"the film’s narrator explains that “At the end of World War II when Japan surrendered, they lost…this language erases the role of the U.S. in dividing Korea."Jan 10, 2024Jan 10, 2024
Thanks for summarizing the points made by the many well-informed speakers at this conference.Dec 23, 2022Dec 23, 2022
Thank you, Deborah, for introducing me to Faina.To Faina: I'm sorry you've lived so much of your childhood under bombardment. I'm sorry my country helped overthrow Ukraine's elected…Jul 17, 2022Jul 17, 2022
Divided We Fall May Be COVID’s Underlying PurposeI’ve been thinking a lot about how the SARS-CoV2 pandemic and vaccination drama has played out in the U.S., and why that might be.Jul 28, 2021Jul 28, 2021
Stop Dropping Bombs On People’s HeadsIt is the end of innocence for my 3 year old students. Their parents told them about Israel’s attacks on the Palestinian people prior to…Jun 5, 2021Jun 5, 2021
Right on! The Pentagon budget is precisely why we in the U.S.Another health issue of note: the Pentagon is driving climate crisis. Evidence I've been collecting from scholars and journalists here…Apr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
Patriarchy Will End In Violent Explosions, Possibly NuclearAnother of those lame-brained gender reveal parties has caused considerable distress and damage, this time in New Hampshire, where an…Apr 24, 2021Apr 24, 2021
Not Clean, Not Green: Proposed CMP Corridor/NECEC An Environmental Disaster From Beginning To EndWhite privilege means living in a bubble that prevents us from knowing how our actions and our lifestyle harm people who don’t look like…Dec 3, 2019Dec 3, 2019
#GovKnew About #ClimateChange But It Supported The Fossil Fuel Economy Instead (Stupid)I am thrilled to share this brilliant piece from Our Children’s Trust, the group suing the federal government on behalf of youngsters (see…Jul 6, 2019Jul 6, 2019
Movie Review: THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, Narrated By Those Who DidIt was my grandfather’s experiences in WWI that led him to teach his only child, my father, who passed it along to us: Don’t believe them…Mar 2, 2019Mar 2, 2019
A Dog Responds To Skowhegan Indian Pride Mascot DefenderI love sharing a good guest post, and this one is a first. It’s from the dog of Sky Davis, a Native activist in Massachusetts whose…Mar 2, 2019Mar 2, 2019
Armistice Day Or Veterans Day?It’s Armistice Day, proclaimed as the ceasefire of the Great War, the “war to end all wars” also known as the First World War.Nov 11, 2018Nov 11, 2018
Veterans Responsible For Recent Gun Massacres #ThousandOaks #TallahasseeShootingWe already know that the face of mass violence in the gun-infested USA looks male and very, very white. This week, it’s looking…Nov 9, 2018Nov 9, 2018
Pentagon Contractors Will Win Midterm Elections TodayThe amount of media and organizing circus surrounding elections in the U.S. seems to increase in direct proportion to the amount of…Nov 6, 2018Nov 6, 2018
If Protesting Doesn’t Do Anything, Then Why Are The Powerful Determined To Eliminate It?I’m going to take a step back from considering the accelerating madness of current events to ponder a question that dogs me and other…Oct 14, 2018Oct 14, 2018
Damning Indictment of Kleptocracy & Capitalism: Babies Crying Because There Are No Clean DiapersThe most damning indictment of capitalism possible appeared on the refrigerator at my school this week. It announced a diaper drive in my…Sep 23, 2018Sep 23, 2018
Racism is what makes U.S. wars invisible — but that’s what the #SecondCivilWar will bring homeRacism is what makes U.S. wars around the planet largely invisible to those who fund them. We’ve payed to starve and bomb the people of…Jul 23, 2018Jul 23, 2018
#TrumpBabyBlimp Reception In UK Underscores Decline Of US Military EmpireIt’s been strange to be abroad this summer as the reputation of my home country is tanking around the globe. The jailing of children as…Jul 13, 2018Jul 13, 2018
Ripping Children From Their Parents Is, Unfortunately, Nothing New #DawnlandMoviePeople are aghast and distraught at reports and photos flowing out of the thousands of detentions of children trying to cross into freedom.Jun 18, 2018Jun 18, 2018
