Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
LEGENDmag -- Purple State: 17 politically independent websites (links)
From cultural indie Rai-mon Nemar at LEGENDmag: 
So we’ve been getting asked more and more about independent politics. Thanks to our friends at CUIP and No Labels we’ve had alot of answers and solutions to send people. Today we attempt more of the same by giving a solution to the the “where do I look for independent political news stories”. We asked our friend Nancy Hanks of The Hankster to put together a list of websites to make it easier for you. We hope you enjoy and tell us what you think.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Now THAT's Good Bloggin': Jack Jodell's THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST
If you're looking for some good bloggin' be sure to check out Jack Jodell's blog THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST (featured this week on The Hankster's Now THAT's good bloggin'). Jack has a few choice words for the Tea Party last week. He's also got a great lefty blogger network, which I highly recommend taking a look at as well, that includes The Angry Bear, Man With the Muckrake, Blue in the Bluegrass, Comments from Left Field, Swiftspeech!, Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues, and more....
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The Field Negro and The Hankster
BLOG I AM FEELING.
THE HANKSTER
I'm thrilled because I have long admired The Field Negro for his outspoken independence in a very controlled environment. If you haven't gone there yet, please do so!
I was just thinking about doing some kind of sidebar thingy like this, so thanks, FN! And keep up the great blogging!! -- NH
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Now Appearing on Donklephant: News Headlines for Independents
Great news for Hanksteristas: We're now blogging on Donklephant http://donklephant.com/
Support independent blogging! Go there.
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
INDEPENDENT VOTERS
Lots of stuff on Obama's poll numbers among independents--everybody is weighing in! Independents have been on the cutting edge of elections and national issues for years now. Independents supported Obama mostly over the issue of the war in Iraq. Are we gonna get health care reform? I would venture that independents are not nearly as "conservative" as gets projected in the MSM -- but they are independent. And pragmatic. Stay tuned!
Monday, July 13, 2009
The Hankster Goes Donklephant!
The Hankster is going on the road! Yes, that's right. My friend and fellow-blogger Justin Gardner has invited some new talent into the stable: Say Hello To The New Donklephant Writers "Today is Donklephant’s 4th anniversary, and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate then inviting some new writers into the fray to help build the community and make the conversations more diverse. Specifically, I’ve invited 4 daily bloggers and 3 guest bloggers to join."
Justin was a panelist via satellite at last year's Blogging the World workshop at Performing the World 2008.
In addition to The Hankster, Solomon Kleinsmith will also lend an independent voice to the mix.
Justin was a panelist via satellite at last year's Blogging the World workshop at Performing the World 2008.
In addition to The Hankster, Solomon Kleinsmith will also lend an independent voice to the mix.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Fair And UNBalanced!
Please welcome Fair And UNBalanced to The Hankster sidebar! Well worth the trip!!
Republicans Go Nova
I recently compared today's Republican Party to the black hole phenomenon in astrophysics. In the past, as a party suffered the inevitable occasional defeat, especially as a party was soundly rejected, a period of painful introspection followed, which helped a party to change and rebound. The Republican Party's period of painful self examination is interrupted by extreme news media, now available on cable television..... READ MORE....
Republicans Go Nova
I recently compared today's Republican Party to the black hole phenomenon in astrophysics. In the past, as a party suffered the inevitable occasional defeat, especially as a party was soundly rejected, a period of painful introspection followed, which helped a party to change and rebound. The Republican Party's period of painful self examination is interrupted by extreme news media, now available on cable television..... READ MORE....
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Recommended Reading:
Please check out the blogs of Ruben Harris
From RedStarVIP.com by KIL: Blog Action Day: Poverty Across The World
With me being the Blogking and all, I think it is my duty to take part in this Blog Action Day (kinda like communion). The theme of this years post is poverty, and boy do I know what its like being poor, but its not about me. People in other countries, 3rd world to be pacific, have had to deal with poverty for years. And probably will have to for years to come.
From The Social Reformer.com by Adam T. Wamack: Financial Crisis: Unplugged
Have you ever wondered why its a financial crisis thats getting all the attention? When there was a bloody holocaust in Darfur in 2006, a racial cleansing in Somalia in 2004, an actual war in Eastern Europe between Russia and Georgia in 2008. We were briefly informed, only to care abstractly, and hold unfaithfully to an ideal of humanity. Countless crises have ravaged our country in times not so far gone and past, and as a nation we have acted only to the point of atypical, unresponsive concern for the people of the world. These are lives that we are talking about, not video game characters; not movie roles that end as soon as the credits roll.
From RedStarVIP.com by KIL: Blog Action Day: Poverty Across The World
With me being the Blogking and all, I think it is my duty to take part in this Blog Action Day (kinda like communion). The theme of this years post is poverty, and boy do I know what its like being poor, but its not about me. People in other countries, 3rd world to be pacific, have had to deal with poverty for years. And probably will have to for years to come.
From The Social Reformer.com by Adam T. Wamack: Financial Crisis: Unplugged
Have you ever wondered why its a financial crisis thats getting all the attention? When there was a bloody holocaust in Darfur in 2006, a racial cleansing in Somalia in 2004, an actual war in Eastern Europe between Russia and Georgia in 2008. We were briefly informed, only to care abstractly, and hold unfaithfully to an ideal of humanity. Countless crises have ravaged our country in times not so far gone and past, and as a nation we have acted only to the point of atypical, unresponsive concern for the people of the world. These are lives that we are talking about, not video game characters; not movie roles that end as soon as the credits roll.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Sloggin still good, havin trouble bloggin...
FYI -- I'm having an AWFUL time uploading little short videos from my little digital camera to The Hankster. Not sure what that's about, but I will continue to engage the "people's media" and bring you more pictures and footage via Google. Can't see what the problem might be, but hey, one more reason to keep sloggin!
I'll see ya! Hopefully!
-NH
I'll see ya! Hopefully!
-NH
Friday, October 10, 2008
Dear Hankster Friends, Bloggers, Sloggers and Others:
Inspired by my blogging/slogging friend and colleague Robert Koulish at Koulflo Memo (one of the panelists on "Blogging the World" that I hosted last Sunday morning at the performance conference/festival Performing the World), I've decided to sit down and write you a letter. It's 5:45 on Friday evening and I have just gotten home from work.
I use my "15 minutes" in the morning (and I loved Koulflo's description of sitting down with a cup of coffee... ahhhh! I love that time of the day -- and you have probably seen any number of photos from that hour taken out my window~) to alert you to news articles from the night before that are of interest to my community organizer pals around the country.
You know it as "TODAY'S NEW HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS".... [Micah "Personal Democracy" Sifry called me a "professional independent voter" on Twitter in response to my posts during Tuesday's debate hosted by Tom Brokow, which I took personally as rather snarky, but that's ok... at least he's listening....] [and BYAM (between you and me), Tom Brokow was my college (VCU) graduation speaker.... I graduated in Jan. bec. I quit in 1970 before i realized that i didn't have anything else to do ..... and went back and got a BFA and then spent the next 38 years creating a mainstream location for political radicals.]
So I'll try to incorporate what I'm "thinking" about in my daily posts... For instance, given that the old left/right paradigm is dead, where can you find a post-partisan dialogue? Are we really stuck with like-minded partisans in separatist coffee dens and sports bars? Can we have a strenuous debate among regular people who actually do disagree on everything without killing each other?
I did something new and interesting this week: I logged on to BlogTalkRadio with Jazz Shaw and others. Very enjoyable experience! Michael Sticking was a guest, along with Lady Logician... Tune in!
So all that to say, our time is up. Enjoy the sunset. See you next week! - NH
I use my "15 minutes" in the morning (and I loved Koulflo's description of sitting down with a cup of coffee... ahhhh! I love that time of the day -- and you have probably seen any number of photos from that hour taken out my window~) to alert you to news articles from the night before that are of interest to my community organizer pals around the country.
You know it as "TODAY'S NEW HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS".... [Micah "Personal Democracy" Sifry called me a "professional independent voter" on Twitter in response to my posts during Tuesday's debate hosted by Tom Brokow, which I took personally as rather snarky, but that's ok... at least he's listening....] [and BYAM (between you and me), Tom Brokow was my college (VCU) graduation speaker.... I graduated in Jan. bec. I quit in 1970 before i realized that i didn't have anything else to do ..... and went back and got a BFA and then spent the next 38 years creating a mainstream location for political radicals.]
So I'll try to incorporate what I'm "thinking" about in my daily posts... For instance, given that the old left/right paradigm is dead, where can you find a post-partisan dialogue? Are we really stuck with like-minded partisans in separatist coffee dens and sports bars? Can we have a strenuous debate among regular people who actually do disagree on everything without killing each other?
I did something new and interesting this week: I logged on to BlogTalkRadio with Jazz Shaw and others. Very enjoyable experience! Michael Sticking was a guest, along with Lady Logician... Tune in!
So all that to say, our time is up. Enjoy the sunset. See you next week! - NH
Monday, October 06, 2008
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Blogging the World: An Online Stage for Activists a Smash Hit!
For those of you waiting with bated breath to find out how today's Blogging the World session for Performing the World --- it was a huge success -- and very hip!
More later -- I'm rushing out to catch the closing plenary in Brooklyn -- be back soon!
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Blogging the World: An Online Stage for Activists (a performance of Performing the World 2008)
Hosted by Nancy Hanks, with Justin Gardner, Robert Koulish, Daisy Lopez, Jackie Salit, and Lanya Shapiro AND the World Wide
Sunday, October 5, 9:00am-10:00am
All Stars Project 543 West 42nd Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues) in the Telemarketing Room
From Howard Dean to Ned Lamont to the Ron Paul Revolution and the Barack Obama "phenomenon", the internet (and the ordinary people who use it) is helping to transform politics.
Blogging is the performance of ordinary people as media personalities, pundits commentators and newsmakers—actors in the political arena, insurgents speaking out and impacting our political culture.
"Blogging the World" will address the themes of community-building, performance and development, as well as issues of technology, democracy, and activism. “Blogging the World” is a performance within a performance--a "happening within a happening", broadcast throughout the stratosblog.
MEET THE CAST FOR BLOGGING THE WORLD:
Nancy Hanks HOST
The Hankster http://grassrootsindependent.blogspot.com/
Nancy Hanks is a long-time activist in independent politics. In 2006 she founded The Hankster, an irreverent look at the news from the eyes of the independent voter. Professionally, she is a full-time grant-writer for an international homeless youth program. She is a volunteer staffer for the Committee for a Unified Party and the Neo Independent magazine. In recent media appearances, Nancy discussed the importance of the independent voter on the SIRIUS Satellite Radio show Indie Talk Blog Bunker with Joe Salzone, and on a Skewz.com podcast.
Justin Gardner (via satellite)
Donklephant http://donklephant.com/
Justin Gardner is the founder and editor of Donklephant, a popular multi-partisan political blog where readers are encouraged to discuss the ideas of the day in a respectful, honest forum. Since launching in July 2005, Donklephant has drawn over 2.5 million page views and boasts a roster of over 20 authors.
Robert Koulish (via satellite)
Kouflo Memo http://koulflo.wordpress.com/tag/koulish/
(Robert twitters at http://twitter.com/koulflo)
Robert Koulish is an Associate Professor of Law and Society at the University of Philadelphia. He blogs at Koulflo Memo, a politically progressive blog that emphasizes immigration, democratic media and electoral politics, as well as the occasional personal experience. Robert also works in experiential and community based teaching and learning, and is co-founder of a youth-based media and education collaborative called co-lab, and a micro-radio coalition called Baltimore Community Radio Coalition.
Daisy Lopez
True North Inc.
Daisy Lopez is an online media advertiser for one of the largest ad agencies in the world. She focuses on brand and analytics, specializing in entertainment and consumer focused verticals. Daisy brings all forms of social media strategies, with a strong concentration on blogging, social networking, and user generated to Fortune 500 corporations such as The Economist, Pitney Bowes, and Disney Channel.
Jacqueline Salit
CUIP http://independentvoting.org/index.html,
The Neo-Independent http://www.neoindependent.com/
Jacqueline Salit is a 20-year veteran of the independent political movement. Executive editor of THE NEO-INDEPENDENT magazine, a bi-annual journal that covers the independent political movement and the independent voter, Jackie is also the President of the Committee for a Unified Independent Party (www.IndependentVoting.org), a national 15 year-old think tank giving leadership to grassroots independents. Jackie ran NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg's successful 2001 and 2005 mayoral campaigns on the Independence Party line, effectively creating a game-changing black and independent alliance that is challenging politics-as-usual.
Lanya Shapiro
Traction http://www.gettraction.org/
Lanya Shapiro is the founder and Executive Director of Traction, a community of young-ish (Gen X&Y) progressives and an innovative civic engagement and leadership development organization. Since 2003, she's immersed herself in progressive grassroots organizing – from the Howard Dean grassroots to consulting with SEIU, EchoDitto, Institute for America's Future, etc. Lanya's background is in public health and social work, and she spent years designing and managing award-winning large-scale health behavior change programs. Traction promotes civic participation using the same social marketing principles – more Malcolm Gladwell than politics as usual. Some say if activism is the drug, Traction is the dealer...
H/T to Fred Newman (and colleagues), Jan Wootten, Carrie Sackett, Gwen Mandell, Marcia Ford, Tyndale Publishers, Alice Rydel, SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Phyllis Goldberg, John Opdycke, Nomi Azulay, June Hirsh, Bob Conroy, Lauren Ross, Shaun Mullen, James Protzman, Joe Gandelman and all the bloggers and non-bloggers in the world who are making a difference in a world so in need of a new performance.
Sunday, October 5, 9:00am-10:00am
All Stars Project 543 West 42nd Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues) in the Telemarketing Room
From Howard Dean to Ned Lamont to the Ron Paul Revolution and the Barack Obama "phenomenon", the internet (and the ordinary people who use it) is helping to transform politics.
Blogging is the performance of ordinary people as media personalities, pundits commentators and newsmakers—actors in the political arena, insurgents speaking out and impacting our political culture.
"Blogging the World" will address the themes of community-building, performance and development, as well as issues of technology, democracy, and activism. “Blogging the World” is a performance within a performance--a "happening within a happening", broadcast throughout the stratosblog.
MEET THE CAST FOR BLOGGING THE WORLD:
Nancy Hanks HOST
The Hankster http://grassrootsindependent.blogspot.com/
Nancy Hanks is a long-time activist in independent politics. In 2006 she founded The Hankster, an irreverent look at the news from the eyes of the independent voter. Professionally, she is a full-time grant-writer for an international homeless youth program. She is a volunteer staffer for the Committee for a Unified Party and the Neo Independent magazine. In recent media appearances, Nancy discussed the importance of the independent voter on the SIRIUS Satellite Radio show Indie Talk Blog Bunker with Joe Salzone, and on a Skewz.com podcast.
Justin Gardner (via satellite)
Donklephant http://donklephant.com/
Justin Gardner is the founder and editor of Donklephant, a popular multi-partisan political blog where readers are encouraged to discuss the ideas of the day in a respectful, honest forum. Since launching in July 2005, Donklephant has drawn over 2.5 million page views and boasts a roster of over 20 authors.
Robert Koulish (via satellite)
Kouflo Memo http://koulflo.wordpress.com/tag/koulish/
(Robert twitters at http://twitter.com/koulflo)
Robert Koulish is an Associate Professor of Law and Society at the University of Philadelphia. He blogs at Koulflo Memo, a politically progressive blog that emphasizes immigration, democratic media and electoral politics, as well as the occasional personal experience. Robert also works in experiential and community based teaching and learning, and is co-founder of a youth-based media and education collaborative called co-lab, and a micro-radio coalition called Baltimore Community Radio Coalition.
Daisy Lopez
True North Inc.
Daisy Lopez is an online media advertiser for one of the largest ad agencies in the world. She focuses on brand and analytics, specializing in entertainment and consumer focused verticals. Daisy brings all forms of social media strategies, with a strong concentration on blogging, social networking, and user generated to Fortune 500 corporations such as The Economist, Pitney Bowes, and Disney Channel.
Jacqueline Salit
CUIP http://independentvoting.org/index.html,
The Neo-Independent http://www.neoindependent.com/
Jacqueline Salit is a 20-year veteran of the independent political movement. Executive editor of THE NEO-INDEPENDENT magazine, a bi-annual journal that covers the independent political movement and the independent voter, Jackie is also the President of the Committee for a Unified Independent Party (www.IndependentVoting.org), a national 15 year-old think tank giving leadership to grassroots independents. Jackie ran NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg's successful 2001 and 2005 mayoral campaigns on the Independence Party line, effectively creating a game-changing black and independent alliance that is challenging politics-as-usual.
Lanya Shapiro
Traction http://www.gettraction.org/
Lanya Shapiro is the founder and Executive Director of Traction, a community of young-ish (Gen X&Y) progressives and an innovative civic engagement and leadership development organization. Since 2003, she's immersed herself in progressive grassroots organizing – from the Howard Dean grassroots to consulting with SEIU, EchoDitto, Institute for America's Future, etc. Lanya's background is in public health and social work, and she spent years designing and managing award-winning large-scale health behavior change programs. Traction promotes civic participation using the same social marketing principles – more Malcolm Gladwell than politics as usual. Some say if activism is the drug, Traction is the dealer...
H/T to Fred Newman (and colleagues), Jan Wootten, Carrie Sackett, Gwen Mandell, Marcia Ford, Tyndale Publishers, Alice Rydel, SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Phyllis Goldberg, John Opdycke, Nomi Azulay, June Hirsh, Bob Conroy, Lauren Ross, Shaun Mullen, James Protzman, Joe Gandelman and all the bloggers and non-bloggers in the world who are making a difference in a world so in need of a new performance.
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