"...and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid, So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive." "A Litany for Survival," Audre Lorde
"Our overriding goal is to create a climate of resistance to abuse of authority by police organizations and to empower local people with a structure that can take on police brutality and actually bring it to an end."
"Following are images from my time at the George Floyd Memorial Site and the Prayer Tree on the afternoon of Friday, January 1, 2021. I experienced my time at both of these places as holy, grounding, and renewing."
ON THE RT SHOW THIS WEEK, CHRIS HEDGES TALKS TO MORAL PHILOSOPHER, DR. CORNEL WEST, ABOUT WHAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT AMERICA’S EXISTENTIAL CRISIS AFTER WITNESSING ENRAGED SUPPORTERS OF DONALD TRUMP STORMING THE CAPITOL
"While hedonism was running rampant among young, white, urban professionals, George Floyd and his family and friends were caught up in another hallmark of the 1980s: the war on drugs."
"So do war crimes matter to the average American? In the short term, it appears that war crimes and their related pardons are simply new battlegrounds in the ever-expansive culture war between left and right, liberals and conservatives, that seems to have enveloped modern politics rather than becoming matters of human dignity in their own right. And that’s a damn shame."
Oh, blowing wind Where do we begin? Have you any answers now? Can you tell us how? https://youtu.be/biBHk6N8KLU Freedom Song Sara Thomsen Lyrics Oh, blade of grass Can I ask you Where is the road to peace? Tell me, please. Oh, singing bird What are the words To the freedom songs you sing? Oh, More
To me young people come first They have the courage where we fail
"The plight of Djamel Ameziane is a real-world example of the self-serving approach to human rights practiced by the United States."
"Save the strong, lose the weak Trust nobody, don't be no fool Whatever happened to the golden rule We got stranded..."
COVID-19 “really highlights the intersection of social determinants and historical health issues that make people more vulnerable,” Allen said.
"It is Difficult to Argue with God"
