Audio: Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich
I came to explore the wreck.
The words are purposes.
The words are maps.
I came to see the damage that was done
and the treasures that prevail.
Nan Levinson: Doin’-the-Right-Thing Rag
Who’s Responsible When a Military Order is Illegal? (Don’t Ask Donald Trump!)
Chanelle Gallant & Shannon Perez-Darby: Sex Trafficking Prosecutions Won’t Stop the Next Epstein. Here’s What Will.
We can fight child sexual abuse using a block-and-build strategy rooted in economic, racial, and gender justice.
Jimmy Pappas: Invitation to join Michael Simms on Zoom, Monday, Dec. 15, 7pm ET
Join us when Michael Simms presents DIRTY REALISM on Monday, December 15 at 7 PM ET.
Holocaust Encyclopedia: How Hitler Came to Power
Hitler transformed Germany by manipulating the democratic political system. Hitler and other Nazi leaders used existing laws to destroy German democracy and create a dictatorship.
Murray Silverstein: Dante in Auschwitz, Ulysses in Hell
The storm that swirls in God’s dark heart,
our poor boat tossed, and sank, my crew & I all lost.
Mike Schneider: Elvis Night at Johnny’s
You wanted anything by Elvis, large
as kinetic energy, like the wiggle-waggle
of ocean breeze through palm fronds.
Hosanna. Jesus cruising down
the Avenue on his ass
Video: ‘Freedom’ by Jon Batiste and ensemble
Jon Batiste and ensemble perform ‘Freedom.”
Lisel Mueller: Necessities
A map of the world. Not the one in the atlas,
but the one in our heads, the one we keep coloring in.
With the blue thread of the river by which we grew up.
The green smear of the woods we first made love in.
Eric Ross: Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the U.S. Empire in Latin America
U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro
John Guzlowski: Two poems about my mother
My mother still remembers
The long train to Magdeburg
the box cars
bleached gray
by Baltic winters
Immigrant Defense Project: ICE Ruses
When Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents go to homes and the community to arrest non-citizens, it’s common for them to lie about who they are and what they want from the individuals they encounter.
Elise Kazanjian: How To Be A Successful Dummy
Roll your googly-eyes
every few minutes.
Agree with him.
He will believe you.
Nolo Segundo: Delusions of Progress
It struck me some years ago when I saw cave paintings in France from 40,000 years ago that people then were just as intelligent as we are.
