Robert Shetterly
Robert Shetterly is a writer and artist who lives in Brooksville, Maine and the author of the book, "Americans Who Tell the Truth." Please visit the Americans Who Tell the Truth project's website, where posters of Howard Zinn, Rachel Carson, Edward Snowden, and scores of others are now available. Send Rob an email here.
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Views Saturday, January 17, 2015 The Time Has Come For Local Agriculture Editor's note: The artist's essay that follows accompanies the 'online unveiling'—exclusive to Common Dreams—of Shetterly's latest painting in his " Americans Who Tell the Truth " portrait series, presenting citizens throughout U.S. history who have courageously engaged in the social, environmental... Read more |
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Views Saturday, November 29, 2014 Myths of Accountability and the Death of Michael Brown "The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free." —Henry David Thoreau I remember the hilarity of popping birthday balloons when I was a kid—that tiny, anxious hiatus between pressing some sharp object against the balloon’s skin and the sudden, irreversible explosion... Read more |
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Views Thursday, November 13, 2014 Student Loans Are a Bridge to Nowhere Editor's note: The artist's essay that follows accompanies the 'online unveiling'—exclusive to Common Dreams—of Shetterly's latest painting in his " Americans Who Tell the Truth " portrait series, presenting citizens throughout U.S. history who have courageously engaged in the social, environmental... Read more |
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Views Friday, October 31, 2014 On Charles Hamilton Houston and the Importance of Lost History Editor's note: The artist's essay that follows accompanies the 'online unveiling'—exclusive to Common Dreams—of Shetterly's latest painting in his " Americans Who Tell the Truth " portrait series, presenting citizens throughout U.S. history who have courageously engaged in the social, environmental... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Feeding the Roots, Building Democracy: On Painting Peter Kellman Editor's note: The artist's essay that follows accompanies the 'online unveiling'—exclusive to Common Dreams—of Shetterly's latest painting in his " Americans Who Tell the Truth " portrait series, presenting citizens throughout U.S. history who have courageously engaged in the social, environmental... Read more |
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Views Friday, August 08, 2014 The Original Common Core: Why Aren’t We Teaching Rachel Carson in Schools? This is what you shall do: love the earth and the sun and the animals… -- Walt Whitman Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring in 1962, but I suspect for most people reading it today the information would be fresh, enlightening, and alarming. I can say that with some confidence because though I had read... Read more |
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Views Monday, June 09, 2014 Why I Painted Bob Moses, A Civil Rights Hero You May Not Know Editor's note: The artist's essay that follows accompanies the 'online unveiling'—exclusive to Common Dreams—of Shetterly's latest painting in his " Americans Who Tell the Truth " portrait series, presenting citizens throughout U.S. history who have courageously engaged in the social, environmental... Read more |
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Views Friday, May 30, 2014 Big Tent Activism: On Why I Painted Kevin Zeese Editor's note: The artist's essay that follows accompanies the 'online unveiling'—exclusive to Common Dreams—of Shetterly's latest painting in his " Americans Who Tell the Truth " portrait series, presenting those who have courageously engaged in the social, environmental, or economic issues of... Read more |
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Views Saturday, May 10, 2014 Wailing at the Separation Wall You have what you desire: the new Rome, the Sparta of Technology and the ideology of madness. —Mahmoud Darwish I returned a few days ago from Palestine, where I was part of Lily Yeh’s Barefoot Artist team recruited to paint a mural in each of three places—the Balata Refugee Camp, in the Old City of... Read more |
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Views Thursday, April 24, 2014 The Sports Page and the Common Good: On Painting Journalist Dave Zirin Editor's note: The artist's essay that follows accompanies the 'online unveiling'—exclusive to Common Dreams—of Shetterly's latest painting in his " Americans Who Tell the Truth " portrait series, presenting citizens throughout U.S. history who have courageously engaged in the social, environmental... Read more |