Greg Edwards Running People-Powered Campaign for Lehigh Valley’s New 7th District There is a “political revolution” stirring up in the newly redistricted Lehigh Valley. Pastor Greg Edwards is running for Congress in the 7th district and he is the most progressive candidate we have seen in the Valley. If Greg wins he will be the first…
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Our Media or Their Media: It’s Our Choice
Our Media or Their Media: It’s Our Choice My big holiday wish. Sustainability. Five years ago I started Raging Chicken Press – homegrown progressive, activist media for PA and beyond. From the beginning, Raging Chicken has covered regional activism, PA politics, climate change, strikes, education policy and more. We’ve been called media activists, muckrakers, and troublemakers…
Resources for a Progressive Future
Resources for a Progressive Future For some of us the Election of 2016 still stings. For others it’s galvanized a fight in us that we might not have seen before. With this in mind, I want to provide a collection of resources to help us fight for a progressive future. A future that we’re going to…
Retooling For Trump World
Retooling For Trump World There is no doubt that the results of this past week’s elections results were a gut punch to the broad left in the U.S. – and around the world. Just like everyone else, I have taken a few days to grieve and then the think about where Raging Chicken Press should go…
Raging Chicken’s Five Year Anniversary: Seeking Sustainability
Raging Chicken’s Five Year Anniversary: Seeking Sustainability July 2016 marks Raging Chicken Press’s 5 year anniversary. It’s been quite a journey. As part of our anniversary agenda, we have launched a new podcast, Raging Chicken Radio, and we are looking to expand the number of writers and contributors. And, I’ll be honest, we’re going for broke….
Raging Chicken Radio | Out d’Coup, Episode 10
On today’s episode we do a little Election Reflection now that Donald Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee for president…what are Trump’s prospects in the General? Are the Democrats up to the task to defeat him? Meanwhile, the Democratic primary is still going strong. Today is Primary day in West Virginia and it looks like…
Hey Trump Folks, the PC Police Are Not, In Fact, Coming To Get You
Hey Trump Folks, the PC Police Are Not, In Fact, Coming To Get You Dear Mr. Trump, Mr. Schilling, Anonymous Internet Commenters, and countless others, Let me begin by assuring you that the PC police are not, in fact, coming to get you. Fear not brave and noble citizens, there is no dark force coalescing around…
It’s Time for Progressive People of Faith to Speak Up
It’s Time for Progressive People of Faith to Speak Up Editor’s Note: Please give a warm Raging Chicken welcome to our newest contributor, Pastor Speakout. We have long hoped to begin this kind of conversation in Raging Chicken. Welcome aboard! An eternity ago in this election cycle (otherwise known as two months ago) Donald Trump was…
Rick Smith Show Named Top Ten Podcast for 2015!
Rick Smith Show Named Top Ten Podcast for 2015! Earlier today, the Rick Smith Show was named as one of Podbean’s top ten podcasts for 2015 in the News and Politics category. Rick’s Labor History in 2:00 podcast also made it on Podbean’s top ten in the Education category. As readers of Raging Chicken Press know,…
Colorblind to Justice: The Enduring Legacy of Racism in The Progressive Era
Colorblind to Justice: The Enduring Legacy of Racism in The Progressive Era A year before he was to make his first of five runs for The White House under the banner of the Socialist Party of America in 1904, Eugene V. Debs penned an article for the International Socialist Review titled,“The Negro in the Class Struggle.”…
Juicy Pumpkin Juice 