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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Dec 29 2010
'War is a Lie' is "a handbook of sorts, a manual to be used in debunking future lies before future wars have a chance to begin." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Dec 27 2010
"I see this book as something like a travelogue—a journey through physical, intellectual, and psychic space, as it were." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Dec 22 2010
"The most fun thing I've been doing recently involves debating campus debate teams all over the country. This semester, I've been to Princeton, Cornell, Boston College, Rutgers, and eight other schools. Next semester, I'm going to Columbia, NYU, Georgetown, Williams, and nine other schools." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Dec 21 2010
"Many women have broken free of the image of grandmothers as rocking-chair-bound, cookie-baking old women who spend their time watching soap operas and knitting sweaters for their grandkids." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Dec 15 2010
"I still marvel at how people accept what they are told, or rather, at how easily we are enculturated into a belief that is really worth questioning." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Tech & Transport Dec 13 2010
"I am ... appreciative that this award is representative of a shared conviction that now is a singular moment in our history for all people of good conscience to come together in defense of the planet. Our work has never been more urgent." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 8 2010
"I first stumbled across The Meetles in early 2009, just a few months after they began performing in the subway. Seeing and hearing them for the first time was just about as odd as seeing wild green parrots flying about in an urban wasteland!" + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Dec 6 2010
"BORO is a visible and active participant in the community. We proudly donate a portion of our monthly revenue to local charities, as well as support fund-raising events and create unique community events through offline and online efforts. Quite simply, BORO is Astoria—created by Astorians, printed in Astoria, and distributed in Astoria." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Dec 1 2010
"We approach our fans in much the same way we do any of our family functions. Every gig is a family reunion!" + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Nov 29 2010
"When I'm talking about a social crisis—the existence of racism, say—I try to get the attention of a reader or an audience, and then I make a comment. " + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Nov 22 2010
"Direct action for social change is the alternative to voting for politicians who won't represent us, or petitioning a biased justice system, or lobbying toxic executives who won't listen. It's DIY." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Nov 17 2010
The mission of Project Censored is to teach students and the public about the role of a free press in a free society—and to “tell the News That Didn’t Make the News and Why.” + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Nov 15 2010
"We know how to judge and disconnect and become cynical. Been there, done that. But we also have the capacity to bridge across the divides, to speak our truth with compassion, and to listen to stories of people we have been taught to fear." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Nov 8 2010
"We have a real opportunity to work toward institutional progressive reform in this country today, and I am not the least bit deterred by the recent electoral turnout. " + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Nov 3 2010
"I'm a radical feminist from Queens who has been organizing for more than a dozen years with and on behalf of girls, women, LGBT people—especially the "L"—and youth." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Nov 1 2010
"I revere those who know deeply who they are—those who are spiritually connected and deeply in touch with themselves; those who—in whatever shape or form—live a pure and unadulterated passionate life free of societal pressures and constraints fully actualized in their true and authentic selves in whatever form that takes. This remains my greatest aspiration." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Oct 27 2010
"One of our primary goals should be to build positive relationships that will give us the power to dismantle the many systems—big and small—that are destroying lives and the natural world. From there, we can begin thinking about developing strategies that sustain life." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Oct 25 2010
"I decided it would be more rewarding to change the part of the world I live in and believe it or not, eden has been thriving right here in Scranton!" + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Oct 20 2010
Meet the recent honoree in the Feminist Press: 40 Under 40: The Future of Feminism. + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Oct 18 2010
"Food Not Bombs’ central unifying principles are a commitment to nonviolence, free unrestricted access to vegetarian food, and an honest attempt to make decisions as a group without hierarchy." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Oct 13 2010
"I am really proud of the book, it fulfills my personal mission statement a story that no one else in the world could tell." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Oct 11 2010
"Each person can progress at their own rate through slight changes in body position. Best of all, TRX can be done almost anywhere." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Oct 6 2010
"Most people care about animals and don’t want them to suffer. And yet most people eat animals, often multiple times a day, a behavior that enables the intensive, extensive, and unnecessary suffering of tens of billions of nonhuman beings every year." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 4 2010
"I find that my greatest values are simplicity and freedom. I try to make sure I have all the things I need to pursue my passions and to have a happy, peaceful home life, but no more than that. Although it is still quite a lot, in reality." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Sep 29 2010
"Energy conservation doesn't have to be a sacrifice for members, and that it can in fact enhance the user's experience, because they get to have more control over creating their own environment." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Sep 27 2010
"Today, I am 56 years old, own nothing bigger than a guitar, have no health insurance or savings, and yet I feel that my life is richer than that of many of the millionaires that I have met." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Sep 22 2010
"By being certain that my goals are moral, I have no reason to fear failure. Even if the studio tanks and I'm unable to pay the rent I can still hold my head high knowing that what I tried to do was just." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Sep 20 2010
Contrary to all the free press talk and the delusions of equal access and all, only a tiny spectrum of opinion is widely heard in this country. If Paul Street has any say in the matter, that will change. + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Sep 15 2010
"I go into areas where children are dying from waterborne diseases (and ultimately just a general lack of clean water), then I implement our program and they stop dying. That level of measurability has always been and still remains shocking to me." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Sep 13 2010
"I feel the more each of us can recognize, and be aware of, our own personal issues, and work through them, the more chance we have of living in a caring, peaceful, and respectful world." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Sep 10 2010
"It's important to think about not only what makes us happy, but how our lives intersect with others and what we can do to contribute. That's what legacy is all about." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Sep 6 2010
"I was single handedly polluting the Eastern Seaboard. I started to poke fun at myself and my weak green gene. It made others laugh and feel better about their small efforts. I realized we needed to do our best but also to decompress." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Sep 1 2010
We are in the early stages of what could easily become the biggest mass extinction the planet has ever seen. + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Aug 30 2010
"We are a product of decades of promoting the value of medications by the drug companies and medical profession. That is where all the money is made, not in prevention. However, the diseases that kill most Americans are preventable." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Aug 25 2010
"Providing accurate information about the issues of our time so that people have the information they need to understand the consequences of their decisions as citizens." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Aug 23 2010
"My main goal with the blog is to debunk the myth that it's hard to travel as a vegan. Or that vegans don't get to eat anything fun while traveling. People think vegans don't enjoy local foods or traditional dishes but that's not true." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Tech & Transport Aug 18 2010
It's not that Gwynne Dyer, freelance journalist and specialist on international affairs and geopolitics, doesn't want you to recycle. It's just that he's got his eyes on the bigger prize, and he's written an important book about climate change, and the wars he foresees happening as a result. + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Aug 16 2010
There is no way to “improve” the carriage-horse industry, and enacting a ban is the only solution to ending the inherent exploitation of the horses. + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Aug 11 2010
Dave Zirin has been named one of UTNE Reader's "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World" and is the first ever sports editor in 150-year history of The Nation. + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Aug 9 2010
"Abolish Restaurants is not primarily a critique of restaurants. It is a critique of capitalism in one specific place: restaurants." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Aug 5 2010
"If Monsanto were a private person, it would be convicted as a great criminal, but the current law is protecting the criminal companies, which are never held accountable for the damages they cause." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Aug 4 2010
Stop the presses because Daiya Foods has introduced a dairy-free cheese that's altering the vegan landscape. + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Jul 28 2010
"Most of us care about the Earth’s health, understand that our own wellbeing and lives depend upon it, and would like to live in a non-destructive way." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Jul 26 2010
Stephanie Redcross sez: "We want to propel your vegan or vegetarian businesses into the mainstream." + READ MORE
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By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Jul 22 2010
"That many people are dissatisfied with their jobs has more to do with lack of confidence than it does with living in the United States." + READ MORE
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