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A Backyard Bicycle TAle in 3 Parts

Also seen on: The Times Union Bike Blog


Part 1. Backyard Cyclocross

Posted in | | | | | | Submitted by breathingplanet on Wed, 2009-11-18 15:48.
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merry merry....

 click for many more pics and interesting story and comment thread..

Posted in | | | | | Submitted by breathingplanet on Wed, 2008-12-24 01:50.
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Black Friday & The Week after.....

I am sitting here by the woodstove, catching myself up on some of the news around the world and thinking, and just feel the need to, ya know... post a blog, i guess. On Black Friday aka Buy-Nothing Day, we saw the death of a temporary Wal-Mart employee trampled by crazed shoppers. Then a week later, a factory is occupied by workers in Chicago who refuse to leave until they are paid what they are owed by the company after Bank of America corporation cut off the company's line of credit. Then on Saturday a 16 year-old anarchist boy is shot dead by police in Greece sparking riots in the streets of athens, global outrage and solidarity events across Europe.

Posted in | | | | | Submitted by breathingplanet on Mon, 2008-12-08 19:43.
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A New Tract: 'Suggested Donation'

This is an excerpt.  Download the entire mini-zine (print and web formats) as .pdf attachments below.

'Suggested Donation' was created for distribution and/or display in volunteer-run not-for-profit spaces.  It is intended to deepen the conversation around monetary support of anti-capitalist space and lengthen the vision of a market-free world.   It consists of 8 small pages and was produced in 2008.

enjoy.

 

Posted in | | | | | Submitted by breathingplanet on Mon, 2008-11-24 16:09.
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The Vote

Today is voting day. I'll go vote... despite an ongoing discontent with the electoral system and the lack of democracy. I'll probably even vote for Obama - but I was forwarded this article by Chris Hedges, and figured I would do it the honor of reposting it because with regards to policy and world view, my vote really lies with Nader. Yes.. I roll my eyes at Nader and his ego. but I want to live in a country where we have a real choice - a choice against a corporate state... a choice for justice!

Posted in | | | | Submitted by breathingplanet on Tue, 2008-11-04 14:48.
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Ariel Dorfman & Nick Morgan

There's not much of a connection between Nick Morgan and Ariel Dorfman, I suppose. The connection here is that I saw the film, A Promise to the Dead - a bio pic of sorts - about The 1973 coup in Chile and Ariel Dorfman, specifically at the Sanctuary for Independent Media. I learned a lot from this film. Its as if the recent history of Latin America does not exist in US public schools... then again, its hard to think of one thing i actually learned in high school. After seeing the film, I think it's one of the most important political eras and/or progressions to understand and think about with respect to protofascism and the real threat of a police state in this country.   Anyways. the connection.....

Posted in | | | | | | | | | Submitted by breathingplanet on Thu, 2008-10-23 14:12.
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Convention Season Video Links

It's political dog & pony show season everyone.

That means a couple of things:
1. it will become more obvious than usual that only certain speech is really free.
2. the US police state will be in full force defending the state and smashing dissent in riot gear.

Check out new video updates from people on the ground in the breathingplanet network who are covering the protests:
Submedia
http://stimulator.tv
Mobile Broadcast News

Posted in | | | | | | | | Submitted by breathingplanet on Tue, 2008-08-26 11:17.
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