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It just got real
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” by George Orwell Just when you think it’s ok to call your Nana in Boise, word on the street is that The Man™ is monitoring the … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Activism, Americans, Austerity, Civil rights, Commentary, Culture, George Orwell, Human rights, NPR, NSA, Politics, Verizon, Writing
48 Comments
A wider net
It’s the eve of the court-martial trial of Bradley Manning in America and not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. As has been the case from the beginning, there has been virtually no Main Street media coverage or … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights
Tagged Activism, Austerity, Bradley Manning, Civil rights, Commentary, Culture, Education reform, Gezi Park, Istanbul, Language, Literature, Social Justice
20 Comments
A sharp dressed man
I recently read an article from a prolific writer who reflected on the sycophantic reactions that the wearing of the military uniform in public engenders. The writer said he witnessed numerous people on the airline he was traveling go out of … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Activism, Anti-war, Austerity, Civil rights, Commentary, Culture, Dissent, Freedom, Human rights, Military uniform, Writing
30 Comments
The blessed doctrine of asymmetrical self-defense
Israel has once again acted in divine “self-defense” after it launched airstrikes against Syria yesterday leaving repercussions that residents of Demascus reported as feeling like “an earthquake” and “unprecedented”. Now, I’m no Wolf Blitzer but I’m pretty sure if I was … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights
Tagged Activism, Anti-war, Assata Shakur, Christian, Civil rights, Commentary, Israel, Muslim, Myths, Self-defense, Social Justice, Syria, Writing
24 Comments
Deus ex machina
“Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality.” by Hannah Arendt As Chechnyans this week looked out their windows and shushed their children to listen for … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Activism, Anti-war, Austerity, Civil rights, Commentary, Culture, Drones, Human rights, Language, Lynne Stewart, Myths, Palestinians, Writing
25 Comments
Its harder not to
“Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.” by Frederick Douglass Just when it looked like we were going to have to talk all week about such bland things like Medicare and Social Security (yawn) and how … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Activism, Austerity, Civil rights, Commentary, Corporate media, Culture, Freedom, Human rights, Indignadas, Language, Sister Teresa Forcades, Spain, Venezuela, Writing
32 Comments
Caught in the hustle
“And who’d think in elementary? I’d see the penitentiary, I wish I could take the pain away if you can make it through the night there’s a brighter day.” by Tupac Shakur When I was a kid, maybe eleven or … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Activism, Civil rights, Commentary, Culture, Education, Freedom, Human rights, Prisons, School-to-prison pipeline, Schools, Teachers, Vietnamese American, Writing
30 Comments
Breaking News
Surely, there’s not much I can add to the practically nonstop nonexistent coverage of the Bradley Manning trial in Fort Meade, MD, by the major media outlets. I usually do not post much during the week but there is breaking news, both good … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Activism, Anti-war, Bradley Manning, Civil rights, Commentary, Culture, Freedom, Human rights, Iraq war, Kafka, Political, The trial, Whistleblower, Wikileaks
17 Comments
A cup half full
This past week I found myself wishing for the first time ever that I lived in Arkansas…Mayflower, Arkansas to be exact. The residents of this small town have hit the mother of all lodes as thousands of barrels of oil flowed … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged Activism, Arkansas, Austerity, Civil rights, Commentary, Culture, Environment, Exxon, Human rights, Medicare, Oil spill, Social Security, Writing
12 Comments
A bug eat bug world
Hopper: “Now let me tell you how things are supposed to work… The sun grows the food, the ants pick the food, the grasshoppers eat the food.“ I had the privilege of reading an insightful post this past week from a … Continue reading →