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 [...]
I have come across the flyers below on the street and on-line. Reading these filled me with dread and sadness, which was followed swiftly by anger. After conferring with community members as to who might be involved in the placing of these flyers, the consensus view is that there are three possibilities: 1 – These flyers are being placed by young men of color, who are angered by the perception [...]
OCCUPY OAKLAND MEDIA COLLECTIVE STATEMENT ON THE OAKLAND COMMUNE Occupy Oakland began on October 10, 2011. Since then it has become clear that a rigid distinction needs to be made between Occupy Oakland and the self-described Oakland Commune. The Media Collective is making this statement to provide clarity by describing this dysfunctional relationship, including links to documents created by the Oakland Commune. While the general purpose of a press release [...]
I have been part of some weird shit in my lifetime, but Occupy Oakland may be the weirdest of the weird. I still shake my head in amazement and confusion over the wild ride it’s been. Unbelievably it has been only a year since Occupy Wall Street bloomed its first flower of rebellion in New York. I was immediately excited by OWS, partly due to a shift in tactics [...]
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” Anatole France, The Red Lily, 1894 I remember hearing some version of the above quote probably when I was in my early teens, and getting it, liking it, and tripping off it. It is still one of my favorite political quotes. It sums [...]
The sun beat down. It was hot. Sweat beaded off of our heads and bodies as physical proof of the hard work we were all putting in. We gave ourselves over to it. We didn’t sleep. We didn’t eat. We traded in our well-being for the good of the group. It worked. The National Gathering (NATGAT) was a time of peace, love, and democracy for everyone gathered in Philadelphia on [...]
by Belle Starr, Outlawyer The smug was getting thick and bigotry became a way of life. Too bad, the children of wrath want to argue more than work. This smugness was choking with its one upping others with how long someone has been an activist or progressive or gay or their age or some other trifle. This time the usual suspects are “Us” as POGO, a comic character, mused long [...]
Over the last 6 months I’ve watched, read, and talked about the following few things: Occupy Wall Street, the US political system, and the internet. As I think back on the past months, I begin to look closer to make sense of what has been happening. Over the past 6 months I have spent a majority of my time on the internet. During that time I was practically glued to [...]
Last week I discussed the meaning of the term comrade, and this week’s blog post was supposed to be, and is, about the limits to power. When I was writing the outline for the post, I realized that the only way to talk about limits to power was to use a case study, since talking about these things in the abstract is not as meaningful as pointing to real life [...]
The following is a statement from Dr. Donald Goldmacher, co-director and co-producer of the documentary film, Heist. by Donald Goldmacher (@donnyg1941) Heist is a feature documentary about the roots of the American economic crisis, and the continuing assault on working and middle class people in the United States. It reveals the crumbling structure of the U.S. economy – the result of four decades of deregulation, massive job outsourcing, and tax [...]
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