May Day

(Originally posted on Dreamwidth, 1st May. Crossposted manually.)

Here in the U.S. and up in Canada, corporate greed-head capitalists and their political minions decided they'd move Labor's holy day from May 1 to September, because they were scared to death of the international labor movement. As well they should have been, and should ( Read more... )

To Those Who  Celebrate(Originally posted 17th April on Dreamwidth. Manually reposted ( Read more... )

"Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence"

Today, the official day we commemorated the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we heard a lot about his "I Have A Dream" speech, and that speech is absolutely part of the American landscape, as it should be.

But what too many of us - too many school kids, too many adults, too many union members, too many ( Read more... )

9/11

I was driving Andy to school, and we had NPR on the radio. A small plane had crashed into one of the World Trade Center towers.

By the time I let Andy off at school, we both knew it was much, much worse.

I walked into our newsroom, and I was greeted by one of my colleagues. His face was ashen. He told me the latest rumor; a possible truck bomb ( Read more... )

Which Side Are You On?

Most of the world celebrates Labor Day in May. In North America, it's the first Monday in September. So here we are.

This year, a year in which we can't pretend we aren't a country split between compassion and cruelty, between ignorance and understanding, between equity and oppression, between progress and regression - between ( Read more... )

Two Hundred Forty Five Years

We here in the U.S. often tend to think that's a fairly long time for a country to endure.

It isn't.

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International Women's Day

Well, it's every day for women, but it's good to be able to remind others of that fact. And ourselves, from time to time, since the world does seem hell bent on gaslighting us about our worth.

This is the song that's been going through my head all day.

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The Second Impeachment Trial Begins

I am both a political junkie and, I hope, a true believer in democracy and in the United States of America. In both senses, I think the second impeachment trial of Donald John Trump is a necessary  event. And so here I am, in front of the television, watching history unfold.

Since I last tried live-tweeting a news ( Read more... )

President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.
and Vice-President Kamala Devi Harris


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Christmas, Perhaps

Christmas means "Christ's Birth" and I no longer believe in the Christ child. And yet ...

... at this time of year I am reminded that some stories are true, even if they never  happened.

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