January 2011
Microcredit Loans Trigger Wave of Suicides in... →
kiriamaya:
abbyjean:
more on the microcredit crisis in india. it’s a big problem.
Signal boosting.
Microcredit Loans Trigger Wave of Suicides in... →
kiriamaya:
abbyjean:
more on the microcredit crisis in india. it’s a big problem.
Signal boosting.
loveyourchaos:
courtney love reading kurt’s...
loveyourchaos:
courtney love reading kurt’s...
Happy new year everyone, I’ll be out with friends and the husband tonight. :)
“The problem with the nonviolence bandwagon is that it is grossly...”
– Who Decides How the Oppressed Should Fight Oppression?
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Our collective history of the South African struggle against apartheid, including Mandela himself and the armed wing of the ANC which he led, has been completely sanitized of all its violent elements as well. No one seems to...
“How can we ever hope to bring about positive change in the world when we are so...”
– I got myself a Christmas present. I was out shopping and I had a long train ride back, and I saw that Inga Muscio had a new book out, Rose: Love in a Time of Violence. I met Muscio very briefly, once; she came into the store I worked at, and I said hi and did she need anything, and then I walked...
“How can we ever hope to bring about positive change in the world when we are so...”
– I got myself a Christmas present. I was out shopping and I had a long train ride back, and I saw that Inga Muscio had a new book out, Rose: Love in a Time of Violence. I met Muscio very briefly, once; she came into the store I worked at, and I said hi and did she need anything, and then I walked...
Rachel Leibrock at Sacramento News and Review:... →
My mother used to call it the American Dream: Get married, work hard and buy a house so you’d be in debt for the rest of your working life. In 2005, my husband Cory and I happily bought into that dream when we purchased our first home, a two-bedroom house in Sacramento.
Today, five and a half years later, we’re in danger of losing our home—even though we never missed a single mortgage...
Rachel Leibrock at Sacramento News and Review:... →
My mother used to call it the American Dream: Get married, work hard and buy a house so you’d be in debt for the rest of your working life. In 2005, my husband Cory and I happily bought into that dream when we purchased our first home, a two-bedroom house in Sacramento.
Today, five and a half years later, we’re in danger of losing our home—even though we never missed a single mortgage...
December 2010
“There’s a photo on my wall of a woman I’ve never met, its left corner torn and...”
– The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
By the time I got through just these first words of the prologue, I was already trembling with rage. This is going to be an enlightening, intriguing, and infuriating read.
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“There’s a photo on my wall of a woman I’ve never met, its left corner torn and...”
– The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
By the time I got through just these first words of the prologue, I was already trembling with rage. This is going to be an enlightening, intriguing, and infuriating read.
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Walking on Thin Ice by Yoko Ono →
fuckyeahyokoono:
WALKING ON THIN ICE by Yoko Ono was first published in Rolling Stone, December 2010 issue as “John’s Last Days: A Remembrance by Yoko Ono”.
I got the Rolling Stone this is in, in my stocking last night (yeah in my fam we do stockings, dunno if that’s weird or not?). I immediately sat down to find the John Lennon stuff and of course read Yoko’s piece first. Then...
Walking on Thin Ice by Yoko Ono →
fuckyeahyokoono:
WALKING ON THIN ICE by Yoko Ono was first published in Rolling Stone, December 2010 issue as “John’s Last Days: A Remembrance by Yoko Ono”.
I got the Rolling Stone this is in, in my stocking last night (yeah in my fam we do stockings, dunno if that’s weird or not?). I immediately sat down to find the John Lennon stuff and of course read Yoko’s piece first. Then...
Word to the Wise: Unpacking the White Privilege of... →
Word to the Wise: Unpacking the White Privilege of... →
guerrillamamamedicine replied to your post:You know, people talk about always “having…
yes. yes. yes. yes. yes. i dont even bother most of the time having convos with folks who need a 101 on nearly everything. my brain deserves better.
“my brain deserves better.” = EXACTLY.
“Among the report’s most troubling findings: The number of Americans without any...”
– Number Of Uninsured Americans Soars To Over 50 Million
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“Among the report’s most troubling findings: The number of Americans without any...”
– Number Of Uninsured Americans Soars To Over 50 Million
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