Stories by Doris "Granny D" Haddock
In the poorest communities of the U.S. there are people who are alienated from our democracy. They live in another nation, almost, but they long for respect, inclusion and prosperity.
Posted on Mar 10, 2004, Source: AlterNet
It is a day for calling up those old friends and family members who summoned all their courage to do the right thing as they saw it -- for peace or war -- in a difficult time.
Posted on Nov 11, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Can we evolve into a nation whose people control their own government and whose harsh history can move into the light?
Posted on Sep 23, 2003, Source: GrannyD.com
We must fight the battle that is before us: human beings versus monstrous corporations and their bodysnatched government puppets.
Posted on Aug 28, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Charting a course for the anti-war movement and the future of democracy.
Posted on May 1, 2003, Source: GrannyD.com
There is only one way off this roller coaster, and that is to focus our lives now on November 2, 2004 and find a good candidate who can represent all of us well.
Posted on Mar 10, 2003, Source: AlterNet
We are bailing out our flooding boat with our straw hats if we do not look to the cause of the insanity in the world today.
Posted on Jan 30, 2003, Source: AlterNet
If we Americans are split into two meaningful camps, it is not conservative versus liberal. The two camps are the politically awake and the hypnotized.
Posted on Nov 8, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Doris "Granny D" Haddock, who walked across the U.S. last year for campaign finance reform, talks about the need to hold Roosevelt's Four Freedoms sacred during this terrorism crisis.
Posted on Sep 28, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Based on soft money campaign contributions, Granny D lays out the 30 worst computer corporations, phone companies and gambling enterprises that undermine democracy. Says Granny D: "This list includes companies to which you may be loyal. I am asking you to make a sacrifice -- to take the pain of political progress upon yourself."
Posted on Apr 1, 2000, Source: TomPaine.com
