Opinion

The world will miss Tom Hayden

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Whatever the future holds and as satisfying as my life is today,” Tom Hayden wrote in his 1988 memoir, “I miss the ’60s and...

I wish I could vote in Boulder’s muni election

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I’m not lucky enough to get to vote in the wonderful City of Boulder. But if I were, I know that I’d be voting...

Letters | CU´s fracking study

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Corrections: The Oct. 4 article “Turning little thumbs green” mistakenly identified Judy Converse as Judy Spencer. In addition, the story incorrectly stated that Converse conducts classes at her practice...

Polis’ TPP stance insults critics, including his peers

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There are several problems with Congressman Jared Polis’ rationalization for his (and Senator Bennet’s) vote last week supporting fast track and by extension the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) [Boulder Weekly, June 18]. Fast track, curiously renamed “...

The good ship Goldman sets sail for Singapore

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Goldman Sachs is making news again, though it’s doing its damnedest to keep it quiet and to suppress any outbreak of political outrage from either the public or Washington...

Letters | GM no!

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GM no...

What if we made voting fun?

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The shameful truth about America’s democratic process is that it’s become so un-democratic that they don’t want you to vote. By “they” I mean...

Florida official can’t seem to get the hang of running elections

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It’s our civic duty to vote, right? Well that depends on who you are. The disgusting reality is that many of the power elites don’t want certain people to vote, so they go to extremes to discourage and even harass those people to prevent them from exercising their ...

A peaceful display is met with violence

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Guest opinion by Charlie Danaher History is replete with examples of peaceful movements being met with violence. Sometimes the violence is perpetrated by the state,...

The Zetas and the Surfriders

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Cities provide a lot of services, but only four of them are truly vital: Water, sewer, police and fire. (Add gas and electricity to the list in towns with municipal utilities...

The Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran is encouraging as we...

How do we organize together in social movements with longevity? Our collective strategies, our power analyses, and our direct action can bring about lasting...

Copenhagen was a success — for the Chinese

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It would be wrong to say that nothing came out of the Copenhagen conference. Just ask the Chinese...