Black Lives Matter…
“Race doesn’t really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don’t have that choice.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
Listen to Sandra Bland!
“…How many more young people are going to be killed for walking in the street, failing to signal a lane shift, looking a police officer in the eye, or playing with a toy gun? How many more names of Black men, women and young people will join the list of those whose deaths have sparked widespread protests: Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, Renisha McBride, Aiyana Jones and Sakia Gunn, among many others – and now, Sandra Bland. “
We CAN make a difference.
“The Republicans have spent billions to convince you not to vote. And the Democrats have spent billions trying to convince you they are different from the Republicans. But this IS NOT A TWO PARTY SYSTEM! Do not drink the Kool-Aid. We can shine with Stein!”
Racism
I swear to the Lord
I still can’t see
Why Democracy means
Everybody but me.
~Langston Hughes
Jacobin Magazine: Supreme Court may not be on our side
“The only “reasonable consensus” that the Supreme Court can produce is inherently anti-democratic.”
“Everybody has been Trumped, tricked, trickled-on and lied to.”
“We, the public, are told the peace officers we hired to protect and serve are so afraid, cowardly and terrified that we must let them shoot first and ask questions later. I don’t buy it. We deserve better. And we should continue to take it to the streets until we can safely occupy our communities and live in peace.”
4th Annual Solidarity Fair in Corvallis: for Labor and Justice
Celebrate a diverse labor movement & generations of struggles for economic, social, and environmental justice.
When: Saturday, May 30, 2015
Where: Central Park in Corvallis
Time: Noon – 4:30 pm
Police Reform is Long Overdue
“Police violence comes at “the intersections of intimate and social violence.”
ISIS, BUSH, OBAMA & Better Options…
“It’s frustrating to see politicians ignore the origins of our conflicts abroad and use current foes as excuses for creating new ones,”
James Baldwin, Baltimore Police Thugs, Riots and Perhaps Justice?
“Baltimore prosecutors, in an unexpected announcement, said Friday they had probable cause to file homicide, manslaughter and misconduct charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, who died after sustaining a spinal cord injury while in police custody.
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