http://spnyc.org/main/taxonomy/term/33/0 Opinion and analysis from Socialists en http://spnyc.org/main/node/588 <p>Comments are offline while we examine some error logs.</p> <p>Preparing to update from 4.7.2 to 5.x, which may be a long and nasty process.</p> <p>Sorry for any problems this may cause: we'll give ample warning when major updates happen. As of now the major code update is in the middle term (not begining until endf of November at the earliest).</p> Opinion Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:54:30 -0700 admin 588 at http://spnyc.org/main http://spnyc.org/main/node/537 <div class="storyimgleft"><img alt="edgeleft" src="http://www.spnyc.org/main/img/mcrey/edgeleft.png" /></a><br />An occasional column<br /> by David McReynolds.</div> <p>Los Angeles saw, this week, a police riot, being covered a bit slowly by the media, but being covered (hard not to cover it when among those slugged by the cops were TV journalists). Meanwhile on the East Coast, the May 5th edition of the New York Times had an excellent and funny column by Jim Dwyer, on the front page of the Metro Section, dealing with Mayor Bloomberg's secret police. </p> <p> What happened in Los Angeles was not an accident - I saw very much the same thing in Portland, Oregon, several years ago when I took part in a gentle demonstration (it might have been in May - I've forgotten) and was stunned to see the Portland police charge the demonstrators with special motorized vehicles, and clubs, when there had been no provocation </p> <p>(I was on the spot and there simply wasn't - someone in charge of the police seemed to think it would be a good occasion to try out the newly acquired "military tactics" which municipal police across the nation have been learning). <span class='read-more'><a href="http://spnyc.org/main/node/537">read more &raquo;</a></span></p> Edge Left Opinion Tue, 08 May 2007 13:15:37 -0600 537 at http://spnyc.org/main http://spnyc.org/main/node/505 <form action="/main/node/505" method="post" id="poll_view_voting"> <div><div class="poll"> <div class="vote-form"> <div class="choices"><div class="form-item"> <label>With Spring Training underway, what&#039;ll we see in the 2007 World Series? ---: </label> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="0" class="form-radio" /> Another Subway Series: the city grinds to a halt.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="1" class="form-radio" /> The Mets go all the way baby! (NB: I&#039;ve fixed the poll so this answer always wins).</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="2" class="form-radio" /> Yanks finally live up to their promise and sweep it.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="3" class="form-radio" /> It&#039;ll be the Red Sox and some team you can&#039;t find on a map.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="4" class="form-radio" /> In the midst of social revolution and the invasion from Uranus, the Cubs finally make it to the big time.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label class="option"><input type="radio" name="edit[choice]" value="5" class="form-radio" /> Oh Canada! Some zombie undead Expos rise from the grave to take on the Blue Jays, perhaps funded by the Iraqi insurgency.</label> </div> </div> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[nid]" id="edit-nid" value="505" /> <input type="submit" name="op" value="Vote" class="form-submit" /> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[form_id]" id="edit-poll-view-voting" value="poll_view_voting" /> </div> </div></form> Opinion Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:17:42 -0600 admin 505 at http://spnyc.org/main