topic : 2008 Presidential Campaign
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April 2008
by Tim Wise
For most white folks, indignation just doesn't wear well. Once affected or conjured up, it reminds one of a pudgy man, wearing a tie that may well have fit him when he was fifty pounds lighter, but which now cuts off somewhere above his navel and makes him look like an idiot.
Indignation doesn't work for most whites, because having remained sanguine about, silent during, indeed often supportive of so much injustice over the years in this country—the theft of native land and genocide of indigenous persons, and the enslavement of Africans being only two of the best examples—we are just . . .
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February 2008
By Candace Milne
Kucinich, always on the right side of every issue
Recently I came across a Nov. 19, 2007 photo of Dennis Kucinich marching arm in arm with Father Bourgeois at the 18th annual protest at the School of the Americas at Ft Benning, Georgia. It reminded me of other photos I’ve seen of Dennis addressing thousands at anti-war rallies, on picket lines, on the streets of Seattle during the 1999 WTO protests and others. That’s Dennis. In the streets with us. Speaking for us in Congress. Speaking for us in the Democratic Party debates. Always on the right side of every issue. Always . . .
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February 2008
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Dennis Kucinich in Olympia (Photo by Scott Yoos)
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