Category Archives: Heroes for Today

Heroes for Today: Talking back to the 1%ers

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Sabina Becker

You heard the lady. Pay it forward, you tax-dodging billionaires.

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Heroes for Today: Maxine Waters

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Sabina Becker

She tells the teabags where they can go (hint: it’s the same place they’re trying to drag their entire country.) You may also recall her from this opening scene in Fahrenheit 9/11: This is the kind of fighting spirit that’s … Continue reading →

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Heroes for Today: A German, two lesbians, a mayor and a prime minister…

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Sabina Becker

…and, hell: a whole slew of plain, ordinary Norwegian citizens of all faiths and colors: Meanwhile, here’s the German, who saved as many as 30 people from the frigid waters in his small boat. He didn’t stop making trips out … Continue reading →

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Heroes for Today: Hugh Grant, actually.

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Who’d of thunk that an actor who once became notorious for his run-in with a streetwalker would end up turning the tables on the paparazzi who made his private life virtually nonexistent thereafter? Or that he’d become a hero to … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Iconic photo du jour

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Sorry, no Chavecito, Evo or El Ecuadorable today; don’t worry, they’ll be back next week (or whenever). I just got wind of this one via the tweeter, and it is AWESOME. From the floor of our very own Senate: Brigette … Continue reading →

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Heroes for Today: Steve Simon

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Watch and learn, kiddies. This is how social justice gets done. Steve Simon, Democratic member of the Minnesota state house of representatives, makes the case for gay rights within the framework of the traditional separation of church and state. And, … Continue reading →

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Vittorio Arrigoni, R.I.P.

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A 36-year-old Italian blogger and ISM journalist, Vittorio Arrigoni, was kidnapped and murdered two days ago in Gaza. In the video above, he talks about how he and a group of fellow activists broke the Gaza siege, which had begun … Continue reading →

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Heroes for Today: Sheriff Clarence Dupnik

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker

He’s the sheriff for Pima County, where Tucson is located, and where today’s horrible mass shooting took place. Here he is in April of last year, denouncing the racist immigration law of the state. A voice for sanity in the … Continue reading →

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Heroes for Today: Hugh Shelton, taking a leaf from Smedley Butler

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Sabina Becker

He hasn’t written the next War is a Racket yet, but this general shows at least a pinch of Gen. Butler’s integrity in what he WASN’T willing to do to get his Gulf War II on. (Note: He refers to … Continue reading →

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Heroes for Today: The world’s awesomest 15-year-old

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Sabina Becker

His first name is Barnaby, he was in the British student demonstrations, and he was “kettled”, much like the G-20 protesters in Toronto last summer. And he is not intimidated in the least. He’s defiant, he’s eloquent, and he’s just … Continue reading →

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