Striking Against Slavery
By Wyatt A nationwide strike demanding major reform within the US prison system began August 21st and is set to end September 9th, the 47th anniversary of the infamous uprising at Attica prison in New York state. Hunger strikes, sit-ins, and boycotts are being staged. Efforts to get the strike off the ground have been spearheaded by Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, a collective of self-organized, … Continue reading Striking Against Slavery
Seeds
by Klyde S. Warren Sure, you have no children of your own- Your garden is empty. Your seeds are unscattered. But, do not despair. Consider this- Consider the people you’ve helped. How many weary friends have you counseled through a problem? How many times have you rubbed an ill friend’s back? Have you given a lost man directions? How many loaves have you broken to … Continue reading Seeds
Watching the Road
I don’t know what other truckers use, but on my first Trainer’s Truck I had Navigo, (which is the company-mandated Qualcomm Navigation) and TomTom, which is not meant for truckers but can still navigate a plan fairly well. When I say not meant for truckers, I mean that car navigation systems do not take into consideration the things that truckers need to be concerned with, … Continue reading Watching the Road
Land Of The Free (Nation Of Bondage)
by Terry Salem Jr. Enslaved in the mind while the others search for shackles . Believing we live in the land of the free , Where oppression and deception never happens . Birthed a limitation , formed for only physical growth . Mentally and Spiritually disabled to remain the status quo . Origin unknown . Or we just weren’t meant to see . Religion vs … Continue reading Land Of The Free (Nation Of Bondage)
Crazy for Christ (and Cash): Notes on fundamentalist Evangelicalism
By Phil Gillen For someone raised secularly, or Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Methodist, or any other religion of a bygone age, there are probably few things as confusing and disconcerting as the presence of the monolithic, heavily conservative variation of Christianity used by politicians and/or businessmen to justify any and all travesty or money-making scheme. It’s called Evangelicalism, and the more barbaric the thing you want … Continue reading Crazy for Christ (and Cash): Notes on fundamentalist Evangelicalism
Poems by Andira Losh
Open Be radically real Take the liberty of telling the truth Curtail the encumbrances of cultural limitations Imagine that everyone is exactly who we say we are authentic self, through and true Imagine kindness and love is always genuine and present Imagine generosity and abundance filling up every plate with greens Imagine this world and be one of its inhabitants. Manifest the best you can … Continue reading Poems by Andira Losh
Review: You Were Never Really Here (2017)
By Taylor Thornburg Lynne Ramsey’s You Were Never Really Here follows the character Joe, as portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, navigating a disjointed labyrinth of cause, consequence, and metaphor for trauma. Literally, Joe earns his living retrieving victims of human trafficking. He violently destroys the traffickers as time and opportunity permits. After the film briefly introduces the main character and his craft, an assignment from a … Continue reading Review: You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Big Pharma & How Power Points Fingers
By JD My dad shared a meme on facebook today. It showed an image of a little child with an EpiPen and was captioned, “So if a kid has an allergic reaction, the parents have to pay a ridiculous price for an EpiPen, but a junkie who has OD’d for their 15th time gets Narcan for free? What a screwed up world we live in.” … Continue reading Big Pharma & How Power Points Fingers
Keeping Earth Green When The Rich Won’t
by Evan Carlson One hundred and forty billion dollars goes a long way. Especially if you’re Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who intends to invest the bulk of his fortune into space travel. Given Earth’s limits under infinite-growth capitalism, Bezos sees space as a frontier for “increase[d] human production and efficiency.” In this day and age, living in space is no longer a pipe dream — … Continue reading Keeping Earth Green When The Rich Won’t
Nazis are back. again.
You know what to do. by Mark Honey Nebraskan Nazis are feeling brave lately. Pamphlets from the real life Third Reich have been found recently in Little Free Libraries, the front-lawn bookshelves that encourage reading. Posters claiming it’s citizens’ “duty” to call ICE on immigrants have been posted in Benson and Dundee. An Old Market bartender recently reported seeing a group of white men hanging … Continue reading Nazis are back. again.
The Triumph 