October 2011
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300 Colorado Homeowners Close Their Accounts at... →
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The Good of Gaddafi, Yes, The Good | Global Grind →
blackacrylic:
For those of you who missed Brother Jesse’s article on Gaddafi over on Global Grind please check it out for an alternative perspective. It is a misunderstanding to think that those of us interested in an alternative perspective are condoning Gaddafi’s wrongs - we are not. It’s all about metrics and if Libya had the highest life expectancy in Africa under Gaddafi then he must have...
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blog title & url name
trying to start a wordpress blog re: life journey, activism, and issues i care about…but having trouble coming up with a title
argghh
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“Love is an action, never simply a feeling.”
– bell hooks (via auctoritas)
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#Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX)'s Haiti Film... →
Come to the opening night reception Friday, November 18th and/or come out for the FREE film showings on Saturday, November 19th and Sunday, November 20th! Bring a friend and spread the word!
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Checking Your Privilege 101 →
What is privilege?
Privilege is any right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person or group beyond the advantages of most. At TJLP, we think of privilege as an unearned advantage that a dominant group has over marginalized groups. For example, since transgender people are not included in the dominant group, non-transgender people often have many privileges – rights, benefits, immunities –...
“Understand that the police and laws are part of a system that is anti-poor,...”
– - Syed Hussan in #OccupyTogether in the age of conspiracy | rabble.ca
now this is a rallying cry i can get behind.
(via garconniere)
Librarians: Occupy Wall Street Needs Your Help →
5feet12inches:
Occupy Wall Street Library Blog
Read our: CALL FOR LIBRARIANS
You can help us in two ways: Volunteer your time or Donate books, supplies or other resources
To Volunteer, come down to Liberty Plaza and join the occupation! Email us to let us know when you’ll be there, or just stop by. If you have an afternoon free every week and want to spend it at the library, that’s great! If...
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"Top Ten Reasons Why So Few Black folk Appear Down... →
Like The French, radical Blackfolk are genetically predisposed to support all signs of insurrection, insurgency and revolutionary suicide wherever they rear their lovely and indignant little heads anywhere in the known universe. That said, some observers of the current American progressive scene have accurately noted OWS’s paucity of participants proudly gleaming signs of African...
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“we are sudden stars/ you and i exploding in/ our blue black skins”
– Sonia Sanchez (Haiku)
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72 Cities That Have Joined The Occupied Movement →
so awesome
jchiron:
This is simply amazing, and we’re still counting!
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20,000 votes needed so Occupy Wall Street can get... →
Check out the article and use the link at the bottom to vote!!
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Letter to a Young Activist: Left to Learn from the... →
by Laura Whitehorn
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My Two Cents on Occupy Wall Street →
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People of Color Occupy Wall Street: CALL OUT TO... →
pococcupywallstreet:
To those who want to support the Occupation of Wall Street, who want to struggle for a more just and equitable society, but who feel excluded from the campaign, this is a message for you.
To those who do not feel as though their voices are being heard, who have felt unable or uncomfortable…
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Haitian Community March Across Brooklyn Bridge to... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
Don’t Occupy Haiti! Occupy Wall Street! New York’s Haitian community will march across the Brooklyn Bridge to “kole zepòl” (join shoulders) with the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators on Friday, Oct. 7. We will rally in Cadman Plaza at 4 p.m. and then cross the Bridge at 5 p.m. Initiated by Fanmi Lavalas (NY), International Support Haiti Network (ISHN) and KAKOLA among...
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"What amazes me most whenever I write about this... →
