Category Archives: racial injustice

Impeachment Explained in the Spirit of Schoolhouse Rock

October 2019 The Good Fight’s Animated Guide To Impeachment [1:55]:  “How’s impeachment work? This tongue-in-cheek animated video from The Good Fight, created by Jonathan Coulton and appearing at the end of Season 2, Episode 7 (“Day 450″), will tell you … Continue reading

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Bernie Sanders: Now Is The Time

October 2019 Check out Harry Belafonte:    “When you have an opportunity to tell two black girls to shut up and get off stage and you don’t.  And you shake their hand and you smile and you step to the … Continue reading

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Tim Black’s Review of Bernie Ad

Thursday, October 17th 2019 Rising Up | Bernie 2020 [4:55]:   And this brother here, Tim Black, is not perfect but I’m completely down with him and his take on the evisceration of Bernie by the MSM.   This New … Continue reading

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#Pelosi

Wednesday, October 17th 2019     ♣

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The Great Generation’s Great (Dis)illusionment

“Happy” Indiginous People’s Day – Monday, October 14th 2019   I am sad that the “Great Generation” is dying off either clinging to antiquated notions of romantic patriotism, or with the painful understanding that their entire lives were lived on … Continue reading

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My Son’s Existential Taste in Pop Culture

October 11th 2019   Compensating for my own upbringing, I vowed to always tell my kids the truth and keep them informed.  (It seemed a cute little game to just B.S. kids in the 70’s, and stay blithely unaware of … Continue reading

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A Healing Pilgrimage

Friday, October 4th 2019   In one of the stranger moves I’ve made in my life lately, I spent over six hours in the car on this day in order to go back to the scene of a very painful … Continue reading

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Boston Climate Strikers in the News

Friday, September 20th 2019 Gavin and ClaraJane lifting their voices outside the Massachusetts State House. In this Channel 4WBZ News’ coverage at 5 o’clock you can see me and Victor’s “We Need Earth!” sign at about 0:55 seconds: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/09/20/global-climate-strike-boston-city-hall-plaza-state-house-greta-thunberg/   WCVB … Continue reading

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Pledge Allegiance to the Earth

An improvement:   (The original never had the “God” crap to begin with anyway:)   ♥

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3-Year-Olds National Security Threats to the United States

July 30th 2019 I will never forgive this administration -or those who support it- for this torture of our most vulnerable families. Rep. Ted Lieu Plays Videos of Separated Families for Border Patrol Chief Brian Hastings | NowThis   That … Continue reading

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