Solutions: Making A Difference
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| Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. — Margaret Mead [1901-78] |
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consumer advocate Ralph Nader [b. 1934]
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movie/tv credits
official website
Wikipedia
more info on Working Minds Philosophy's Progressivism Page
Craig Newmark, founder of Craig's List
Nandan Nilekani of India
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Wikipedia
on Time 100 list in 2006 & 2009
Time Magazine '10 Questions' article October 2009
 | "Imagining India: The Idea of A Nation Renewed" [2009] by Nandan Nilekani, Foreword by Thomas L. Friedman Penguin 8¼x5½ pb [2/2010] for $12.75 Penguin 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2009] for $19.77 |
M.I.T. energy scientist Daniel G. Nocera
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official MIT homepage
Wikipedia
startup company SunCatalytix [est. 2008?] of Cambridge, MA
The Nocera Lab at M.I.T. Department of Chemistry
Abe Osheroff [1915-2008]
official memorial site
Wikipedia
"Dreams & Nightmares" [New Yorker Films April 1974]
Abe's award-winning film about the Spanish Civil War; written, co-directed & narrated by Abe Osheroff;
co-directed by Larry Klingman; also narrated by Sally Smaller; credits at IMDb
 | "No Pasarαn! The 50th Aniversary of The Abraham Lincoln Brigade" [1985] Edited by Abe Osheroff & Bill Susman Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives pb [1985] out of print/used |
 | "The Odyssey of The Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans In The Spanish Civil War" [1994] by Peter N. Carroll Stanford Univ Press 9x6 pb [4/94] for $17.54 Stanford Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [4/94] for $79.95 |
"Art In The Struggle For Freedom" [2000]
Abe's film about the art, music & poetry of the Spanish Civil War
"American Renegade: Confessions of A Radical Humanist"
documentary film [Seven Arrows Multimedia 2009]
A passionate, irreverent portrait of renegade activist Abe Osheroff; directed by Scott Garen; featuring
Edward Asner, Harry Belafonte & Richard Dreyfuss; DVD/Blu-ray not available
credits at IMDb
 | "Abe Osheroff: One Foot In The Grave, The Other Still Dancing" [indep 2010] The core of the 46-minute color documentary film is Osheroff's speech to college students in 2007; his prognosis for their future is one of increasing austerity, demanding more citizen engagement; not listed at IMDb; official movie site Co-produced, co-written & directed by Nadeem Uddin; co-produced & co-written by Robert Jensen; featuring Abe Osheroff, Martin Espada & Eduardo Galeano Samsara Films classroom edition/home use DVD-R [7/2010] for $20.00 |
civil rights activist Rosa Parks [1913-2005]
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museum
R.& R.P. Institute
CBS-TV bio
http://www.loc.gov/collections/rosa-parks-papers/about-this-collection 2/2016
geochemist Clair Cameron Patterson [1922-95]
For 60 years, American drivers unknowingly poisoned themselves by pumping leaded gasoline into their tanks. Clair Patterson was a scientist who helped
build the atomic bomb and discovered the true age of the Earth and he took on a billion-dollar industry to save humanity from itself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clair_Cameron_Patterson
Dr. Paul Polak
founder of Intl. Development Enterprises [est. 1982]
Frank J. & Deborah Popper
creators of the Buffalo Commons concept, circa 1987
Frank Popper: entry at Wikipedia
faculty page at Rutgers University
Great Plains Restoration Council / Buffalo Commons Dept.
 | "Where The Buffalo Roam: The Storm Over The Revolutionary Plan To Restore America's Great Plains" [1992] by Anne Matthews – book nominated for Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction Univ Of Chicago Press 8x5½ pb [11/2002] for $17.50 Grove Weidenfeld 8½x5¾ hardcover [5/92] out of print/many, many used |
Ukrainian journalist Olena Prytula
entry at Wikipedia
Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper: in English or Ukrainian or Russian
article in Nov 2005 issue of Mother Jones Magazine
[U.S.] National Press Club 2005 Freedom of the Press Award
Ron Ridenhour Awards - fostering the spirit of courage & truth
educator Sir Ken Robinson, PhD of Los Angeles, California
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credits at IMDb
official website
entry at Wikipedia
April 2013 TED talk [19:11] "How To Escape Education's Death Valley"
"Sir Ken Robinson (still) wants an education revolution" [55:48] on T.E.D. Interviews, Dec 2018 
 | "Out of Our Minds: Learning To Be Creative" [2001] by Sir Ken Robinson Wiley/Capstone 9¼x6¼ pb [6/2001] for $22.02 Capstone pb [4/2001] for £9.72 via Amazon U.K. |
 | "The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything" [2009] by Sir Ken Robinson, with Lou Aronica Penguin 7½x5 pb [12/2009] for $10.20 Viking 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/2009] for $17.13 |
 | "Finding Your Element: How To Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life" [2013] by Ken Robinson, PhD & Lou Aronica Kindle Edition from Viking/Penguin [5/2013] for $14.99 Viking Adult 8½x5½ hardcover [5/2013] for $18.76 |
Luis J. Rodriguez
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official site Tia Chucha's L.R.N.A. agency page
novel "Music of The Mill"
Canadian Mark Rowswell, tv star 'Dashan' in China
English site Chinese site
eco-farmer Joel F. Salatin
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Polyface Farms near Swoope, VA
journalist & filmmaker Danny Schechter [1942-2015]
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official website
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
Danny died of pancreatic cnacer in late March 2015, and his blog, website, and other sites are not working at this time
 | "W.M.D.: Weapons of Mass Deception" documentary [Globalvision Dec 2004] Co-produced & directed by Danny Schechter Cinema Libre color DVD [3/2005] for $12.99 full credits at IMDb |
 | "The Death of Media: And The Fight To Save Democracy" [2005] by Danny Schechter "half manifesto and half piercing investigation" Melville House 6¼x5¼ pb [9/2005] for $7.70 author's blogsite |
 | "When News Lies: Media Complicity & The Iraq War" [2006] by Danny Schechter Select Books 9¼x7½ pb with DVD [1/2006] for $27.95 author's blogsite |
 | "In Debt We Trust" documentary feature [Globalvision 2006]
Co-produced, written & directed by Danny Schechter Disinformation color DVD [4/2007] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb official movie site |
 | "Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity & The Subprime Scandal" [2008] by Danny Schechter
Cosimo Books 8½x5½ pb [9/2008] for $13.45 Cosimo Books 8¾x5¾ hardcover [9/2008] for $29.95 official bookpage |
 | "Plunder: The Crime of Our Time" [Globalvision indep release May 2010] After his controversial docufilm "In Debt We Trust" [2006] and the book "Plunder" [2008] {above}, director Schechter interviewed bankers of Wall Street and released this film in May 2010, with the companion book "The Crime of Our Time" due in September 2010. produced by Ray Nowosielski, directed by Danny Schechter DVD available on producer website full credits from IMDb official movie site |
 | "The Crime of Our Time: Why Wall Street Is Not Too Big To Jail" [2010] by Danny Schechter Kindle Edition from Disinformation Books [9/2010] for $9.99 Disinformation Company 8½x5½ pb [9/2010] for $17.96 |
"Blogothon: Reflections and Revelations From The News Dissector" [Cosimo Books, 2012] ISBN 978-1616406691
"Who Rules America?" 6-episode documentary TV series [Oct 2012] /tt3383858/
"Madiba A to Z: The Many Faces of Nelson Mandela" [Seven Stories Press, 11/2013] ISBN 978-1609805593
economist & social activist Robert J. Schwartz [1917-2006]
official website
Economists For Peace & Security [est. 1989]
 | "Can You Make a Difference?: A Memoir of A Life For Change" [2002] by Robert J. Schwartz, PhD Lantern Books 9¾x6¼ hardcover [9/2002] for $21.99 |
activist Stanley Sheinbaum [1920-2016]
entry at Wikipedia
Los Angeles Times obituary
 | "Citizen Stan" [indep 2005] Stanley Sheinbaum is a noted political activist, economist & philanthropist, and a former Los Angeles Police Department commissioner; he is married to Betty Mae Warner Sheinbaum, a painter, sculptor, political activist & gallery owner in West Los Angeles, California 62-minute documentary feature directed by Patty Sharaf; narrated by Richard Dreyfuss; featuring Stanley K. Sheinbaum, Robert Scheer, Daniel Ellsberg, Daryl Gates, Nicholas Papandreou credits at IMDb John Sharaf Photography widescreen color DVD [2005] for $24.95 |
educator Earl Shorris [1936-2012]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Shorris
The Clemente Course in the Humanities [est. 1995] is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
 | "Riches For The Poor: The Clemente Course In The Humanities" [orig 1997, retitled 2000] by Earl Shorris The author returned to the 24th Ward of Chicago to see what changes had occurred in half a century, but it was still a place of desperate poverty; digging deeper, he realized that the poor exist inside a context which prevents them from living a political or literary life at any level – family, neighborhood, community, city, or nation. A chance conversation with a woman in a maximum-security prison sparks the possibility of a brave experiment in true democracy, in real education, that forms the last part of the book - the Clemente Course curriculum. Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton [1/2012] for $9.99 W.W. Norton & Co. 8½x5½ pb [9/2000] for $21.95 original title: "New American Blues: A Journey Through Poverty To Democracy" [1997] W.W. Norton & Co. 9x6¼ hardcover [10/97] out of print/many used |
 | "The Art of Freedom: Teaching The Humanities To The Poor" [2013] by Earl Shorris The author devoted his life to the idea that what is offered at the best colleges to the students with the most advantages can also be of great use to those from more marginal backgrounds. This is his report on the inspiring results of seventeen years of teaching his Clemente Course curriculum across America. Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton [2/2013] for $14.55 W.W. Norton & Co. 9¼x6 hardcover [2/2013] for $18.45 |
Melanie Sloan
C.R.E.W.: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington [est. 2001]
George Soros [b. 1930]
founder of the Open Society Institutes
former F.B.I. agent Ali Soufan
entry at Wikipedia
article in the July 10-17, 2006 New Yorker Magazine by Lawrence Wright
Q & A with Amy Davidson & Lawrence Wright (about the Ali Soufan article)
Larry Stewart
the 'Secret Santa' of Kansas City
journalist I.F. Stone [1907-89]
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Wikipedia
 | "All Governments Lie!: The Life & Times of Rebel Journalist I.F. Stone" [2006] by Myra MacPherson Scribner hardcover [8/2006] for $22.05 |
Bill Strickland
Manchester Craftsmens Guild website
Wikipedia
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"Make The Impossible Possible: One Man's Crusade To Inspire Others To Dream Bigger & Achieve The Extraordinary" [2007] by Bill Strickland, with Vince Rause Broadway Business 8x5 pb [10/2009] for $10.08 Broadway Business 9x6½ hardcover [12/2007] for $16.29 |
Lily Thorpe of Grand Junction, Colorado
ten-year-old lobbyist who built the Kids Campaign PAC [circa 2004]
at age 19 is an actress & model
teen eco-activist Greta Thunberg of Sweden
Lech Walesa of Poland
http://www.amazon.com/Lech-Walesa-Biography/dp/B000VSCEZA/
Jimmy Wales
creator of Wikipedia [online 15 Jan 2001]
listed as Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People [May 2006]
 | "Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything" [2006] by Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams Kindle Edition from Portfolio Hardcover [4/2008] Expanded Edition for $13.93 Portfolio 9x6 hardcover [4/2008] Expanded Edition for $18.45 |
attorney & activist Michael L. 'Mikey' Weinstein of Albuquerque, NM
official website
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
 | "With God On Our Side: One Man's War Against An Evangelical Coup In America's Military" [2006] by Michael L. Weinstein & Davin Seay St. Martin's Griffin 9x6 pb [2/2008] for $14.03 Thomas Dunne Books 9¼x5½ hardcover [10/2006] out of print/many used book entry at Wikipedia "With God On Our Side" [video release June 2007] 6-minute short film adapted & directed by Justin Guerrieri full credits at IMDb |
 | "No Snowflake In An Avalanche" [2012] by Michael L. Weinstein & Davin Seay Roundtree Press pb [1/2012] for $14.78 |
![Military Religious Freedom Foundation [est. 2005]](images/MilitaryReligiousFreedomFoundation.jpg)
Greg Wiegand's Home Voltage Regulator devices
whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand
official website
Time Magazine 10 Questions Interview [Feb 2005]
 | "The Insider" [Touchstone Nov 1999] Co-written & directed by Michael Mann; co-written by Eric Roth; starring Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall & Lindsay Crouse; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Crowe), Best Script (Adapted), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound; nominated for ACE, ASC, BAFTA, DGA & WGA awards Touchstone Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [2/2013] for $13.88 Disney Home Video widescreen color DVD [6/2004] for $10.08 Touchstone widescreen VHS [4/2001] for $7.99 Touchstone widescreen VHS [4/2002] for $7.97 Sony soundtrack CD [10/99] out of prodn/70+ used full credits from IMDb official movie website |
Valerie Plame Wilson, covert C.I.A. agent betrayed by George W. Bush et al
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husband Joseph C. Wilson [1949-2019], former U.S. Ambassador
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Wikipedia
 | "PlameGate: Lies That Led To War - Joe Wilson In His Own Words" [2005] documentary film by Robert Taicher R.T.W. Prodns color DVD [2/2006] for $12.95 not listed at IMDb |
 | "Fair Game: My Life As A Spy, My Betrayal By The White House" [2007] by Valerie Plame Wilson Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster [10/2007] for $11.99 S&S 8½x5½ pb [6/2008] for $10.20 S&S 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2007] out of print/hundreds used S&S ABR audio CD [10/2007] out of prodn/many used official book site |
 | "Fair Game" [Participant Media Nov 2010] Feature film based on the book by Valerie Plame Wilson about the TreasonGate Scandal of 2003. Directed by Doug Liman; screenplay by Jez & John Butterworth; starring Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, David Andrews & Geoffrey Cantor Summit Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2011] for $20.99 Summit Ent. widescreen color DVD [3/2011] for $15.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Countdown To Zero" anti-nuke documentary [Participant Media 2010]
Directed by Lucy Walker; narrated by Valerie Plame Wilson; DVD/Blu-ray not yet available;
full credits at IMDb
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internet reporter [Ms] Lauren Windsor
official Facebook page 'The Undercurrent' channel on YouTube former 'Lady Libertine' blog ('The Uncivil Libertarian') {taken over by squatter} partner at Democracy Partners activism group [est. 2011] in DC |
Carter G. Woodson [1875-1950]
the father of black history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_G._Woodson
Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, teenage martyr for education
www.malalafund.org
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-october-8-2013/exclusive---malala-yousafzai-extended-interview-pt--1
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-october-8-2013/exclusive---malala-yousafzai-extended-interview-pt--2
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-october-8-2013/exclusive---malala-yousafzai-extended-interview-pt--3
Malala Yousafzai won a shared Nobel Peace Prize (with Kailash Satyarthi of India) in October 2014 for activism against the oppression of children and young people.
 | "I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot By The Taliban" [2013] by Malala Yousafzai, with Christina Lamb Kindle Edition from Little, Brown/Hachette [10/2013] for $12.99 Weidenfeld & Nicolson 9¼x6 pb [10/2013] out of print/40+ used Little, Brown & Co. 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2013] for $15.60 "I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education and Changed The World" [ages 10-17; 2014] by Malala Yousafzai, with Patricia McCormick Kindle Edition from Little, Brown Young Readers [8/2014] for $9.99 Little, Brown Young Readers 8¼x5½ hardcover [8/2014] for $9.94 |
Markos Moulitsas Zϊniga, founder of the DailyKos blog [est. 2002]
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 | "Taking On the System: Rules For Radical Change In A Digital Era" [2008] by Markos Moulitsas Zuniga Kindle Edition from Celebra [8/2008] for $9.99 Celebra 9x6 pb [8/2009] for $11.70 Celebra 9x6¼ hardcover [8/2008] for $16.78 |
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