Welcome Home!: Ali Abunimah
From Ali Abunimah, editor of the Electronic Intifada. “I’m free! I wrote this on the plane and I’m posting it just after landing at Istanbul. On Monday evening I was brought to…
Wisdom From A Grownup: Shahid Bolsen Speaks To Israelis
I treasure thoughtfulness. A mind that makes connections; that makes sense of what sometimes appears to be endless, ruthlessly programmed, global confusion. These are observations, thoughts, that few in America have entertained, to…
From the Land of Honest People: A Leader Who Loves Us
This love is what will ameliorate our suffering if not end it, in time. Someone who gives us a tractor when we need one to clear our fields. Someone to sink a well,…
A Thoughtful Teaching About the Tik Tok Ban… and more
I was surprised by how much I liked Tik Tok. It appeared out of nowhere on my computer and that was scary and offensive so I let it go. But then, I missed…
BRICS the most important change probably in our lifetime
Probably the most important change most of us alive today will witness in our lifetime. The coming together of the Global South with China, Russia and India, in pursuit of a common future…
Happy Birthday, Brother Martin. January 15th.
The Dream Time We were there, David D. and I, rebels traveling to DC by bus, and we witnessed the wave you gave to us, the hopeful, multi-colored, peoples of America. I cannot…
Cuba: May the World and Universe Return Your Compassion
It is tempting to forget how cautious we must remain, even in the face of “good” news. Growing up in a peasant household it was normal to hear from parents: “Don’t count…
Happy Birthday Zora! January 7th.
As soon as I found Zora Neale Hurston’s perfect collection of authentic African American stories and folktales, Mules and Men, I knew I would take it home to my family in rural Georgia.…
Starting the Year With Good News!
¡Empezando El Año Con Buenas Noticias! Starting the Year With Good News! ”Finally the tables are starting to turn…talking ’bout a revolution.” Tracy Chapman. More than a whisper. ~aw I was moved to…
Artificial Intelligence, Authentic Incompetence: Can We Love Ourselves?
New software on my computer, installed apparently by the computer, completes words for me as I am beginning to write them. I have been writing for over half a century. I do…
