January 2012
5 posts
Twenty-five years ago, I was in kindergarten at UP South School in BF Homes,...
– On the 25 Years Since the Mendiola Massacre « the little I do know
Hanalei: the birthday girl! →
You are my birthday gift to myself. SUBMIT TODAY! <3
December 2011
4 posts
One teachers approach to preventing gender...
For example, as teachers, we often use gender to divide students into groups or teams. It seems easy and obvious. Many of us do this when we line students up to go to the bathroom. In one conversation that I had with Allie’s mother, she told me that Allie did not like using public bathrooms because many times Allie would be accused of being in the wrong bathroom. As soon as she told me I felt bad....
November 2011
4 posts
The demand for demands is an attempt to shoehorn the Occupy gatherings into...
– Occupy demands: Let’s radicalise our analysis - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
October 2011
29 posts
To Shane Engelerdt, a 19-year-old from Jersey City and self-described former...
– The Organizers vs. the Organized in Zuccotti Park — Daily Intel
The “pulse” of #OWS lives in the desires of the occupiers to live in a better America. It ain’t in a drum. JUST SAYING.
OCCUPY TOGETHER! (by David Sauvage)
The paradox of education is precisely this: that as one begins to become...
– James A. Baldwin (via Julian’ email signature)
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an...
– - John Steinbeck
(quote originally captioned: ’the 53% are just a portion of the 99% in denial.’)
Occupy Wall Street doesn’t need a manifesto. The message is as clear as a bell:...
– Rachel Maddow
(via intelligentsia-in-flames)
I love Rachel Maddow.
(via somepolitics)
A few final thoughts. In this great struggle, here are some things that don’t...
– Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now | The Nation
Those defending the status quo certainly recognize the immense value of...
– Some thoughts on leaderless resistance and Occupy Wall St.
As we see, “leaderless resistance” is a theory that applies to...
– Some thoughts on leaderless resistance and Occupy Wall St.
They needed to round them up and identify them, and in particular those willing...
– Some thoughts on leaderless resistance and Occupy Wall St.
The four of us told our stories about how we countered conservative attempts to...
– Making Room for Racial Justice in the People Power Exploding Around Us - COLORLINES
The Civil Rights Movements’ masses did not rest on the laurels of their...
– Zombie Capitalism and the Post-Obama Left » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
Everybody’s suffering, and these wedge issues are so often used to divide the...
– Making Room for Racial Justice in the People Power Exploding Around Us - COLORLINES
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One of the reasons why the U. S. worker is no longer competitive with workers...
– Zombie Capitalism and the Post-Obama Left » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
Early into the OWS, a few people challenged one of thesentences in a draft,...
– Zombie Capitalism and the Post-Obama Left » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
What began as a small group of protesters expressing their grievances about...
– The New York Times, “Wall Street Protest Spurs Conversation On Inequity” (via inothernews)
Without any “excuse me” or warning, three times we (and everyone around us) were...
– Beyond Barricades and Privilege: Reflections from the #OccupyWallStreet Community/Labor March « In Front and Center
Naomi Klein on #OWS and America’s “distribution issue”
(via msnbc video: Occupy Wall Street, rebirth of the left?)
Just months after Jobs’ birth, his biological parents Abdulfattah...
– Steve Jobs’ Daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs, the Girl Who Was Denied Paternity - International Business Times
Turns out, I know absolutely nothing about Steve Jobs.
“If it’s a class war, then you gotta be a classy warrior.”
- Yasiin Bey, formerly Mos Def.
(via Talib Kweli & Yasiin Bey (A.K.A. Mos Def) - The Colbert Report - 2011-05-10 - Video Clip | Comedy Central)
But a great man’s reputation can withstand a full accounting.
– What Everyone Is Too Polite to Say About Steve Jobs
Real outpourings of public grief should be reserved for those people who lived...
– Steve Jobs Was Not God
REAL RECOGNIZE REAL.
September 2011
14 posts
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