What Did I Get Out of It? – Joshua P. Preston

September 8, 2014December 15, 2014Leave a comment

Four years ago I was invited to attend the National Rural Youth Assembly in Santa Fe, NM. There I joined 50 other young activists to discuss rural issues and policy, but being nineteen, I spent most the time quiet, nervous. Looking back, though, it was an experience that later framed my work in the DFL … Continue reading What Did I Get Out of It? – Joshua P. Preston

The Time’s Don’t Change: “The 98 Per Cent Have Some Rights Entitled to Respect.”

August 25, 2014December 15, 2014Leave a comment

It's time for some Minnesota trivia: Who said this?We have had to oppose the swaggering insolence and the millions of the war profiteers and the low moral endeavor politicians made by the froth of the war.... We needed success to call a halt to the wild orgie of Wall street legislation which the politicians thought … Continue reading The Time’s Don’t Change: “The 98 Per Cent Have Some Rights Entitled to Respect.”

Howard Zinn & Noam Chomsky on “Is There Hope in This Desperate Time?”

November 6, 2013Leave a comment

I know some of my readers won't be particularly interested in this, but I thought I'd share it anyway. Recorded in September 2004 to raise funds for Spare Change, a street newspaper, the video brings together two of the top public intellectuals of our time, Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn, to discuss whether there is "hope … Continue reading Howard Zinn & Noam Chomsky on “Is There Hope in This Desperate Time?”