To Big Oil Chevron, Exxon, Mobil, Shell, Soon you’ll burn in hottest hell, All the oil that you desire Coating you to fuel the fire. “We the People” fast asleep Through the Crime of the Century. Wrecked our planet, slimed our seas Stole our sweet Democracy Occidental, AMOCO Thought the People didn’t know – Wouldn’t believe that it was true… We do, we do, we do, we do!! Cheating, bribing, [...]
BY MARK VORPAHL Between sequestration, with its damaging impact on workers and the economy, and the billions of dollars in cuts to Social Security, Medicare and other necessary social programs that President Obama is pushing, it is evident that the economic policies of both major parties are not intended to promote a recovery for working people. You cannot lift up a nation’s economy while slashing away at its consumers’ pocketbooks. [...]
By jackiews On March 5, 2013 · In the matter of The People V. Wells Fargo the jury has found us, the 12 Occupy Philly protesters arrested in November 2011 for a sit-in against the banks’ predatory lending practices and mafia-like policies, NOT GUILTY. We would all ask for you to please share this story with your networks and local press. Free speech just triumphed over property rights, even as [...]
In the police version of events, Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Sandy protestor Michael Premo charged the police like a linebacker, taking out a lieutenant and resisting arrest so forcefully that he fractured an officer’s bone. That’s the story prosecutors told in Premo’s trial, and it’s the general story his arresting officer testified to under oath as well. But Premo, facing felony charges of assaulting an officer, maintained his innocence. [...]
© i come to wonder in the middle of the night why certain personalities provoke me to a fight is it weakness or strength dressed in disguise soldiers gather medals but it is no surprise that folks despise a civilian dressed in armor, a woman dressed to kill all convention, distention, prolonged detention a woman dressed to re-create the fabric of her will it’s time for folks to realize the [...]
It still happens and not just in junior high school. LGBT people live double lives even today. My sister called me the other night so I could watch Jody Foster come out publicly at the Golden Globe Awards. Anderson Cooper declared his gayness just last year. If it is still difficult for actors and media people to live proudly in the open, there must be a high degree of prejudice [...]
The archetypal blushing bride with her handsome groom is an anachronism in today’s society. Part of the reason for this is a newfound fluidity of roles that men and women assume in today’s world. Another component is the increased occurrence and visibility of lesbian and gay couples but the third, and arguably most powerful factor, is the coming of age of the openly transgender community. The gender binary is dead. [...]
First Fridays ~ Oakland, CA By Aaris A. Schroeder Editor-In-Chief UBO Magazine Being from Sacramento, CA I have been to several Second Saturdays and enjoyed all that the Downtown area has to offer. Recently I have moved to Oakland, CA and have had the pleasure of enjoying First Fridays full of street vendors, boutiques, live music, dancers, art galleries and an array of individuals running the gamut between college students [...]
by Zappa Montag With the recent publishing of an eBook titled “A People’s History of Occupy Oakland” by myself and a few others, has come some of the predictable drama and denunciations that have characterized much of the interactions between certain segments of the movement locally since the inception of Occupy Oakland. I already know that some Occupy Oakland folks don’t like me and some of the other folks who [...]
[Originally posted at Corrente] My friend and compatriot, Samsarah Morgan has been the target of threats because of her involvement with editing a book, A People’s History of Occupy Oakland. Samsarah, along with Shake Anderson, Cami Graves, Zappa Montag and myself, put together the book as a selection of articles about Occupy Oakland. Some of the articles were old, and some were new pieces. After the book went live on Amazon, [...]
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