Len Yannielli

Long-time environmental activist Len Yannielli is the author of "Lyme Disease," "An Owl for the Killing," and the children’s play "The Stolen Boy." "Moon Shadow of War" is a memoir of his experiences on the home front during the U.S. War in Vietnam. More educators were fired during the late 1960s and early 1970s than during the depths of the Cold War in the 1950s. He was one of them.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Len Yannielli

Opinion

A Love/Hate Tango – Science and Ruling Classes
January 22, 2021 By Len Yannielli
The ruling class loves science that increases profits but hates science that paves the way for success by the working class.
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Opinion

The bitter aftertaste of fascism—and a foretaste
June 17, 2020 By Len Yannielli
First step: Adios, Trump!
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Opinion

It can happen here
June 16, 2020 By Len Yannielli
The COVID-19 darkness that now surrounds us will pass, eventually. But there is another darkness haunting our land and people—fascism.
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Environment

‘Planet of the Humans’: A documentary film of despair or hope?
May 11, 2020 By Len Yannielli
It’s disappointing that Jeff Gibbs and Michael Moore would make such a low-quality documentary film.
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Environment

Up against COVID-19, environmental activism goes digital for 50th annual Earth Day
April 17, 2020 By Len Yannielli
Adiós Trump is the first order of the day.
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News

The days of August: Resistance comes to a town in Maine
August 30, 2017 By Len Yannielli
It was a scary scene. A truck swept by bearing a confederate flag. A number of days passed. A second appeared, then a third, and a fourth. Were we dialing back to the 19th century of...
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Books

“A Hundred Lifetimes”: Climate change and politics – on Venus?
October 24, 2016 By Len Yannielli
If you want to escape Earth but not leave the real, complex struggles to solve its many challenges, this book is for you.
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Opinion

Henry David Thoreau: Bright glows the pond
March 24, 2016 By Len Yannielli
Like all giants of the past, Henry David Thoreau writes in a different period of time but speaks to us today.
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