January 17, 2016
MLK’s intertwined trio – racism, materialism, and militarism – are alive and well in the 21st century U.S. of Empire. During the mid-20th century, the civil rights movement relied on […]
January 31, 2016
Publisher’s note: The Pentagon plans to station the first fleet of working (?) F-35s, the most expansive U.S. military boondoggle in history, at Burlington International Airport […]
February 16, 2016
Bernie Sanders, who has attracted numerous young, white, college-educated supporters in his bid for the presidency, says he is creating a movement and promises a political revolution. This rhetoric is an updated version of the “change” promised by the 2008 campaign of Barack Obama and by Jesse Jackson’s earlier National Rainbow Coalition.
March 4, 2016
Burlington, Vermont sits in the far north of New England, a liberal oasis in a sea of rural Vermont paleo-conservatism. Nestled in the Champlain Valley, a certain type of person? is called to this little city of roughly 42,000 people. The folks? who answer this calling generally congregate at the six collegiate-level schools in the city, one of these schools being the University of Vermont.
March 4, 2016
Ten years ago, Bernie Sanders convinced all eagle-eyed Vermonters watching events within the U.S. imperial Beltway in Washington, D.C. that Vermont independence was an inevitability. The […]
March 7, 2016
Back in early March, in the midst of the U.S. Super Tuesday 2016 presidential brouhaha, I published a playful little meme on my Facebook page. “PLAN B,” declares the meme, against a “Welcome to Vermont - Green Mountain State” sign, green with yellow borders. “WE ALL MOVE TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM THE USA AND VOTE FOR BERNIE TO BE OUR PRESIDENT.”
March 18, 2016
Publisher’s Note: As 21st century fossil fuel energy resources dwindle in the Age of Peak Oil, Vermont will become more reliant once again on its forests, […]
March 19, 2016
A friend of mine says a lot of Vermonters are about to get a rude awakening over the next couple of weeks as the traditional sugaring […]
March 20, 2016
Publisher’s note: We love a good Vermont’centric David and Goliath story. MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — General Mills’ announcement on Friday that it will start labeling […]
March 24, 2016
Here in Vermont, as everywhere, the built environment has a vast impact on the natural environment, human health, and the economy. 40% of our energy consumption […]
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