The Wall Already Exists — In Our Hearts and Minds
“My favorite album of all time is Pink Floyd’s The Wall. It should be re-released given the current (manufactured) crisis. I’m not surprised that Roger Waters is planning a show on the border to protest Trump’s continued government shutdown over funding for…”
Matthew Johnson
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Best and Worst
“The immortal novel, A Tale of Two Cities, begins: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…”
James A. Haught
Published in: Post Independent Citizen Telegram, Counterpunch, The Red & Black, The Sunburg News, Bainbridge Island Review, Charleston Gazette-Mail, West Virginia Press, Pagosa Daily Post
Date: January 10,11,12,13,14,2019
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Combating Racism With Exposure
“When I started volunteering at a youth detention center, whose incarcerated population was entirely African American and Latino, I was told by an Africana Studies professor I respected that I should focus on my own community…”
Matthew Johnson
Published in: Counterpunch, The Sunburg News
Date: January 10,11,2019
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A green future is one without war
“Donald Trump and his base — the leftover scraps of Jim Crow, the broken shards of racist hatred that once were the American mainstream and made the country seem “great” to those who weren’t its victims — have, it appears, a crucial role to play in our future…”
Robert C. Koehler
Published in: Common Wonders Blog, Common Dreams, The Raven Foundation, Tribune Content Agency, Free Press, Pagosa Daily Post, Z Net, The Sunburg News, Counterpunch
Date: January 9,10,11,12,14,2019
916 Words
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Adjust
“”They’ll make adjustments. They always do.” So said Donald Trump when a reporter asked him about the millions of people directly affected by his shutdown…”
Tom H. Hastings
Published in: The Journal Tribune, LA Progressive, The Sunburg News, Sierra County Prospect, Afro
Date: January 9,10,11,2019
507 Words
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Crisis
“Donald Trump is a lousy teleprompter reader. His fake crisis speech from the Oval Office was clearly the product of his handlers telling him in no uncertain terms…”
Tom H. Hastings
Published in: The Sunburg News, Nation of Change, LA Progressive, Bainbridge Island Review, Sierra County Prospect
Date: January 8,9,10,11,2019
408 Words
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