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
Read God, Save Us from Merit Pay for Teachers! by The Chaff. Via Unsane and Safe. In good news, 20,000 meritorious people protested WHINSEC on November 18. Bill Quigley writes: Even if the US government is reluctant to close the school, Latin American countries look like they will do it themselves. Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, … More On Merit
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
From nine to five my student worker and I updated the websites for both my departments. This involved checking facts, rethinking information architecture, writing prose, deciphering handwriting in several languages, resizing pictures and finally sweeping code, much of it by hand. While doing this we listened to old time work songs. We decided Leadbelly might … More Pick a Bale a Day
I Who Arms the Torturers? See also this. Women See also this. And from the abstract one cannot tell how great Lawrence Wright’s article The Kingdom of Silence is, but it is great. II 70% of Saudi Arabian students, according to Wright, are depressed. One of the young journalists he worked with went to a … More Amnesty International Saudi Arabia
This is an October 26, 2007 NYT Op-Ed piece by David Brooks. One has every reason to dislike the author, but I do like this piece. The gurus seek bliss amidst mountaintop solitude and serenity in the meditative trance, but I, grasshopper, have achieved the oneness with the universe that is known as pure externalization. … More The Outsourced Brain
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
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