Shale Gas Outrage 2012 in Philly – Save the Date
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Hands Across Riverdale: A Man, His Family, Some Paint, and “Barricades” Hardly Captures the Magic
by Wendy Lee •
There are a hundred unique and compelling stories that make up the transformative magic that is Riverdale. Here’s just one: A young man who lived in the park with his wife and children, who works for a fracking-related company, and…
Hands Across Riverdale: Barricades–The Forward-Facing Body of the Occupation
by Wendy Lee •
In some sense, the entire story of Occupy Riverdale–now on day eight if you count the vigil–can be captured via an understanding of the barricades erected to prevent Aqua America/PVR construction crews from moving in to build the water withdrawal…
Hands Across Riverdale: Occupy Well Street Responds to Fracking Refugees
by Wendy Lee •
Today begins my blog about the extraordinary events at Riverdale Mobile Home Community. We are at day 5 (though really day 6 if we are counting the vigil–and I would–on May 29th). I am, I have to say, just bursting…
June 5: Wisconsin Recall and Testing Our Mettle
by Kevin Mahoney •
Well, it’s here folks: June 5th the Walker Recall Vote in Wisconsin. In February 2011, scores and scores of Wisconsinites stood up against Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-union attacks, occupied the State Capitol building for two weeks, and showed America that…
Fracking: Corruption – A Part of Pennsylvania’s Heritage (Part 3)
by Walter M. Brasch •
Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of 3. Part 1, “Pennsylvania Gags Physicians,” appeared in the May “Early Edition.” Part 2, “Health, Environmental Impact Greater than Claimed,” appears alongside Part 3 in this issue of Raging Chicken Press. The history of energy…
Raging Chicken Press Makes “Most Clicked Headlines” Nationally on LeftyBlogs!
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If there is one thing that I’ve learned since founding Raging Chicken Press about a year ago, it’s to welcome even the smallest bits of encouragement and recognition for the work we are doing–from reader’s emails and comments to reviews…
Fracking: Pennsylvania Gags Physicians (Part 1)
by Walter M. Brasch •
A new Pennsylvania law endangers public health by forbidding health care professionals from sharing information they learn about certain chemicals and procedures used in high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing. The procedure is commonly known as fracking. Fracking is the controversial…
State-Codified Avoidance of Accountability and Genocidal Profiteering: Gag Orders, Compressor Station Explosions, Children’s Art Projects, and Fracking
by Wendy Lee •
When the Friends of Vestal sponsored an anti-fracking art contest in Broome County’s Vestal Central School (Vestal, New York) which included a sketch of a baby laying on its back sucking from a gas can, caption underneath: “How will fracking…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day: March Issue of Raging Chicken Press Is Out!
by Editor, Raging Chicken Press •
Yes, it’s St. Patrick’s Day! It seems just too good to be publishing the March issue of Raging Chicken Press today. Here’s too it. Given that some of you may be in search in green beer later in the day,…
