The World According to Carmelo

Puerto Rican journalist, author, environmental educator, renaissance hack. Currently living in Puerto Rico. [email protected]

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http://www.knollfarm.org/

Knoll Farm

Knoll Farm in Central Vermont is known for purebred Icelandic Sheep breed stock and Certified Organic pick-your-own Blueberries. Knoll Farm is also the home of a Retreat Center, well known throughout the country as a place where leadership, and conversations about things that matter, are nurtured.  We are a working family farm with a decades-long history of nurturing creativity, building community, and emboldening leadership, especially around the fields of environmentalism, education and social justice. Knoll Farm is the founding home of the Center for Whole Communities, is conserved by the Vermont Land Trust, and is on the Register of Historic Places. 

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http://www.maximumfun.org/bullseye/felicity-huffman-0

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn Anthony Michael Hall talks Teen Stardom, John Hughes, and Playing the Geek

Anthony Michael Hall is most known for the films that he made with John Hughes in the 80’s such as The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles. Since then, he has worked on many projects, ranging from science fiction series The Dead Zone to indies like his newest film Natural Selection. Here, Hall and Jesse talk about his time working as a teen actor and the celebrity he acquired at a young age, his relationship with John Hughes, and his later in life career. He can be seen in his new movie Natural Selection. More information can be found here http://www.naturalselectionthefilm.com/

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Frank and Gwen are joined by Julia Pistell, co-host of the Literary Disco podcast! We play multiple rounds of guess-the-book, talk about whaling ships and virtual reality and Garfield Minus Garfield, and offer a bazillion book recommendations.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMXcE2Naemo)

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Origins of ISIS

Bill Weinberg rants against the conspiranoid notion that the US intentionally created ISIS, dismissed as a "fairy tale" by secular and progressive supporters of the Syrian Revolution. He instead examines the actual political context for the emergence of ISIS, and argues for solidarity with the and pro-democratic forces on the ground in Syria that are actually fighting the "Islamic State"—especially the Rojava Kurds. This YouTube video is a second entry in the rebooted version of the Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade vlog. We again ask viewers to please forgive the imperfections (e.g. the low volume on vocal track), we are still working out the bugs! Watch this website for the next episode, coming soon...

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http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/

Garfield Minus Garfield is a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVDqA4k4Y3Q)

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(Adore The End)

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margarita

Margarita Gómez integra el Movimiento Campesino de Santiago del Estero y del Movimiento Nacional Campesino Indígena de Argentina (MOCASE-MNCI-Vía Campesina) y nos explica la experiencia de educación popular que llevan adelante esas organizaciones desde hace varios años.

Radio Mundo Real entrevistó a Margarita en Rosario, Argentina en el Encuentro regional: Agricultura en Transición organizado por la Fundación Heinrich Böell Cono Sur. Parte de los cuadros jóvenes del MOCASE, Margarita compara sus primeras experiencias como parte de la Universidad Campesina en comparación con la naturalidad con que otros jóvenes hoy atraviesas esa experiencia de “escuela y organización”.

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(Verschieden)

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(Start Making Sense)

In this exclusive interview with Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for president responds to the most common criticisms she hears: Won’t a Green vote make Trump’s victory more likely? Didn’t Bernie show it was better for progressives to work inside the Democratic Party? She also lays out her plan for a “Green New Deal.” Plus: French officials banned the burkini from beaches on the grounds that it was “a symbol of the enslavement of women.” Katha Pollitt has a different view. And as Labor Day weekend approaches, Harold Meyerson analyzes some political victories for the working class, especially in California, where Democrats have complete control of state politics.