I’m almost done reading Doug McAdam’s Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency. The book is a very in depth analysis of the development of the Civil Rights/Black Freedom Movement. It seems to me that in the public schools, we often get a rather surface explanation of this movement- the “Disney version” [...]
Archive for September, 2006
Decline of the Civil Rights Movement
Posted in Race/Ethnicity on September 28, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The Sword That Heals
Posted in Race/Ethnicity on September 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Ch. 2 Why We Can’t Wait, Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this chapter, MLK lays out his argument for the use of nonviolent resistance, the sword that heals.
“Acceptance of nonviolent direct action was a proof a certain sophistication on the part of the Negro masses; for it showed that they dared to break with the [...]
Class & Disability
Posted in Class, Disability/Autism on September 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Economic class plays a very pervasive role in disability. The most obvious factor of course, is that many disabled people live in poverty, off federal subsidies or even in homelessness, unemployed or underemployed.
But beyond the surface there is a more insidious truth- conditions of poverty often cause disabilities. Lower income people are more likely to [...]
Sept 23 Anti-War Protest
Posted in Peace on September 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I went to an anti-war protest/march in Minneapolis. It was organized by the Iraq Peace Action Coalition, a group which I’ve never heard of, but there are so many of them. I found out about from this socialist e-mail list that I’m on. Anyways, the plan was that people were going to gather [...]
What is a Social Movement?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2006 | 1 Comment »
This semester I’m taking a class called Protest and Social Change: the Sociology of Social Movements. The whole reason I majored in political science is because I wanted to study this stuff, but we’ve never covered it in depth in any of my poli sci classes. I think it should be a requirement for the [...]
Thoughts on Leadership
Posted in Pagan Community on September 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Growing up a social misfit as I did, I never expected to be a leader of any sort. Since coming to college, I’ve ended up in a couple different leadership positions, and found myself filling leadership roles at various times. I’ve come to realize that leadership is not necessarily something you choose, often the role [...]
Mental Illness in the Pagan Community
Posted in Health, Pagan Community on September 10, 2006 | 8 Comments »
I suspect that a _significant_ portion of the Pagan community suffers from various forms of mental illness. Of course a large portion of the American population suffers from depression and other disorders, but in some ways Pagans are uniquely predisposed to depression. Many people are undiagnosed and untreated, or inadequately treated.
(I also think a [...]
