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Author: Madonna Gauding

Madonna Gauding is a freelance writer, illustrator and book designer living in St. Louis. MO. She is the author of 10 books on a variety of "mind, body, spirit" topics.

Bernie, Hillary, and body language

July 15, 2016 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton Leave a comment

Yesterday, Bernie endorsed Hillary. Body language experts across the Web came to the same conclusion: They don’t like each other. They saw Hillary as

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Bernie Sanders’ accomplishments

March 4, 2016 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders 50 comments

  This list of Bernie Sanders’ accomplishments is for those who think Bernie Sanders has achieved “nothing” in his time in office, or think he’s

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Bernie vs Hillary: It’s all about the swing states

March 1, 2016 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton 4 comments

As you may have noticed by now, the Democratic primaries are maddening. First, it’s hard to keep track of which primary is when. Then you have

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Why I’m voting for Bernie Sanders

February 15, 2016 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Bernie Sanders, Corporations 3 comments

First off, let me be clear. I’m voting for Bernie Sanders in the primary and I hope he wins the nomination. If he doesn’t

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People’s candidate Bernie Sanders challenges Democratic establishment

January 29, 2016 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Politics One comment

I’m not going to get support of the governors and the senators, with a few exceptions, or many of the major organizations. But the

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U.S. companies make a killing off prison labor

December 1, 2015 Madonna Gauding Capitalism, Prison, Privatization 7 comments

In 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery, but there was a loophole. Prisoners were exempt. Since the passage of the amendment, prisons and businesses

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The case for closing our overseas military bases

October 26, 2015 Madonna Gauding Media, Military, Politics 2 comments

The most popular post, over the years, on Occasional Planet is: “Military Mystery: how many bases does the US have, anyway?”  American University anthropology

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Noam Chomsky: On capitalism and why electing Bernie isn’t enough

October 25, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Activism, Banks, Climate Change, Corporations, Corruption, Democrats, Environment, Hillary Clinton, Obama Leave a comment

    In a recent interview in Jacobin, linguist, philosopher, and political activist Noam Chomsky gave an interesting answer to a question about the American capitalist system. He basically said

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NRA: Still the official pimp for the multi-billion dollar gun industry

October 11, 2015 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Crime/Violence, Guns Leave a comment

We’re republishing this post from 2012, because it continues to have relevance to our ongoing debate about gun violence in America. After the recent mass shooting

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Talking points on Syria for news propagandists

October 7, 2015 Madonna Gauding Foreign Policy, Media, War Leave a comment

I’m one of those “cord-cutters.” I’ve also given up all mainstream media news. Even though I can still watch and read it online, I mostly

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