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Voice from Egypt: Freedom is something really worth dying for

by Karoli on February 11, 2011 · 4 comments

Just sent to me on Twitter from Yehia_Osman, in Egypt: you can’t imagine how people old and young ran in the street like crazy screaming with joy and they can’t believe that they’re finally free. It’s so much like when u r able to breath again after having a plastic bag on ur head! I [...]

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The Sifry Disconnect: When cynicism kills hope

by Karoli on January 1, 2010 · 24 comments

If you haven’t read Micah Sifry’s latest (very long) post about liberal disappointment and wilting grassroots, please go read it first before you read this (very long) rebuttal. A short paraphrase: President Obama isn’t a recent sellout. We are seeing the Barack Obama that always was, is, and has been — corporatist sellout. Really, David [...]

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Transition 2010: Know Hope

by Karoli on December 31, 2009 · 12 comments

I don’t do lists and I don’t do retrospectives well, especially in years like this one, with swings from highest to lowest, transitions from white to black and back again. The best I can do at the cusp of a new year is to promise that 2010 holds hope. I can’t control the job market [...]

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