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They walk the line
“You’ve got a way to keep me on your side You give me cause for love that I can’t hide For you I know I’d even try to turn the tide Because you’re mine, I walk the line” by Johnny … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Activism, Austerity, Civil rights, Culture, Education reform, Human rights, Language, Public education, Public schools, Social Justice, Teachers, Teaching, Writing
34 Comments
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 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
Just a plain little thing
“I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, But down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.” by Dr. Seuss Breaking news…my guest post at David Chura’s blog, Kids in the System, is hot off the … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Activism, Civil rights, Common Core, Culture, Dr. Seuss, Education reform, Language, School-to-prison, Social Justice, Writing, Yertle the Turtle
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A captive audience
As I considered the focus of this discourse on education, I found myself discarding more ideas than I retained. Should I write about how Lewis F. Powell, Jr., a Supreme Court Justice and former tobacco lobbyist, wrote a confidential memorandum in 1971 … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Activism, Civil rights, Education reform, Frederick Douglass, Human rights, Language, Liberation, Paulo Freire, Slavery, Social Justice, Teachers, Teaching, Writing
44 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
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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
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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
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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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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 →