What city plans for improvement of OND Park existed prior to efforts by CPSC to implement a different plan? City officials and staff have stated repeatedly, in the 2003-2013 Durham Parks and Recreation Master Plan, in City Council meetings, in correspondence, and elsewhere, that the city desperately needs more soccer and athletic fields suitable for... »

Durham Parks and Recreation has for over seven years had a plan and budget for the upgrade of Old North Durham Park. These upgrades were sidelined by interest from the board of the Central Park School for Children (CPSC), a charter school next to the Park, in implementing a privately-developed and privately-financed plan for... »

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Since moving to its current building in 2003, the board of Central Park School for Children, a charter school adjacent to the Old North Durham park, has derailed the park’s improvement, especially the park’s much-needed full-size athletic field. In 2005, the City Council passed a resolution reaffirming its earlier decisions and funding commitments... »

Defendiendo el Proceso Democrático y la Cancha Completa de Fútbol  en el Parque de “Old North Durham”, o ¿Qué está en juego en la lucha del Parque de “Old North Durham”? Los esfuerzos de parte de la escuela “Central Park School for Children” (Escuela para Niños del Parque Central, o en siglas: CPSC) y sus... »

Defending Democratic Process and Old North Durham Park, or What’s at Stake in the Struggle over OND Park? The effort by Central Park School for Children and its associates to change Old North Durham Park according to private plans and with private funds is a danger to the democratic process and the neighborhood’s low-income, primarily... »

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This Herald Sun article is another element in a systematic effort to erase the dissident voices of black, brown, and white people with regard to the future of our city. The true story is that this event consisted of 15 people inside the meeting (almost exclusively of employees and tenants of CPSC and associated... »

Until when will the idle and crepuscular West, the “international community” of those who still believe themselves to be the rulers of the world, continue to give lessons in good management and good behavior to the rest of the world? Is it not laughable to see well-paid and well-fed intellectuals, retreating soldiers of the... »

With the Arab revolts, the global systemic crisis is entering a new phase, more unpredictable and increasingly out of control. Until now, the principal actors have been the financial oligarchies and large multinational corporations, the major governments, including the United States and China, and far behind, some institutions such as the G-20. »

In the 1990s, one could only whisper Hosni Mubarak’s name. Political talk or jokes were avoided in phone calls. This year, millions of Egyptians fought for 18 days against their ageing tyrant, braving the police troops firing teargas, rubber bullets and live ammunition. »