DUMMERSTON — On Oct. 27 in Montpelier, 64 people were arrested for non-violent civil disobedience at Gov. Peter Shumlin's office.
They were protesting his support for a fracked-gas pipeline in Vermont. The protest was organized by 350.org and other groups.
These activists deserve our thanks for their work to save the natural environment on which all life depends.
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
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BRATTLEBORO-An America 250 Town Hall will consider the "intellectual and imaginative muscles necessary for holding free-speech principles in a pluralist society." The session, "What Does the First Amendment Ask of Us?" orchestrated by the Windham World Affairs Council, Brooks Memorial Library, and Vermont Independent Media/The Commons' Voices Live series, will take place in person at the library at 224 Main St. and will be livestreamd on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 6:30 p.m. Meg Mott, a professor emerita who taught for...
The eve of an event is a moment of great anticipation, trepidation, excitement, and anxiety. Why? An eve is the day or period of time immediately before an event or occasion. It is the time between events. Nothing has happened yet, so our imaginations can run wild, creating wide-ranging scenarios of what might come to be. One of the most famous “eve” stories in Western literature is Dickens' A Christmas Carol, when on Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge is presented with...
Beginning the day after Thanksgiving - on the unofficial shopping holiday known as Black Friday - the local nonprofit arts organization Epsilon Spires will host a series of events exploring the consequences of free-market capitalism and globalization. The program kicks off with the six-part documentary Capitalism by Ilan Ziv, screened in three installments on the evenings of Nov. 29 and Dec. 4 and 8. Capitalism blends interviews with some of the world's great historians, economists, anthropologists, and social critics with...
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