February 2012
This is What a Police State Looks Like
On December 12, 2011, days before the three-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, John Knefel, an independent news reporter and co-host of Radio Dispatch, was arrested covering the Occupy Port Shutdown solidarity rallies in New […]
Rick Smith Files | Living in the ’80s! Corbett’s Attempt to Send Public Education Back 25 years
Editor’s Note: Just like last month’s edition of the Rick Smith Files, this month Raging Chicken Press brings you two interviews from the February 7, 2012 Rick Smith Show. The theme this month is the […]
The State of American Liberalism—Thoughts on the 2012 Pennsylvania Progressive Summit
“They’re homogenous, we are not. They’re disciplined, we are not. We got the memo, we know the framing discussion, we understand the use of language, but we just don’t do it.” It is a common […]
Reading, PA: A Socialist Town
Socialism is a political term that describes an economic system of public ownership of the means of production and allocation of resources. Individuals in positions of authority make decisions in the name of the collective […]
Lessons for Academics: What Journalists Know About Gatekeeping
In preparing my talk on peer review for the MLA conference in Seattle last week, I forgot that few of my fellow academics have much familiarity with ‘gatekeeping,’ certainly not to the extent that journalists have, especially […]
How to Destroy the Environment, Steal Money, & Look Good Doing It | Lee Camp MOC #112
__________ Lee Camp is a stand-up comic. …Sometimes people make him write things too. He’s a contributor to The Onion and has performed stand-up comedy at events featuring Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Al […]
Sustaining Activist Media: An Appeal Just in Time for Corbett’s Assault
As many of you already know, earlier today PA Governor Tom Corbett, announced a draconian budget that would cut deep into the fabric of PA’s public institutions while handing over huge give-backs to corporations. Last […]
Raging Chicken Press launches 100 day fundraising drive
Why We Are Raising Money While there are a number of excellent, progressive publications across the country, there is a significant lack of regionally based progressive publications that focus on local, state, and regional issues. […]