Trouvé chez la Redstar Perspective: “The prison system bears the imprint of slavery perhaps more than any other institution,” she says. “It produces a state that is very similar to slavery; the deprivation of rights, civil death and disenfranchisement. Under slavery, black people became that against which the notion of freedom was defined. White people … More Angela Davis
Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It” was the official theme song of President Rafael Correa of Ecuador’s recent election campaign. Ecuador is South America’s second largest exporter of crude oil and it hosts the only U.S. military base on the continent, from which we organize our drug war. Here is a much more recent … More Rafael Correa
Via the Unapologetic Mexican. Axé.
The following is a comment from this thread. It makes several important points so I am reposting it. I don’t understand the American context as I am not there. I do think it is a shame that teaching cannot take place. There is a kind of global infection of self-indulgence nowadays, based on the philosophy … More On Education
I took this picture in the Bywater sometime last year. Tonight’s featured post, on Katrina recovery, is by the Changeseeker. Read it, then act. There is further information on S. 1668 and Gulf Coast disaster recovery generally at Equity and Inclusion. See also Redstar‘s comprehensive post on this matter. Axé.
I met Bill Quigley long ago as an activist against the death penalty. Now he says: Three recent reports help show the way for New Orleans to improve the criminal justice system. They stress earlier and better communication between the police and prosecutors, a wider range of pretrial release options and greater use of alternatives … More On Criminal Justice in New Orleans
This week’s best and most beautiful post is by Liprap. Read it, then act. Carlos Pellicer, the modernist poet, was from Villahermosa, Tabasco. He wrote in 1943 of Tabasco in blood, water, earth, sun, and time. . . . /water of Tabasco, I come / water of Tabasco, I go / my lineage is made … More Agua de Tabasco
MD Filter: I am not there yet, either. I favor Montessori schools and I think that, especially in a wrecked school system like that of New Orleans, you should do the best you can to meet the needs of your child and that is it. In general, what I have to say about teaching is … More In Which I Do Not Resemble Jonathan Swift.
This post is unbalanced and unfair. It is judgmental and uncaring. All of these characteristics are unacceptable in a woman. I therefore declare that I am now Jonathan Swift. In claiming his identity, I am being dishonest about my own. I am also emulating a dead white man when I might do better to emulate … More In Which I Resemble Jonathan Swift.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) announced Friday that he will be offering a privileged resolution (H RES 333) on the House floor Tuesday, November 6, that will bring articles of impeachment against the Vice President, Richard B. Cheney. Please contact your representative today to ask for their support. There is popular support for this initiative which … More Impeach.
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