Amiri Baraka, RIP

Amiri Baraka died and we are grieving.  He came many times to Eugene hosted by Steve Morozumi and the Multicultural Center.  Here is an excellent lecture by Baraka.

Poe Tree

In your youth, if you listened to the ancestors -- your ancestors, those before them, the ancestors of freedom fighters, of rebellions, ancestors of the Earth who resist by living as they always have, ancestors of immigrants with Gaman behind barbed wires, persevering, ancestors, immigrants of borders which moved, who remain and fight por la genre, this is for you!  Take heart.  Those roots have never died and spring eternal.  Poe Tree!    Corporate greed, corporate media, corporate pop music, corporate celebrities, corporate food, corporate bought politicians did not get everyone!

The Great Bruce Lee

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Cuba Daily Life Photos from End the Blockade

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The Riches of Being Human,Inspiration

I was on a thread started by the mayor tonight about homelessness which quickly went all over the place with opinions and attitudes and philosophical thought.  Eugene.  The bottom line is that we lose sight of of possibilities.  That being said, these young people will play music.  I think we need to love the challenge and get out of our individual mire.  And dream a society into being that is good and beautiful, simple and built on love.

We are not Protesters. We are Protectors.

This is a must see from Winona (LaDuke)  Do you know we are in an era where there are such things as National Sacrifice Areas? What is at stake are beautiful rivers, plentiful wild rice lakes, healthy farmlands, sacred wilderness areas which will be turned  into devastation, dead zones to extract the dirtiest oil in history if it is allowed to happen.  Elected officials, certainly oil corporations, and those with authority are not doing what they are supposed to do by environmental protection law.  They are not following process.  Instead you have Executive Orders, and secret deals clearing the way to destruction for oil and natural gas extraction, an X-treme process which will hurry us to the end of clean water, good air. Take some time to see this important video and understand why ordinary people, youth to elders, are putting their lives on the line to stop Tar Sands. Winona says we have a covenant with our ancestors and to the next generations to protect the Earth -- and it is not indigenous only who have this responsibility.

Maya Angelou Reads Her Poem for Nelson Mandela, RIP