March 2010
5 posts
Salvadoran state commemorates Romero anniversary →
Glenn Beck to Jesus: Drop Dead →
Jesuit James Martin takes on Glenn Beck
February 2010
32 posts
Thom Yorke's band has a name and is going on tour →
tour dates and cool video.
Situation of Violence in El Salvador →
a very sad update on the increase of violent crime in el salvador, from tims el salvador blog.
David Price: “The CIA Is Welcoming Itself Back... →
In the latest edition of CounterPunch magazine, the anthropologist David Price reveals the US intelligence community has established academic outposts at twenty-two US universities over the past four years. Government agencies, including the CIA, FBI, National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, and Homeland Security, have helped found “Intelligence Community Centers for Academic...
“Don’t Tell the shamed ex-Marine that the military already has thousands of brave...”
– We’re Gonna Have a Tea Party Tonight!
Henry Rollins on Ollie North and Sarah Palin
How to Get Our Democracy Back →
Lawrence Lessig Says “If We Want to Change, We Have to Change Congress”
In a cover story of The Nation magazine, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig writes, “At the center of our government lies a bankrupt institution: Congress. Not financially bankrupt, at least not yet, but politically bankrupt.” He goes on to argue that, “Congress is the core of the problem with American democracy today....
New PerroZompopo CD, download it for free →
The 'new monasticism' →
This story features a group of twenty-somethings, living in community and exploring the “new monasticism,” a term that is difficult to precisely define but that roughly describes a search occurring in communities, ironically often of Protestant evangelicals, that have formed with a strong focus on social justice and reforming Christian practice
What Would It Take To End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'? →
US INTELLIGENCE REPORT CLASSIFIES VENEZUELA AS... →
Upside Down World reports on recent US document on Chavez
Charter for Compassion →
The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and put another there, and to honour the inviolable sanctity of every single human...
NPR listeners pick best music of the year →
The Writers Almanac →
Democracy Now on zinn →
tims el salvador blog remembers that matanza
Remembering “la Matanza” of 1932
January 22 was the 78 year anniverary of an event in El Salvador known simply as “la Matanza” — the Massacre. Following an armed uprising of campesinos in January 1932, many of whom were indigenous, the Salvadoran armed forces massacred as man as 30,000 in reprisal. This week, indigenous communities remembered the slaughter,...
