Anti-Capitalist Meetup: We Demand Answers! Why were Occupy Boston Charges...
Author's Note: Some of this has already been posted in my previous diary. I was asked to write again and include a description of the circumstances of our arrest, the charges, my plea, and some of the...
View ArticleShocking News: Men Rebut Woman's Mansplaining Complaint
In shocking news today, a woman reported an exchange she experienced as mansplaining - that thing that witch-hunting women with hyper-active imaginations and super-sensitive grudges on their shoulders...
View ArticleSteubenville Could Transform and Inspire
No matter how you look at the events of Steubenville, there is tragedy compounded upon tragedy in the story of this publicly celebrated gang rape.How did a town become so callous that some of it's...
View ArticleAs A Bostonian, Might I Request....
that we look for the humanity in each other and bear witness to each other and our experiences, rather than beating each other up, nitpicking expressions and chasing each other around to point out...
View ArticleIf You Could Send Only One Link On Fracking
what would it be?I had a conversation this evening with someone who said he didn't understand the objections to fracking.We were in an internet free zone, so I tried to explain the ecologic devastation...
View ArticleWill We Condemn This As "Violence"?
Bangladeshi workers, in the hundreds of thousands, are in the streets protesting after one of the many dangerous sweatshops collapsed and killed workers, recently.As part of that protest they are...
View ArticleNSA, VRA, #SB5, DOMA, Prop8....: how do you navigate the relentless storms?
After an exhilarating night of watching Senator Wendy Davis and the people of Texas pull off a successful filibuster in the most suspenseful way possible, I woke up this morning realizing how many...
View ArticleHis 'sexiness' scares the hell out of us.
I'm completely intrigued by the reaction to the Tsarnaev cover of Rolling Stone.Hunter gives a little of the initial public reaction in his diary, "Rolling Stone cover featuring Boston bomber draws...
View ArticleThey Want a War? Sex Strike!
I'll keep this short and sweet. It's from a comment I made in another diary.As the war on women's right to control their own body wages on - Texas is now trying to make it illegal to get an abortion...
View ArticleHercules 265 jack-up rig has caught fire
Haven't seen this posted, yet....Hercules Jack-Up Rig Catches Fire Following Loss of Well ControlThe Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has confirmed this morning that the Hercules...
View ArticleFeelings of Guilt After Witnessing a Racist Interaction
The Scenario: I was standing in a store with a friend. We were checking out. At the next register, I started to hear some tense words being exchanged. The customer was saying angrily, "I have no...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: Syria -- Can we talk?
I mean it. Can we simply talk about this? There are so many things to consider and ponder. We have a responsibility as US citizens and fellow human beings to those whom we might hurt, to be...
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Sometimes Y'all Just Birth Me (aka: the quilt arrived!)
Receiving a DailyKos Community Quilt:UnaSpenser's DailyKos community quilt. (The colors are coming out as vivid in the photo as in real life. For reference, the sofa the quilt is laying across is a...
View ArticleA need for government: a personal story
Yesterday, I received my DailyKos Community Quilt! I've posted a thank you diary here. I was excited and wrote it last night and posted late. Now, I'm concerned that all the lovely people who...
View ArticleRisking Arrest Tomorrow Re: XL Pipeline
I thought I'd let all my friends at DailyKos know that I will be joining this action tomorrow morning:#NoKXL Pledge of Resistance Actions Boston #NoKXL State Department sit-inJoin the rally and sit-in...
View ArticleIs it legal for the GOP to make this rule?
Apparently, they changed the "standing House rules" so that only the Majority leader or his designee can bring forward a clean budget bill. As the speaker here notes, "democracy has been suspended."Is...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: A Non-Capitalist Response to the SOTU
Author's Note: Hi everybody! Welcome to a participatory diary. That's right, participatory. I'm offering this up as an exercise for everyone to try. The original text is an explanation of the exercise...
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A Community Quilt on a Bad Day
I'm having a "bad day." Been having a rough week, physically, even though life has been feeling on the upswing, lately. As I'm sitting in bed today, under my community quilt, feeling embraced by the...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: Misogyny is a Feature, Not a Bug
Recent Supreme Court rulings highlight the persistent presence of misogyny in the US.Megan Amundson, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, expressed her anger over the Supreme Court’s...
View ArticleDefending the Slaughter of Muslims at an Iftar
I have words for the utterly insensitive, patriarchal, colonialist disrespect in this:Obama Humiliates Muslim Guests at White House Ramadan Event, Endorses Israel’s Gaza Assault and NSA SurveillanceAt...
View ArticleCan We Talk About Solidarity?
There a is rather passionate community debate about the merits of Markos' personal boycott of AZ, and, therefore, not allowing his business to participate in an event taking place there. This is a good...
View ArticleSolidarity: Deference vs Obeisance
I asked the other day if we could start talking about solidarity; what it means, how you practice it, and what erodes solidarity. Thank you to those who joined that conversation. It felt like a good...
View ArticleAssault A Woman? 2-Game Suspension. Values in Professional Sports.
There is not a lot to say here other than mentioning that this is yet another example of how misogyny is embedded in our capitalist life.Ray Rice apologizes for knocking out wife, makes wife apologize...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: Evo Morales, "Live Well" vs "Live Better"
It can be very disheartening to contemplate the state of the world, these days. Climate change, growing wealth inequality, civil rights erosion, violence, violence and more violence. As a practitioner...
View Article"From St Louis to #Gaza end the occupation"
In another diary, a commenter expressed frustration that a conversation about the racism and tyrannical force being displayed in Ferguson prompted someone to bring up the Palestinians. The complaint...
View ArticleConflicting Emotions at #Ferguson vigil/rally in Boston
This evening, I went to the #NMOS14 rally on the Boston Common. We were there to remember the victims of police oppression. Particularly, those who have been murdered by the police. As we all know by...
View ArticleNurse On Site Was Not Allowed to Tend Mike Brown
From a NY Times report:Mr. Stone ran outside and saw two police officers, both both white men, standing near Mr. Brown, who was lying on his stomach, his arms at his sides, blood seeping from his head....
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: "From Ferguson to Palestine ..."
... Occupation Is A Crime!" - chant being heard from protesters in Ferguson and at solidarity rallies around the nation.Author's Note: The Anti-Capitalist Meetup group felt that this is such an...
View ArticlePlease, Don't Tell People How to Feel
What or who does it serve? How does it serve you?One of the more bothersome dynamics I see when we have tension amongst us is the way people will invalidate others by telling them how they should feel...
View ArticleMy Atheist Refrain. I Laugh at our Portrayal. With Fear.
"Come, come whomever you are: wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Though you have broken your vows a thousand times, it doesn't matter. come, come yet again....
View ArticleCommunity Fundraiser: Chacounne/Heather Needs Emergency Assistance!
Chacounne, aka:Standing for justice and accountability, For Dan, Heather needs our help. We all know her as the relentless anti-torture...
View ArticleFrom An Ally in Boston
After marching for about 4 hours and being on the front line when the police confronted the protesters and having only 6 hours of sleep, I'm exhausted. Still, I have all these random thoughts going...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: Notes From An Ally On The Front Lines In Boston
Reposted from Wednesday. The night before Thanksgiving is not the best time to post. ;- After marching for about 4 hours and being on the front line when the police confronted the protesters and having...
View ArticleWomen's Rights: it's not about defining life or who matters more
Can we talk about why a woman's right to control her body is important? Can we talk about how we talk about it? Can we talk about why we hook into language used by those who would deny women bodily...
View Articlea true ally would hand over the mic
I haven't been writing here in quite a while. Personal stuff and an introspective examination of where I do and don't feel connected have generated a significant pause in my external communications.So,...
View ArticleShout out for Shaun. Show some solidarity.
"He doesn't belong to you." - a quote from his wife on Facebook.That's right. He doesn't belong to us. He is one of us and we belong with him.Shaun deserves better than having any of us question him or...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: Violence. Without Which Not.
I set out here to write about capitalism and how it shapes our relationships to everything. It's something I've been thinking about for quite a while. I had planned to write about how competition,...
View ArticleTone Policing: not appropriate for anyone
Remember when there was that sexist criticism of Hillary, claiming that she shouts too much? Woodward apologized for “dwelling on the tone issue,” but said “there is something here where Hillary...
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Anti-Capitalist Meetup: A Mission of Unity
It is important for groups to revisit the reason they exist, that is, their mission and the principles of operation or conduct which we believe support that mission. Sometimes we need to be reminded....
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: Because the Political is Personal
I’m angry. As many of us know, what’s often behind anger is hurt. So, I’ll admit that my anger is stemming from feeling hurt. Why? Because the political is personal.I live with a chronic disability....
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Anti-Capitalist Meetup: Violence in Venezuela
In 2014, violence broke out on the streets of Venezuela. Streets and buildings were on fire. Wires were rigged across roads, causing auto accidents and knocking motorcyclists off their bikes,...
View ArticleThe Personal As Political or Tending to Canaries
[author’s note: I wrote this as a personal Facebook update. My FB posts are not public, so a couple of friends asked if I would post it to make it accessible for sharing.] How a personal moment can...
View ArticleOh No! I Made her Cry!
[author’s note: I wrote this as a personal Facebook update. My FB posts are not public, so a couple of friends asked if I would post it to make it accessible for sharing.] How a personal moment can...
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Best of ACM: Evo Morales, "Live Well" vs "Live Better"
It can be very disheartening to contemplate the state of the world, these days. Climate change, growing wealth inequality, civil rights erosion, violence, violence and more violence. As a practitioner...
View ArticleUpset? Sure. Shocked? C'mon!
I understand people being upset about this outcome. We’re are continuing down a dark road. Descending into depths we didn’t think we’d go to. I feel the pain. I want to hug everyone. Still, I don’t buy...
View ArticleThis Is About Us. You Can Wait, For A While
men, it has always been about you it can be about us, for a while you've always defined what is offensive let us do that, for a while you've always gotten affirmation.let it go, for a while you've...
View ArticleGaslighting Into Extinction
Look at the comments on this linked Facebook post:How Did The End Of The World Become Old News?(the article referred to in the post is here.)It’s a very serious post about the human species walking...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: Talk Bodily Autonomy; Not Abortion, Fetuses, Personhood
Them: I’m against abortion and want the state to prevent women from getting them.Me: So, you don’t believe in democracy, then?———I don’t ask that question with snark or derision. It’s a genuine...
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Anti-Capitalist Meetup: "Left" vs "Right": what do we mean?
I'm seeing the periodic ranting about "leftist" infighting, again. Several of my friends are talking about it. This topic resurfaces often and I've grown to have a particular understanding, such that I...
View ArticleACM: 10 years since Occupy and Witnessing Revolution
It has been 10 years since the launch of the Occupy movement. Ten years since ”Arab Spring".For me, the Occupy movement was an extension of what many called "Arab Spring". I had been working on an...
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