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Anti-Capitalist Meetup: Beltaine with Walter Crane
Note 1: This was supposed to be "Part 2" of a single Beltaine Diary of which my Diary entitled "Bringing In The May: The Heroes of Haymarket" was to be "Part 1". (So I'm posting this now, even though...
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I'm nyhcmaven84, an entrepreneur and writer very active on Alternet. Former tax advisor who was disturbed by the massive wealth disparity I saw and became morally opposed to the system I had to help...
View ArticleA Manner of Dress: Will Women Ever Be Left the F*** Alone?
I'm nyhcmaven84, an entrepreneur and writer very active on Alternet. Former tax advisor who was disturbed by the massive wealth disparity I saw and became morally opposed to the system I had to help...
View ArticleIndependence Day and Blaming the Victim : Two American Traditions
Independence Day is just around the corner. Celebrating it is a hallowed American tradition. It is a great one. He also have another tradition that is also honored with incredible regularity in...
View ArticleWHY WRITE A DIARY
Daily Kos keeps telling me I should write diaries. I don't know why. I am 53 years old, graduated from Brown University with a 3.86 GPA and I'm a middle of the road Independent that usually votes...
View ArticleAnger, frustration, despair
I am not generally quick to anger. I try to be laid back, polite, and reasonable. There are aspects of our society that upset me, sure, but I'm usually shielded from that reality while I hide in my...
View ArticleFear and other reasons why white progressives are silent ON RACE.
Silent is a relative word. For some it means actually silent, not vocal about an issue. For others it means not being vocal in public settings in which it would be uncomfortable or unsafe to do so. For...
View ArticleMany Dylann Roofs
I was preparing a well-sourced diary about the destruction of the forests in our county here, with photos, and information. Thus I am hesitant about writing this first diary as a rant--an unsourced...
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I'm Joining Metro Justice (& Getting Off My Ass) - Activism in Response to...
On Wednesday night I wrote this diary, wondering (rhetorically) what I should do as a white man in reaction to the atrocity of the Charleston massacre. Well, I've made a start. I'm volunteering for...
View ArticlePope Francis' Encyclicals on the Environment -- Some Excerpts
Religious or not, having some familiarity with the words to this "good man," is well worth having -- as he may prove to be a 'powerful ally', in our on-going pursuits of social and environmental...
View ArticleWhat kind of World would you Leave the Next Generation
"The notion of the common good also extends to future generations.The global economic crises have made painfully obvious the detrimental effects of disregarding our common destiny, which cannot...
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We was ALL Black when We Came Out at Night
A writing on the recent burning of churches, flags, and peoples hearts. Revelations of a Rural Progressive
View ArticleBernie Doing Something Few Democrats Have Done For Generations
He is speaking directly to the working class of our nation.Those people who work one, two or even three jobs to get by.Those who people who just squeak by at the end of the day, week or month.Those...
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Why I'm Leaving the South
I've come to the painful decision that in order to preserve my life, I must leave the land that I love. I was born in Mississippi, grew up in Virginia, and lived most of my adult life in South...
View ArticleWhy I’m not ‘feeling the Bern’
Our 200+ year old democracy has never been led by a woman. The resignation with which this historic observation is treated in a country considered to be one of the world’s most socially progressive...
View ArticleReality trumps the republicans
This is supposed to be a reality based community. This site is also one which supports the Democratic Party. Unbalanced and / or misleading attacks upon the probable nominee for President of the...
View ArticleBernie Sanders and Income Inequality Versus Racism
Among the many insightful comments in my previous diary, I found this one particularly poignant:If someone in Bernie's camp had told him he was off key in his messaging in this area. He has had plenty...
View ArticleWhy Black Lives Matter most
This moment in time belongs to Black Lives Matter and the fight to protect African Americans from the police violence that rages throughout our nation. This horror needs to stop NOW.
View ArticleSharing the Outrage: the Cecil’s, Sandra Blands, and the World
My Facebook feed blew up this week. A public shaming of an entitled American commenced with a fury rarely seen at such volume. And rightfully so – a heart breaking story of a lion falling victim to a...
View ArticleIf we could help Luis, shouldn't we help Jennie?
Please, please, please! visit this diary (which refers to Shaun King's diary yesterday) for the GoFundMe site to help this single mom Jennie McNair (briefly) in Georgia (now returning to Florida) whose...
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