“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 in Caracas, and about the situation of trans people in Venezuela in general.
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
ends versus means
every body
is an end
in itself
meaning
we are not here
to profit
we are not here
to exploit
we are not here
to suffer
we are here
to walk this
shining earth
A-APRP Press Release Condemning Invasion of PAIGC Central Committe Meeting -19 March 2022
All eyes on Guinea Bissau.
howling out
come back to me?
you sound just like
a dog who buried
her bone and don’t
know where she put
it only to see
a tree blooming a
boneshard blossom
only then will you
know your mistake
Springtime Again!!
it's spring it's spring spring time again it's spring it's spring springtime again
An Interview with Audre Lorde
“And working with Black students, working with students who really questioned and caused, forced me to question what we were doing, how did we move, and what was the place, for instance, of our writing, of our poetry? And I came to see, first to feel, then to see, and then to share the fact that my poetry, and theirs by extension, were part of our weaponry. That writing, that creativity was not separate from our living, was not separate from what we had to do, from our work, that this was an aspect of our work, it was an aspect of my work. And both threatening and very very satisfying.”
Fran Lebowitz Collection on Letterman, 1980-2010
a queen, methinks
Aida Rends 