Someone else’s dam has burst Someone else’s children are shooting Someone else’s war is escalating Someone else’s soup is burning Someone else’s misery is measureless Someone else’s eyes are sad Someone else’s words have fallen on deaf ears Someone else’s success has surpassed all expectations Someone else’s ‘s garden is going to waste Someone else’s …
My dream is out
Somebody poked a hole in my dream and found me They didn’t even have a wand They were just trying to get out of the big dream Of the f__ked-up world And blundered into mine With their war-like mentality Their hamburger breath And their angry hurt red eyes of blame and fear and hate And …
Russian conscript
He said It’s time to be willing To die for the motherland And stamped my papers But I want my daughter to live in peace! Men are born to fight, he said Don’t be a wimp Then he got gloomy and looked at the floor I thought of my friends Who electrocuted toads I thought …
Waking from the dream of causality
I was reading about Italy’s weather turmoil in the midst of southern Europe’s continuing hellish heat wave and unprecedented storms and then I read this: “The minister for civil protection, Nello Musumeci, wrote on Facebook: “This is one of the hardest days in Italy’s history . . . Climate change has hit our nation and …
Abusive policing across the Atlantic Ocean
French Fried Police Brutality – Outrage Erupts…Again!
Editors note: The following essay is written by renowned activist/journalist Julia Wright – a resident of Paris who is the daughter of legendary African American author/activist Richard Wright. This essay provides insightful views rarely reported in news coverage in American media. By Julia Wright Two days ago, my client told me he was thinking of …
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Ask a poet
God blesses America. The United States thinks it is omnipotent. But Americans themselves are impotent. They have no control over what their leaders think or do. Have you noticed that the United States does cyber espionage While everyone else hacks? If you want to understand the United states You should listen to a 72 year …
Blatant bias by Black judge
Ruling Rejects Rights For Abu-Jamal – Again!
Editorial note: The recent ruling rejecting an appeal filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal bent law and logic. Below is a critique of that ruling rendered by Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Lucretia Clemons. This insightful critique is from Wendell Griffen, a recently retired judge in Arkansas. The distinguished career of Griffen includes lawyer, head of a …
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Fight Day
So, fight day is coming soon. Who wants to fight? Does everyone who wants to fight Have someone to fight with? There is a sign up sheet in the hall. North Korea will fight with South Korea (and the United States), China could fight with Taiwan (and the United States). Pakistan could fight with India …
Clemons cops out
Lucretia And The Law Of Lawlessness
When Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Lucretia Clemons released an inmate from prison in May 2021, she clearly saw how prosecutors illegally withholding evidence of innocence caused that Philadelphia man to languish in prison for nearly 30-years on a wrongful murder conviction. As Clemons released Eric Riddick from prison on May 28, 2021, she declared …
That deadly gang in blue - police
Sickening Similarities In Police Assaults Evidence Resilience Of Racism
Editor’s note: Exclusive new information about Mumia Abu-Jamal in the sidebar below. This article incorporates that information. Raw racism deeply embedded in law enforcement connects the fatal January 7, 2023 police beating of a Black man in Memphis, Tennessee with a vicious December 9, 1981 police assault on a Black man in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. That …
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