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Emancipating slaves then and now

By Erik Curren | April 24, 2013

emancipation cartoon

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. It's a needed chance for Americans to talk about slavery that has helped us reexamine our history. For example, recent documentaries and museum exhibits on America's Founding Fathers regularly show that slavery played a big role in the lives of several heroes of the American Revolution. So, now we know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, emancipation proclamation, Hannah Arendt, Modern Slavery, Robert E. Lee, Slave Labor, slavery

If you’re not doing politics, you’re not doing enough. Review: Slow Democracy

By Erik Curren | November 26, 2012

Fairfield City Council

"We live in an anti-political moment," wrote David Brooks last week in the New York Times, "when many people — young people especially — think politics is a low, nasty, corrupt and usually fruitless business. It’s much nobler to do community service or just avoid all that putrid noise." Brooks rightly suggests that seeing Steven Spielberg's new film Lincoln will show that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Politics Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, David Brooks, Food Sovereignty, government, Local, local government, local sovereignty, slow food, Susan Clark, Woden Teachout

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