Tag Archives: Martin Luther King

kicking the can down the road: again

There is no doubt that poverty is degrading, and through force, legislation, moral suasion,manipulation, blackmail,  soft euthanasia, and “gaming” democracy and elementary social responsibility we have gloriously succeeded in creating the scenario for economic collapse and social and political insurrection. … Continue reading

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spilling the magic beans

Double dip or double down? A double double? The question is whether we are simply procrastinating on realizing that technology is essentially deflationary and we are accumulating a waiting list of unemployment. President Obama’s dinner with Silicon Valley high tech … Continue reading

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the daily grind of small acts

Reconciliation and retribution. The ability to forgive. How should a victim behave when faced with their torturer? And what are the points on intersection between vengeance and justice?… With World Press Freedom Day, it seems to serve as a promotion … Continue reading

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it can’t happen here

Its called the Wheel of Conscience. Designed by Daniel Libeskind, it sits at Pier 21 at the port of Halifax and commemorates a number of issues. Much like war memorials in their role in actually redeeming and condoning and perhaps … Continue reading

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America fit for man and beast: they had a dream?

They all came to look for America….. “Let us be lovers we’ll marry our fortunes together.” “I’ve got some real estate here in my bag.” So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies And we walked off … Continue reading

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THE ROUTING OF SAN ROMANO:PERSPECTIVE ON “RESTORING HONOR”

“Of course, there are significant differences between the two writers: Klein imagines that the problem with the world is too much focus on capitalism at the expense of progressive values and social welfare. Beck, on the other hand, loves capitalism, … Continue reading

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DARK KNIGHTS & THE LAST OF THE WHITE COLD LOVERS

”I’d been prepped for understanding by my parents and grandparents, who constantly spoke of the regressive, racially pathological south. They took me to South Carolina almost every summer throughout my youth. I had seen and experienced the ugliness and petty … Continue reading

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ANARCHISTS WHO RUN WITH WOLVES

… and occasionally ride camels. Nearly all exponents of anarchism, for example, have used the term to refer to a natural state of society in which people are not governed by submission to humanmade laws or to any external authority. … Continue reading

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Grace Lee Boggs & The Maccabean Theater

Activist, feminist, and ultimately a poet of creative non-violence. The narrative ebbs and flows, capturing the imagination with lyricism ,substance and form;  the cacophony of empty rhetoric relegated to the recycle bin. Its a critique against racism, militarism and materialism … Continue reading

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