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2010

March

Who's coming to my two NYC events?

5 ways to value an automobile

5 Ways to Value a Pig...and a Glacier

Animal rights and the Left

Underground music, hemp, and local food

5 ways to look at a corporation

5 ways to look at a river

Meat causes 51% of climate change

5 ways to look at a mountain

5 ways to look at a shark

5 ways to look at a tree

"Lost" Hendrix music takes us back to the future

The MC5 taught us about rock and revolution

Angela Davis: Still raising consciousness today

Why won't Al Gore talk about meat?

Finding community on and off the wall

February

What does a 4-year-old know about global warming?

How Toxic is Your Child?

What does "peace" mean to you?

Mickey Z. at the 2010 Left Forum

Who Belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Green?

We need more "dangerous" people

The Olympics can be an important forum for challenge and change

February 20 is my Mom's birthday

Painting a Darker Shade of Green: The Revolutionary Power of Art

6 American Revolutions

Meat the Press

Mickey Z. in the New York Daily News

Writing as Mapmaking

Introduction to Activism (a prerequisite course)

Stay calm. Everything is normal.

Madonna does Malawi (again)

Earthworm Appreciation Day

Is Bono an egomaniac?

The Beatles can still inspire: 46 years after conquering America

3 from Planet Green: Seed bombs, Einstein's tailor, and Hepburn's pants

Cook a meal for your friends

Expendable Andy is shaking things up in Shanghai

Attack of the Giant Centipedes

Can a vegan be a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter? (Answer: Yes)

January

Another rave review of "Self Defense for Radicals"

My next novel will be called "Darker Shade of Green"

6 Uses For a Dead Mall

Howard Zinn, 1922-2010

Is there opportunity in the recent Supreme Court decision?

Rave reviews for both "Dear Vito" and "Self-Defense for Radicals"

Chellis Glendinning reviews "Self-Defense for Radicals"

Vegan 2010

What do you call a Haitian vegan animal rights activist professional hockey player?

Self-Defense for Environmentalists

Hey, I just discovered this new thing called...

MLK (in his own words)

Are green manners overrated?

We need more pessimistic optimists

Haiti's Sorrow

America the Deluded

I hate January 12

Another year has passed...

Let's put the Earth First in 2010

Talk to your neighbors

Welcome to 2010

2009

December

The good old days?

On stage at the Bowery Poetry Club

In 2010, which sparrow will you be?

Rush to judgment, re: Climate Denial

A Vegan Pope?

Merry Late December and all that...

Corporate polluters

5 radical actions that could get you arrested, 5 alternatives that probably won't

It was 20 years ago today

A "Slap in the Face" from NYC mayor

Planet Green Trifecta, Part I

What can the green movement learn from "The Godfather"?

"Outrageous" eco-activism?

How many shopping days do we really have left?

Copenhagen clampdown

Collective soul (and much more)

Obama's forked tongue

Rainforests and you

7 more reasons why you wouldn't want coal in your stocking

7 Things You Need to Know About Superfund Sites

How to Celebrate a Low Impact Big Apple Holiday

Remember John Lennon's "Revolution"

8 Reasons to remain concerned about Mad Cow Disease

Does your drinking water taste like shit?

The Real Mother Earth: 10 inspirational women

Sorry, Charlie: 8 reasons to stop eating tuna

November

What are we afraid of?

Factory farming is the real evil, not vegans

Weather forecast

Thanksgiving, birthdays, music, comedy teams, and all that jazz

The dark green choices are not supposed to be easy

Eco-nomics: Green, not greed

"Self Defense for Radicals" to be released next month

Jazz saxophone legend, Sonny Rollins, issues a global warning

Why wait till 2012?

Enjoy an island staycation (Staten Island, that is)

Which countries have the most endangered species?

Eco-Workers of the World, Unite...in The Bronx?

Taking inventory as High Noon approaches