When you speak to me I am faced with You very real and proper Anger mixed with concern And yes bio-logic Which forces me to In The Same Breath Defend Myself And take your rage tru To not let myself Off the hooks of your pain But also I cannot go to the sea-floor WithContinue reading “When You Speak To Me”
Author Archives: aidarends
Quote of the Day – March 21
“White supremacy is an aberration. Anytime you have a people that believe themselves to be superior to any other people on the planet, they crazy. And we not treating it like that.” – Jalil Muntaqim, Dec 9 2021
The Uses of the Erotic – Audre Lorde
“The erotic is a resource within each one of us that lies in a very deeply female and spiritual plane. It is firmly rooted in the power of all our unexpressed and unrecognized feelings. In order to perpetuate itself, every oppression must corrupt or distort those various sources of power within the culture of theContinue reading “The Uses of the Erotic – Audre Lorde”
dispatch from the hill
the people are beautiful, interesting, hardworking, tired. the city is aliveshimmering tightly wound ‘round itself like a heart bump, the walls closing in and we all remark what a lovely day it is. what a lovely lovely day it really is
Done Wrong Blues
i want to cry in your armsi want to feel your simple charmsi don’t care what you dojust want to be with youi need to feel some warmth at nightcuz babe i get such fright you hear the daily newscan only send you into bluesi feel the way i always didlet my loneliness cocoon meandContinue reading “Done Wrong Blues”
A Chumash tribe and conservationists fight offshore wind turbines – LA Times
Expose the Lies – La Lucha
“March 20 marks 19 years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, based on a lie about “weapons of mass destruction.” The U.S. always lies about its wars. Here’s how Washington and NATO provoked the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.”
The Pending Task of Securing Transgender Rights: A Conversation with Rummie Quintero Verdú
A dancer, coach, and transgender rights activist, Rummie Quintero Verdú is the founder of Venezuelan Divas [Divas de Venezuela]. That longstanding organization struggles for the rights of the country’s dissident sex-gender community. In this interview, we talk about her experience growing up as a trans person in the working class 23 de Enero barrio inContinue reading “The Pending Task of Securing Transgender Rights: A Conversation with Rummie Quintero Verdú”
No War, No Imperialism: Russia, NATO, and Ukraine
“This is the full video of the teach-in organized by the Albuquerque Anti-War Coalition, the Black Alliance for Peace, and the Red Nation on Friday March 18th, 2022. English language recording.”
Quote of the Day – March 20
“Live for today and not for tomorrow, is the wisdom of a fool.” – Big Youth
Aida Rends 