First, I would like to remember all those who lost their lives this day. I pray for all the families who were directly impacted and the country as a whole. I am back with another blog post where every Monday I will exclusively talk about … [Read more...]
Intertribal Problems Stuck on Stupid
We are going into our fifth month of demonstrations and actions all over the USA about police violence and sanctioned summary judgment. Hearing, reading, seeing the news, it seems as if brutality, terror, and torture are breaking out … [Read more...]
Folk singer Phil Ochs speaks from the grave.
There's a new documentary about Phil Ochs' life, art, and activism, and it's playing at the Coolidge Corner theater for the rest of March. Here's the trailer: … [Read more...]
9 boys gathering wood shot by our NATO boys in Afghanistan
Dear Sell the Helicopters, Actually what countries like ours are doing is trying to buy "excess" helicopters" from Australia. They apparently have 24 that they could sell for a group price of 2 Billion. Let's see 24 into two billion is … [Read more...]
Yuki Jizo: For Martin Luther King Junior Day
"Jizo is an important bodhisattva, an incarnation of the Buddha that has voluntarily renounced Enlightenment in order to guide lesser beings through the realms of creation. Jizo is thought to take particular pity on the souls of dead … [Read more...]
Nuclear Weapons documentary opens next week
Countdown to Zero, a new documentary on nuclear weapons, makes the case for abolishing them. It opens at the Kendall Sq Theater on July 30. Mass Peace Action will host a special opening weekend screening at 7:20 on Sunday, August 1. … [Read more...]
The distant echo of Mothers’ Day.
"Arise then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or tears! "Say firmly: 'We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking with … [Read more...]
What Part of De-populated Nature Preserve Do You Not Understand
Fantastic warm spring day trailride with all three very frisky Apocalyptic horses trotting neck and neck over barely unfrozen ground. Grampy giving a two year old complete enjoyment doing simple but very cool things like running up … [Read more...]
Rep. Delahunt Introduces HR 130 To Support George Mitchell
Here is the conclusion of the resolution: Resolved, That the House of Representatives-- (1) congratulates Senator George Mitchell on his appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace; (2) commits to supporting President Obama, … [Read more...]
A Dream Of Peace (MA Congressmembers Work To Ease Gaza Humanitarian Crisis)
Yesterday, Rep. John Olver (MA-01) sent a "Dear Colleague" letter to Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton requesting that the State Department release funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East … [Read more...]