July 2010
Five to one, Baby One in five They got the guns We got the numbers Doors Jim Morrison The muted rumblings in Greece, site of the Athenian Acropolis and birthplace of democracy, precedes the perfect political storm. Olga Stefan, a 20 year old Greek university student thinks her government is in ..“someway afraid of us. There are too many of [...]
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29 June 2010
On Monday night, Hartford’s City Council voted to overturn ordinance Chapter 31, Article I, Section 31-5 of Code de Skateboards. Which barring any mayoral veto, officially repeals the archaic and unnecessary ban of skateboarding on Hartford’s streets and sidewalks. The ban, which has been in place for 33 years was hardly-if ever-enforced and [...]
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03 June 2010
On May 30, 2010, at 10:06am, the National Priorities Project Cost of War counter – designed to count the total money appropriated for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars – reached the $1 trillion mark. To date, $747.3 billion have been appropriated for the U.S. war in Iraq and $299 billion for the war [...]
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02 June 2010
21 Arrested as Community Leaders Block Scabs to Support Strike By Steve Thornton (June 1) On the 48th day on strike at a Connecticut nursing home, twenty one community leaders, labor activists, clergy members and elected officials were arrested while blocking scab workers from entering and leaving the Park Place Health Center [...]
01 June 2010
Stephen Ostertag, Ph.D. Department of Sociology Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 New Orleans currently lays claim to having the highest murder rate in the U.S. While New Orleans frequently runs among the most violent cities in the U.S., murder and other forms of physical violence are found in urban centers across the country. With local elections on the [...]
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24 May 2010
Well, there are a couple things that concern me. First, what’s the goals of the law and is it designed to achieve these goals.
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24 May 2010
We mourn because a little girl is dead for no reason. We mourn because a little girl is dead for terrible reasons. We mourn for Aiyana Jones, because she is yet another victim of police violence, and because as a community, we want to stand in solidarity with her community and her family – and all those who suffer at the hands of the prison-industrial complex in America.
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RadioActive: The Kitchen at Billings Forge
Climate Activists Drop Banners on 3-Month Anniversary of the Gulf Oil Crisis to Demand an End to Oil Dependence
Hartford Sound Alliance, Jacob Zimmerman Quartet and The Sophisticates
RadioActive: CT Gravestone Network
Independence Day Thoughts
RadioActive: Nonviolence Summer Institute
Five to One
Skateboarding No Longer A Crime In Hartford
RadioActive: Youth Homelessness
A Lesson in Privilege From the WHPD
Three Anarchists Walk into a Tea Party...
No Justice For Bryant Family
Hartford Man Dies in Fight with Hartford Police Officers
Dozens Enjoy Middletown Food Not Bombs Meal, Police Issue 2 Tickets
Calling Volunteers to Paint Mural This Saturday!
Haitian Relief Efforts Locally & Nationwide
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