Another workplace shooting took place in Fresno on November 5th at a chicken processing plant. Three workers were killed and two were injured by a fellow employee with a handgun. According to filmmaker Emil Chiaberi, this pattern of workplace violence has roots in the way employees are treated in this country. Chiaberi’s 2010 film, “Murder by Proxy: How America went Postal,” sheds both light and heat on the phenomena of [...]
I’ve been playing the same song on repeat. Tap, wait, listen. Over and over, the strings, then the trumpets, and the voice, booming, joyful and very, very sad. I try to sing with him, and my voice isn’t strong enough, though I’m trying, I’m trying so damn hard. Then the tears start rolling down, and I’m weeping. But not out of sadness. “I was born by the river in a [...]
“All we need is something to give/The dam bursts open, we suddenly live/The boot off my throat allows me to breathe/The boot off my throat lets me emote.”-Fucked Up, “Queen of Hearts” Capitalism is dying; it is not a pleasant death, thus far; many people have lost their homes, jobs, savings, in essence their lives. At times, it seems to be springing to life as corporations and banks are more [...]
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