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Justice: a boil that must be lanced / La justicia: un forúnculo que hay que reventar
“Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its pus-flowing ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension … Continue reading
Posted in el amor y la paz, el capitalismo racista, environmental justice, la depredación del medio ambiente, la misericordia, las multinacionales arrasadoras, los derechos de los inmigrantes, making a difference, moral protest, peace and love, restorative justice, righteous anger, social justice, societal apathy, solidarity, US imperialism
Tagged el amor, immigration, la justicia social, la paz, la resistencia, love, peace, resistance, social justice
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Standing Rock: the effects of colonization/ los efectos de la colonización
This is a bilingual post. Este es un artículo bilingüe. After sleeping 12 hours, reading Emma Goldman for one hour at 2 in the morning, and sleeping for another 4 hours, I am finally up. I have been thinking, for … Continue reading
Standing Rock miracles…los milagros de Standing Rock
Last night I watched the heartfelt public apology by Wesley Clark Jr. and all the US vets who knelt at the feet of native elders and felt a profound gratitude. Just the depth of love and support and humbleness in … Continue reading
Posted in drop by drop a downpour, el amor y la paz, el capitalismo racista, el racismo, environmental justice, justice, la depredación del medio ambiente, la misericordia, Lakota values, making a difference, moral protest, peace and love, solidarity, the dismissal of non-white cultures, US imperialism, water rights
Tagged el amor, flowers, la paz, la resistencia, la solidaridad, love, peace, resistance, Spirit
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Standing Rock, part 1 – warning: mushy contents
Standing Rock: Day 1 November 22nd I found another woman who is also driving, and we are leaving later today in her school bus for Standing Rock. That means I will have to fly back, because I have to see … Continue reading
Leaving for Standing Rock! / ¡Nos vamos para Standing Rock!
This is yet another bilingual post… Este es de nuevo un artículo bilingüe. Please share/ por favor compartan. First of all, thank you to everyone who donated; my car is almost full, as is my heart. /Primero que nada, … Continue reading
Posted in environmental justice, justice, la depredación del medio ambiente, moral protest, peace and love, the exploitation of indigenous peoples, US imperialism
Tagged el medio ambiente, Empire, friendship, la paz, la resistencia, la solidaridad, love, peace, resistance, solidarity, Spirit
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Ongoing racism and oppression – El racismo y la opresión constantes
This is yet another bilingual post… Este es otro artículo bilingüe. SO!!! Don’t come telling me to kiss and make up, to pretend I am not angry, to ‘come together’ with my oppressors. I have been trying to write an … Continue reading
Posted in discipline, electoral corruption, establishment politics, exhaustion, Hillary Clinton imperialist, indifference, justice, moral protest, righteous anger, societal apathy, the dismissal of non-white cultures, US imperialism, widows and orphans
Tagged Empire, moral protest, righteous anger, US imperialism
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The silver lining to the bad news and the worse news: el filo de plata en las noticias malas y las peores
I recently posted a commentary on the Pavlov reflex, which is how we seem to run elections in the United States. We have been well trained by our corporate masters, including, in particular, the mass corporate media, to salivate at … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, el imperio capitalista, el racismo, el reflejo de Pavlov, employer abuses, la resistencia, mass media, Pavlovian conditioning, peace, propaganda
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1. What part of “or bust” did you not understand? 2. This is the “or bust” part. 3. Where is the outrage? 1. ¿Qué parte no entienderon de ‘o nada’? 2. Esta es la parte sobre el ‘o nada.’ y 3.¿Dónde está la indignación?
Where is the outrage? ¿Dónde está la indignación? Again, bilingually, and as you can see, I have three issues for you to consider today, as indicated in my title: 1. What part of “Bernie or Bust” did you not understand; 2. … Continue reading
Posted in Bernie Sanders, CLEAN ELECTIONS, discipline, el capitalismo racista, el fascismo moderno en los EE.UU., el racismo, electoral corruption, endless war, establishment politics, imperial discipline, la corrupción de las elecciones, las elecciones transparentes, moral protest, US imperialism
Tagged Bernie Sanders, brothers and sisters, compañeros, hermanos y hermanas, la solidaridad, solidarity, torture
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We now interrupt the regularly scheduled program (elections) for station identification
So it has been all quiet on the Western Front from me, which yes, you could take as an allusion to Remarque’s brilliant post WWI novel about the destruction of human beings by war, or not. The station in question … Continue reading
A small pastoral diversion/ un pequeño desvío pastoral
Today I had the misfortune of reading a post from Think Progress, a group I have long patronized and donated money to, obviously very partial to Hillary Clinton and to her “faith.” I found the article triggered my gag … Continue reading
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Tagged compañeros, hermanos y hermanas, immigration, la solidaridad, la tortura, las actitudes belicosas de la Sra. Clinton, los abusos de los refugiados, los derechos de los inmigrantes, los sepulcros blanqueados, my brother's keeper, solidarity, torture, whitened sepulchers
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