Diet Kong releases Beautiful Blackout
Keith Gladysz and Jenn Penn, the now married singer/guitarist and singer/visualist of Diet Kong, grew up in Dix Hills. They didn’t reconnect until grad school at NYU, and formed Diet Kong in 2004, at...
View ArticleWhy Black MisLeadership Won’t Sign the Anti-War Petition by Glen Ford (via...
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Black Agenda Radio Commentaries 26 January 2011 “We vow not to support President Barack Obama for renomination for...
View ArticleAfrican American History Month Film Fest 2/21, 2/23/ & 3/1/11
February 21 and 23 and March 1 2011 Celebrate African American History Month at Cinema Arts Centre’s Film Fest, screening four films- Haiti: One Day, One Destiny, Freedom Riders, Night Catches Us with...
View ArticleMubarak Ousted! Two Down, Twenty To Go . . . (via The War Resisters League Blog)
“The people have brought down the regime!” was a cry heard around the world when on Friday, February 11th, 18 days of unrelenting non-violent protest finally forced the end of Hosni Mubarak’s 30 year,...
View ArticleGreen Presidents, Before They Were on the Bills (via Autonomie Project’s Blog)
It’s President’s Day! And what’s a better way to celebrate than to honor two of our most remembered Presidents: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln than to highlight some of their green...
View ArticleMartin Luther King, Egypt, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation
________________________________________ MLK Day 2012: Worldwide MLK Candlelight Vigil for Unity on Sunday, January 15th at 7pm each time zone. More info: here. __________________________ Martin Luther...
View ArticleClimbing Up Blair Mountain Again (via Autonomie Project’s Blog)
We all know the history of the American Civil War, but did you know about the second largest armed uprising within the United States? I am probably the biggest history nerd I know and I only recently...
View ArticleImmanuel Kant: Standing Armies Should Be Totally Abolished
Image via Wikipedia 3. “Standing Armies (miles perpetuus) Shall in Time Be Totally Abolished” For they incessantly menace other states by their readiness to appear at all times prepared for war; they...
View ArticleHelp save Brontë’s 1830 version of “Mad Magazine” for the public
Bronte manuscript. Image from: i.dailymail.co.uk KW writes: For all of us Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte fans, this tiny book is a rare find! Written when Bronte was only 14 years old, it is a...
View ArticleGeorgiana, Duchess of Devonshire: A new eBook by Kimberly Wilder
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (born Lady Georgiana Spencer) is the great-great-great-great aunt of Princess Diana and a relative of the new royal baby, The Prince of Cambridge. Kimberly Wilder has...
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