Sep 27
On my 72nd birthday a couple of days ago I ate dinner at the Zatar restaurant in downtown Berkeley and then watched the Welcome to Hebron movie at the Berkeley Community College. Zatar is well known locally and I join the many customers who sing its praises. The fare is an eclectic mix of Mediterranean …
Sep 17
This video, from a TED talk by primatologist Frans de Waal on “Moral Behavior in Animals,” shows what happens when two monkeys get unequal pay for equal work. The shorted monkey wastes no time expressing protest at the inequity. Humans, by contrast, may need decades or centuries of putting up with unfairness before reacting…. Thanks to …
Sep 10
Frustrated by the absence of any organized big protest against the proposed war on Syria, I accepted an emailed invitation from MoveOn.org on Friday evening to organize a neighborhood candlelight vigil on Monday night Sept. 9. I figured that maybe 10-15 people would show up, and so I situated the event down at the corner where …
Aug 31
The folksinger Anne Feeney, whom Utah Phillips described as “the best labor singer in North America,” performed this song on the steps of the Berkeley Post Office Saturday afternoon Aug. 31. Feeney, who is based in Pittsburgh PA, is on the closing leg of a 15-city tour, singing at demonstrations, picket lines, protests, and similar …
Aug 27
Barry Hazle served a year in prison for possession of methamphetamine. He was released on parole on condition that he attend and complete a 90-day residential drug treatment program. Hazle repeatedly told authorities that he is an atheist, and requested treatment in a non-religious program. He was assigned, instead, to the Empire treatment program which …
Aug 27
Kudos to San Francisco Chronicle columnist James Temple, whose dot-commentary on Friday Aug. 23 points out that Pvt. Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning’s revelations have made this a better country. Among the items that Bradley brought to light was a video of U.S. troops in helicopters slaying ten civilians in Iraq, including two Reuters journalists and …
Aug 17
At a Concert to Save the Berkeley Post Office Aug. 17 2013, an impromptu group led by Occupella’s Hali Hammer performs a special rendition of “We Shall Not Be Moved” customized for the cause.
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