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I watched myself disappear
I watched myself disappear before my very eyes when I stayed silent and on the sidelines I faded gradually when I let my Muslim neighbors disappear into the void lost in the maze of detention When I permitted immigrants in … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Activism, Anti-war, Civil rights, Culture, Freedom, Human rights, Language, oppression, Peace, Poem, Political, Social Justice, Writing
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The road more traveled
I recently came across a fellow blogger whose entire post consisted of the following quote from Utah Philips, “The state can’t give you freedom, and the state can’t take it away. You’re born with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom … Continue reading
Posted in Myths
Tagged Activism, Civil rights, Economic, Education, Freedom, Human rights, Language, oppression, Political, Rachel Corrie, Social Justice
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It must be a struggle
Man, I was just thinking to myself, “I wonder when the next war will start? It’s been at least a couple of months since the last one.” Sure enough, France has launched airstrikes in Mali to combat the ever elusive, omniscient … Continue reading →