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Now is the Time — Help Save RiverRun

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Monday, November 7, 2011 — On September 7, 2006, a hundred or more members of the local community who understood the value of their independent bookstore rallied for a couple of hours to help it move. In a spontaneous gesture of affection, volunteers also lifted Tom Holbrook, the person who brought us the bookstore, on their shoulders and carried him into the new premises. Since that day, forces beyond the control of our community have made it impossible for RiverRun to stay in those premises. We can keep the bookstore, but a similar effort must be mounted. This time it’s money, not muscle, that’s needed. …

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Winter is Coming

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 — Winter is coming. This will make the Occupations — which can now be declared a success — more difficult to sustain. We believe the current physical Occupations can and should be transformed into an unprecedented free media space, uninfluenced by and impervious to corporate power, and covering the entire nation. Properly done this plan would not only extend the presence of the Occupation everywhere, but would give the people of each district a powerful tool to dislodge Members of Congress who do not serve them. There are about 100 million households in the U.S, and 435 Congressional Districts. Each district …

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A Free People Need a Free Press

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Friday, October 21, 2011 — The Editor conferred with his spiritual advisors last Sunday; which is to say, he sat down with a couple of fellow ’Nam vets and their life partners and drank beer and talked for several hours. These events are always their own reward, but something special came with this one. That should have been no surprise, since as it took place Wall Street was being Occupied. The Editor was told in no uncertain terms that now is the time to hammer home relentlessly the idea — previously expressed in this space — that the people in each and every Congressional District …

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Who are OccupyMARINES? Who is Xervarian?

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Monday, October 17, 2011 — Anyone who has read our coverage of the Occupation knows we’re not objective. We’re for it. And we don’t want anything bad to happen to it. Which is why we’re concerned about Twitter user @OccupyMARINES. In a world where nobody on the Internet knows you’re a dog, things are not always as clear cut as we might like. Take occupybaltimore.com and www.occupyparty.org, for example. No doubt there are many former service members present at the Occupations whose intentions and actions are above reproach. But to unquestioningly assume that everyone is who they say they are would be reckless. Take this …

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The Revolution Is Being Livestreamed

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Saturday, September 17, 2011 — Live stream of the occupation of Wall Street: Watch live streaming video from globalrevolution at livestream.com UPDATE: Wednesday, September 28, 2011: Monday, we sent a bundle of 50 copies of our current (September 23) paper to The Occupiers. We just wanted to show our support the best way we knew how. This evening we got word, through our Comment feature, that they had arrived — made our day. We’ll continue sending them as long as you maintain The Occupation. — The Ed. Dear New Hampshire Gazette, Although it may not have made it onto the livestream above, we received your …

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Invest in Reality

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Thursday, September 1, 2011 — This morning’s email included the following message from Consortiumnews.com‘s Robert Parry: “I know there are many worthy projects deserving of your financial support. But it’s hard to envision how the United States (and the world) can get out of today’s troubles without a reality-based understanding of how we got into them. So, please consider a tax-deductible donation to Consortiumnews.com.” Please do.