Listening In
The New York Times
REWIND - A Week of Quotes and Cartoons
Portside
Republicans, austerity,poverty, San Jose, Fidel Castro, pensions,Detroit,housing, San Francisco rents
Reading Obama’s Iran Speech
The Nation
The usual opponents—in Congress, in Israel and the pro-Israel lobbies—are already on the move, challenging the new opening.
How Serious is Germany About its Democratic Principles?
The Guardian
If there's a grand coalition between the CDU and the Social Democrats, current laws mean that Die Linke and the Greens wouldn't be able to challenge the government's legislation
Tech Boom Forcing Longtime S.F. Family Out of Home
San Francisco Chronicle
"We certainly don't want anybody going without a place to live, but we have our orders."
Principles
Chattanooga Times Free Press
What We’re Reading Now
The New York Times
I Met the Walrus
In 1969, 14-year-old Beatle fanatic Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's hotel room and convinced him to do an interview. Thirty eight years later this animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack won the 2009 Emmy for 'New Approaches.' For more of Lennon's vision, see the official video of Imagine.
Friday Nite Videos -- September 27, 2013
Portside
John Lennon's Imagine -- official video. 'I Met the Walrus' -- Emmy-winning animation of John Lennon interview. Movie: Inequality for All. Outsourcing America. Ted Cruz: The Bore-ax. North Carolina Was Almost Hiroshima.
Ted Cruz: The Bore-ax
To express his opposition to Obamacare, Ted Cruz cites a children's book about a stubborn jerk who decides he hates something before he's tried it.
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