Publisher’s note: We’ve been excerpting Vermont novelist Ralph Meima’s brilliant INTER STATES – a novel in 3 parts/books – for years here at our web site. The second book is now out in print. Don’t miss it! Here’s a personal invitation from author Ralph Meima.
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Come join us this coming Friday, September 16th, 6 pm, for a get-together at Everyone’s Books in Brattleboro, Vermont to celebrate the launch in July by Founders House Publishing of the second book of the Inter States series, Emergent Disorder.  We’ll chat, mingle, hear a reading or two, and enjoy snacks as a way to kick off our weekends with a mixture of hope, curiosity, and dread at what lies ahead! If you can’t make it due to distance or competing plans, please let me know what you think of Emergent Disorder, write a review/critique, or let me know whether you’d like to host a book event closer to your home – which I will do my best to make happen.
 All the best, hope to see you there, and stay tuned for the 3rd book, now being edited for late-2016 or early-2017 publication.
Author Ralph Meima / ralph@meima.com
September 11, 2016

INTER STATES – “Emerging Disorder” Brattleboro Book Launch!

Publisher’s note: We’ve been excerpting Vermont novelist Ralph Meima’s brilliant INTER STATES – a novel in 3 parts/books – for years here at our web site. […]
September 10, 2016

War Dogs: Hollywood Mocks U.S. Imperial Aggression

Director Todd Phillips’ new film “War Dogs” is an infuriating two-hour exercise in what smells like U.S. Pentagon propaganda. Starring an extra-sleazy Jonah Hill as Efraim […]
September 10, 2016

Battlefield America: The U.S. Empire’s Post-9/11 Police State, From A-Z

Publisher’s Note: As we mark the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 catastrophe, deep questions remain about what actually happened on that fateful day. The official explanation? […]
September 9, 2016

Colors: Peace In The Valley

  I know what you are thinking. Peace? Colors? The 21st century is fast becoming a wacky place: Peak Oil, climate change, U.S. imperialism, a Global […]
September 9, 2016

The Clinton Foundation – A Rogue “Charity” Fraud Network?

Publisher’s Note: As we move closer to the 2016 Presidential “election,” more and more Vermonters are asking hard questions about the Clinton Foundation in the wake […]
September 7, 2016

The Vermont Case for Ticket Splitting: Democrats versus Independents in November 2016

Vermont state politics are focused primarily on three major issues: climate change, education and healthcare. We are glad to live in a place where there is […]
September 6, 2016

9/11: 15th Anniversary NYC Conference

Publisher’s Note: Ten Septembers ago, Vermont Commons: Voices of Independence devoted an entire issue of our news journal to exploring the unanswered questions surrounding 9/11 (available […]
August 31, 2016

NewGrassRoots: “Small D” Digital Democracy Now Planted in Vermont

  Publisher’s Note: Benjamin Brown, Vermont’trepeneur and founder of Rutland-based NewGrassRoots, has a compelling vision for harnessing digital technology. Namely, to make our local and state/republican […]
August 29, 2016

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Publisher’s Note: Thanks to VTDigger.org for continuing to ask important questions about 2016 presidential candidate and “Our Revolution” 501c4 founder Bernie Sanders.  Here is political columnist […]
August 28, 2016

Noam Chomsky: How the U.S. of Empire Under Obama Has Ushered in ‘a New Era of International Terrorism’

The following is a recent interview with Noam Chomsky on the Middle East and the Obama Administration’s policies towards Syria, Egypt and Iran, and the rise […]
August 26, 2016

A “Brexit” Strategy for the UNtied States? Nonviolent Secession, and Vermont Can Lead the Way…

Publisher’s note: We publish decentralist viewpoints from across the political spectrum. We don’t agree with everything Mr. Dunkin states here – climate change/global warming is actually […]
August 22, 2016

The Thought Revolution: Beyond Pavlovian Thinking and “Conspiracy Theories”

Publisher’s Note: We are pleased to welcome Vermonter Chris Pratt, the “Reluctant Activist,” to our masthead. Look for regular features by the Reluctant Activist in the […]