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By Al Giordano
That poster promotes a talk - Toppling a Coup in Honduras: Civil Resistance, Community Organizing and Online Journalism - that I'll be giving Monday evening, 7 p.m., October 12, at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York.
Somehow it is fitting that we'll do this 517 years to the date that Columbus reportedly arrived in a country called América.
Greater Big Apple area Field Hands are of course welcome, and the event is free.
Then on Thursday, at noon, I'll be co-leading a discussion on Journalism and Civil Resistance at the Newseum in Washington, DC, with Cardiff University journalism professor Howard Barrell, formerly of the African National Congress. Beltway area Field Hands are also welcome there, just make sure to rsvp to heidid@nonviolent-conflict.org).
Along that Amtrak corridor - from the Capital of Capital to the Capitol of Capital - I'll be doing a little fundraising, too, toward our $20,000 goal to be able to hold our next session of the School of Authentic Journalism next February on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. If you've been considering making a generous contribution toward the $14,000 or so we still seek, will be in one of those cities this week, and a meal or a coffee or a drink with yours truly might help you to get out your checkbook and do so, drop me an email at narconews@gmail.com and I'm sure it will be a conversation worth scheduling.
I do expect to be writing and reporting here on The Field during this coming week - it's not a vacation (although I'm also looking forward to seeing a very special group of lifelong friends in New York on a different night, you know who you are), and the stories we're covering in Honduras and elsewhere are certainly going to heat up in the coming days - so see you here, too, if not on the road.
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Audio Streaming / Availability?
Submitted on October 10th, 2009 by Ryan Vaquero (not verified)Lots of us probably want to know if either of these events are going to be streamed live or made available online afterwards and, if so, how we can find it? :) -ryan
Patiently Waiting
Submitted on October 12th, 2009 by Christi DemuthI know someday you will make it to the west coast of the states, right?
Thoughts on burn out
Submitted on October 12th, 2009 by Nancy ChesterIn reading Al's schedule I found myself pondering, How does he keep it up? How does he stay decade in, decade out slogging in the left wing trenches? And then I read the headline, that is really read it "Toppling a Coup in Hondurus". The key word is "toppling", action.
For 15 years I sent $25,00 each month to a well known feminist organization and I'm sure there were some benefits over the years in supporting the group. But I finally got tired of reading the shrieking, "aint it awful" periodic fund raisers as to why extra money was needed for one alarmist thing after another.
So now I just do monthly pledges to 2 organizations, Narco News & the ACLU and periodically contribute to other groups or political campaigns as the mood strikes me.
@ Nancy Chester
Submitted on October 13th, 2009 by Lorie CavinFrom one co-publisher to another, Thanks for the $$ support. That's one of the main reasons I continue to support this valuable resource. I look at it as an investment in my mental health. The crap that passes as news is not worth my time and definately not my $$.
Tomorrow is my 1 year birthday as a co-publisher of this oasis of sanity in a parched desert of MSM and chicken little shit. I hung around for a year before that. When Al needed $$ for the Democratic Convention, that was the first time I gave. The thought of him not being at the convention after the tremendous coverage and analysis of the campaign, made me realize how "all in" I felt about being a co-publisher, with my real name attached to my comments and work. Hands down, one of the best decisions I have made.
How to spend your bond
Submitted on October 13th, 2009 by Sebastian KolendoSo, on the off off off off chance that I'd get accepted into the school, I cashed a bond worth $150 that an uncle of mine had found so that I could get my passport renewed.
Then I realized I'd never get it renewed in time, so there went that. Instead, I donated a single payment of $35 and a monthly $15 pledge.
Now I'm broke, and I need a job to keep money flowing into the bank account I had to open to cash the bond. Also: no clue what to do with this co-publisher account.
But the best money I've ever parted with, though. And it's cool to watch the microphone graphic going up.
@ sebastian
Submitted on October 13th, 2009 by Nancy MickenbeckerI would encourage you not to give up on the idea of being able to get your passport in time.
I applied for my passport through the local post office and I received mine in a matter of weeks.
Others here may know more about this than I do, but I believe thait is possible to get a passport in a relatively short period of time. If you live in or near a big city, I think your chances of doing that are even higher.
Hondurus Poll Methadology
Submitted on October 14th, 2009 by Nancy ChesterSlightly off topic but I just caught there has been some controversy a few days back regarding Al's analysis on the Poll thread that a wide majority of Hondurans opposed the coup, specifically on the differing treatment of the 25% of "Non Responders". I just added my two cents to the thread, that I thought "Non Responders" are, in fact, responding.
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/3511/poll-wide-majority-hondur...
Obama and my America (off topic)
Submitted on October 18th, 2009 by Dan (not verified)Hi Al,
Off topic, just wanted to share with you smth that I posted recently, which explains my personal experience of Obama and, maybe, a bit what many non-Americans felt. Feel free to post it here or not, I'm not sure whether this is an open thread. I just wanted to share with you as your blog was a great companion through my many sleepless nights watching the US elections.
Look forward to your resuming regular posting.
Dan's Beautiful essay
Submitted on October 19th, 2009 by Nancy ChesterI loved your essay on the global meaning of America, the Bush years and the meaning of Obama's election from the view point of a non-American. I take it from your blog that you are Romanian?
Thanks for the share,
Nancy
@ Nancy
Submitted on October 20th, 2009 by Dan (not verified)Thanks for the kind words. It's really something I needed to express, and then is also saves time when I have to explain to friends what Obama means to me :)
Romanian, yes. Currently living elsewhere in Europe.