KPFT Houston, 45 Years After Domestic Terrorist Bombings, Plays On
May 14, 2015 "Pacifica Station Bombed Off Air," read the Houston Chronicle's banner headline on May 13, 1970. KPFT, Houston's fledgling community radio station, had been on the air for just two months when its transmitter was blown to smithereens.
Killing Ragheads for Jesus
Jan 26, 2015 The movie “American Sniper” lionizes the most despicable aspects of U.S. society -- including the belief that Christians are called upon to exterminate “lesser breeds.”
Ordained to Write
Oct 13, 2014 Three decades ago Chris Hedges sought to become a minister and report the war in El Salvador A church committee refused to see his work as a journalist as a valid call to the ministry On Oct 5 his ordination -- marked by addresses from James Cone (above) and Cornel West -- finally took place Three decades ago Chris Hedges sought to become a minister and report the war in El Salvador A church committee refused to see his work as a valid call to the ministry 5 his ordination finally took place (Above, ordination speaker James Cone).
Thomas Paine, Our Contemporary
May 26, 2014 Paine did for the American Revolution what we must do for our present-day revolution against the corporate state: He created a political language that exposed the realities of despotic power and demanded a rational response. Paine did for the American Revolution what we must do for our revolution against the corporate state: He created a political language that exposed the realities of despotic power and demanded a rational response.
The Power of Imagination
May 12, 2014 Amid the psychoses of modern times, we are suicidally exploiting the earth and our neighbors If we are to survive, we must reclaim the reverence for life made possible by the human imagination Amid the psychoses of modern times, we are suicidally exploiting the earth and our neighbors.
