<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 15:42:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@guidaboni/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Reading of Suzie Dawson's 'Freeing Julian Assange, Pt. 2']]></title><description><![CDATA[In Part 2 of her multi-part investigative series, ‘Freeing Julian Assange’, Suzie delves into where the smears come from that Wikileaks has been a tool or collaborator with both Donald Trump and the government]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/wikileaks/@guidaboni/a-reading-of-suzie-dawson-s-freeing-julian-assange-pt-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/wikileaks/@guidaboni/a-reading-of-suzie-dawson-s-freeing-julian-assange-pt-2</guid><category><![CDATA[wikileaks]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:18:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNtze9xHvT6xWCdz7q3QGD35ZKdaPpVrFksWkBkPDXfKDJ39Crb1iHYMXANtueN37q7p7PcgNEopR7GL7vGMXbQfJPZoh8Ex3itmkY2kmiKDPkqQNVaAdonCP2Z1t6xvBcutqz6tcVj3ptRtRMAjFnNTg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Reading of Suzie Dawson's 'Freeing Julian Assange, Pt. 1']]></title><description><![CDATA[A lot has been written and said about Julian Assange and Wikileaks during these past eight years or so, while Assange has been essentially on the run from the U.S. deep state and its complicit partners]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/wikileaks/@guidaboni/a-reading-of-suzie-dawson-s-freeing-julian-assange-pt-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/wikileaks/@guidaboni/a-reading-of-suzie-dawson-s-freeing-julian-assange-pt-1</guid><category><![CDATA[wikileaks]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:06:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNtze9xHvT6xWCdz7q3QGD35ZKdaPpVrFksWkJLiKn1maN5UrLfoEvACAZxVC9iT7gpboCt5VEmfYuA4ZzVaogBmw1BE4cW9QbRbLJd97eBXBKxEN7kbzVX3KehxhWAwfbVfj6pXtnGuBezTwnYACrshQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Politician Who Sat by the Door: a Fantasy]]></title><description><![CDATA[A basic truth. Everybody needs some kind of job in this world. It’s what you have to do to eat and keep a roof over your head (though, these days, we should shamefully admit that not everyone who works]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/the-politician-who-sat-by-the-door-a-fantasy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/the-politician-who-sat-by-the-door-a-fantasy</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2018 18:31:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP329hmuqj35cXY4FajjNN8UBKFXuA6qV3UHWRmQhQmhaCi1Z2nXJc9Aq3gom3KEyum21HPHbbQjXmk5KzXW1PfJ7Nx7H4fu7yW2JqHp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICE, Family Separation & Ridicule as a Form of Direct Action]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back in the 60s, during the height of the antiwar movement, one of the dynamics that emerged was a confrontational and anti-authoritarian kind of humor. It was like a constant wave of laughing and pointing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/ice-family-separation-and-ridicule-as-a-form-of-direct-action</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/ice-family-separation-and-ridicule-as-a-form-of-direct-action</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 18:53:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHhkcTbcTkzqZwgZDkxxyuBFCahkoH7BZp1FxRDmbKtFuPXXTLtjpehzgckqiqRxmyL3M2pcz9Ux3bu63TupiC8Zg9ionoGbvRYs1THm1NQdMufa6s5ctaA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independent Media is Messing with the Deep State’s Mask]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's really kind of fascinating. Over the past two years, in the wake of the fraudulent Democratic presidential primary and the subsequent loss of Hilary Clinton to a racist shady real estate developer]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/independent-media-is-messing-with-the-deep-state-s-mask</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/independent-media-is-messing-with-the-deep-state-s-mask</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2018 19:25:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP329aXcJHJUjkZeVXZH4zJnDeMYfanf6tgrTwdtWFCyFgSc7o2Dvieiz83xzU8L3yRjSHf7jy4g4tUo2js3ft16nheLXQ2HsF8nuCA2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Debate That Wasn’t: Political Correctness and Swinging at Phantoms]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s interesting. When I make the attempt to examine how my own psyche works, one of the things I consistently find is how much works of art across various disciplines (painting, poetry, photography, fiction,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/the-debate-that-wasn-t-political-correctness-and-swinging-at-phantoms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/the-debate-that-wasn-t-political-correctness-and-swinging-at-phantoms</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2018 17:43:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHogaokWjzyqzFmznUSx3RfhdDx2ymaJnCc8YA5swtbUAfSqB4dF2YLBVdM2Me5ZrQ5puddeNiKttCodmLhrTiaiPNoGtVa5ZuaeAnwGmvHnvUtQug7YmKC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Foundational Thoughts on Facebook]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back in the pre-Facebook days of the early 2000s, I was living in Somerville, Massachusetts. It’s one of those dingy mid-20th century looking towns set on the edge of a more important city, that being]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/socialmedia/@guidaboni/some-foundational-thoughts-on-facebook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/socialmedia/@guidaboni/some-foundational-thoughts-on-facebook</guid><category><![CDATA[socialmedia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2018 23:55:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328bUeHHecKJ8asW7urjPLcsuezZBFNkcATHyAgJUx1WL1hgoLXAZoyx39bcjxcfcMkPyUNYpWJWDG8EFXrf8fRtfybiUr9JcXM3qY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Trouble with TV News: Why the Press Sucks So Bad, Pt. 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the U.S. invaded Iraq in the Spring of 2003, I was working as a writer at a large financial services company, a refugee from a dot-com that flamed out when the first Internet bubble burst in 2001.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@guidaboni/the-trouble-with-tv-news-why-the-press-sucks-so-bad-pt-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@guidaboni/the-trouble-with-tv-news-why-the-press-sucks-so-bad-pt-3</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 17:26:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHcHztdpMLZ66VHZKDDpWwojETrKFNDsiaLhep8j4fH9HUXwZ1o88PUKLRgNGJjwnxNt6bwDyCQ9NT838xRvAPvHMDvyHaNMfBSmRTdMZK3WYcxpzMT6yyp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the Press Sucks So Bad, Part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alright, I recently published a piece (admittedly, broad in scope) about the evolution of the press in the U.S. I wanted to lay down some foundational information as a way of getting to a discussion about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/media/@guidaboni/why-the-press-sucks-so-bad-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/media/@guidaboni/why-the-press-sucks-so-bad-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[media]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:41:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328LqMqWaFrjUbfKBpWmVK4ChpEqt9PQMgxg5poUrCxoMVEBXptwfscRSQSRJr8xBUyNUixb1jjqbqxf5Ns5pB43HeMq4hcNn6CZP4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can You Hear the War Drums Pounding? Do You Know What They Mean?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The war drums, which have been set on continuous repeat in this country since 1941, are getting louder. But they’ve been playing for so long now, we’ve gotten used to them. They’ve become like the muzak]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/can-you-hear-the-war-drums-pounding-do-you-know-what-they-mean</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/can-you-hear-the-war-drums-pounding-do-you-know-what-they-mean</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 17:18:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNfVBEkyNqgtrwMkd1K3aJ8zaZq1mv8jQvxVetkrJMacn9G2oqojPeDM8dBqsKMw7p9F56sp1Se?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the Press Sucks So Bad, Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Going back a few years, I was helping take care of a North Carolina bookstore for an ailing owner. Days were often quiet. It was a small place, easy to miss, not much foot traffic. So I read a lot. I’d]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/why-the-press-sucks-so-bad-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/why-the-press-sucks-so-bad-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 23:07:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328vKC52GUcBsp4UhzVeuPoLativb5MRXJb48xHPXiuM2r5Lp9YC9h4Wgu1yGxKwL2rL3epNydcdnVEyrUHxCBWG85cbD9PmvbwAR4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cooperation Jackson or How to Get Out of Analysis Paralysis Politics]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you’ve watched or attended speeches by a political intellectual of one stripe or another — could be Noam Chomsky, could be Samuel Goldman, could be Naomi Klein, could be Andrew Bacevich, could be Angela]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/workercoops/@guidaboni/cooperation-jackson-or-how-to-get-out-of-analysis-paralysis-politics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/workercoops/@guidaboni/cooperation-jackson-or-how-to-get-out-of-analysis-paralysis-politics</guid><category><![CDATA[workercoops]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 00:39:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328zC8BnMJmnBUVetfUeY7vDkVdo2XHTMjtMnN2mm17GJUmYhuh1evLm72h7T8xNiU1N9ptmGZaQXZ2GxemJQmAdHiBtXrFi2aUZfc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can we talk about killing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can we talk about killing? As citizens of the United States, we live in a culture that sends people and weapons around the world to other cultures to kill people. We send people to kill people. Or we send]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/can-we-talk-about-killing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@guidaboni/can-we-talk-about-killing</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 23:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing myself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi Steemers, It’s always bothered me the way many journalists and critics tend to write. Omissions of context. Bold assertions without factual backup or even an explanation of their line of thinking.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/inntroducemyself/@guidaboni/introducing-myself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/inntroducemyself/@guidaboni/introducing-myself</guid><category><![CDATA[inntroducemyself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[guidaboni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 23:36:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdUh4sRTHzQWow5Gyq6cstKUHMz34Dt8YZb81Tbo6giwWHLkQsUCMPvh5fhC7L2E7yo78W5hRojeUHGWJ2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>