May 2012

The Libyan Model and the Oxymoron: Class of 2012 Queen and King

There’s a new Atrocity Prevention Board in town, and its chief tool for preventing atrocities will be . . . wait for it . . . atrocities! 

What a breakthrough! And this clown is forming a tentative life partnership with an unbelievably beautiful model from Libya.  The key word is “unbelievably.” 

The Atrocity Prevention Board is rumored to still be married to World War II, but the primary reason to doubt the latest gossip is the grotesque hideousness of the Libyan read more

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Medea Benjamin in Charlottesville on Friday, May 4th

Medea Benjamin will speak at Random Row Books in Charlottesville, Va. at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 4th.

Random Row Books
315 West Main Street 
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434-295-2493

Free. Open to the Public.

Medea Benjamin is cofounder of Global Exchange and of CodePink: Women for Peace.  She is the author of the new book “Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control” and was an organizer of the Drone Summit held this past weekend in Washington, D.C. 

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Labor Not Loyalty on May 1

Two key steps have helped to ruin May Day in the United States.  First, Labor Day was created at a completely different time of year — labor day without the struggle, labor day without the history, labor day without the labor movement.  Second, Loyalty Day was created on May 1st

Loyalty Day is a monstrosity for a few reasons.  We already have Veterans Day (created by ruining Armistice Day), Memorial Day, Yellow Ribbon Day, Patriots Day, Independence Day, Flag Day, Pearl read more

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