BY TOM DICKINSON On Nov. 12 the illegality of torture and the grotesque ways it has misshapen our country were highlighted in two presentations given by CIA whistle blower John Kiriakou and American Psychological Association (APA) reformer Bradley Olson at Hamline University and the University of Minnesota. These talks gave a…
BY POLLY MANN Minnesota without poverty Nancy Maeker is an activist who really is active in proclaiming her message. She’s the former director of an organization called “Minnesota Without Poverty” and I became one of her followers after hearing her speak at a meeting of “Every Church A Peace Church.”…
The following questionnaire will be sent to all candidates seeking election to the State Legislature in South Minneapolis (by the South Minneapolis Organizing Committee for Bernie Sanders: Ed Felien, Sid Pranke, Debra Keefer Ramage, Dave Tilsen, Jason Galles): If elected to the State Legislature, would you introduce and support legislation…
BY JOHNNY HAZARD An injunction upheld recently by the Mexican supreme court recognizes the right of the four litigants to cultivate, consume and possess marijuana and appears to pave the way toward further liberalization of drug laws. The decision is confusing and has been misinterpreted by some as a general…
BY ED FELIEN About 60 people showed up at a meeting Tuesday night, Nov. 10, at Matthews Park to discuss complaints against Minneapolis Housing Inspector Joe Jarvis. Residents and landlords say Jarvis has been over-zealous in applying city codes. Susan Armitage wrote on the Seward Neighborhood Forum, “He is citing…
BY ED FELIEN Last month Council Member Alondra Cano organized a meeting in her ward (9th Ward) to discuss gentrification. More than a hundred people showed up to listen to experts talk about how gentrification of neighborhoods prices poor and working people out of their homes. Most people when they think…
BY ED FELIEN It’s amazing! The excitement that has been generated, the wildly enthusiastic crowds, the steady increase in Bernie’s popularity in the polls, all are testament to a massive popular support for democratic socialism. Who would have thought it? Just a few months ago, early last spring, Bernie was…
