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What comes to mind?  Slave catching, for centuries; then “contract” labor.  Sharecropping.   In all cases, capture and abuse. We hoped the world had changed. Alas, only the uniform.~aw

Israeli atrocities against children become more and more frequent. more than 100 children are murdered every day.     And what do you do about it? Scream? Shout? Cry? Prof. Nurit Peled-Elhanan telefax: ++972-(0)2-5700112 Mobile: ++972-(0)547-578703

CODEPINK Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM “In a week full of devastating headlines, we witnessed something remarkable: the National Education Association (NEA), the largest labor union in the country, voted to sever ties with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). For far too long, the ADL has suppressed Palestinian history under the guise of anti-hate programming to bolster pro-Israel propaganda. We can confidently say this vote is monumental: it affirms that Palestinians have the right to tell th...

Earth Is Our Mother: We Must Take Care of Her The Three Matriarchs, and Entering the Labyrinth, by Monica Sjoo.  Ref: THE GREAT COSMIC MOTHER: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth, by Monica Sjoo & Barbara Mor.  1987.  Photo 2025 by Alice Walker.

The people with no sun in them (Unpublished poem copyright © 2021 by Alice Walker) Imagine what the Balinese princes and princesses Thought When they encountered The people with no sun In them Who arrived To take every bit of their gold From them. Finally, understanding The sun was all they wanted- Though not the one in the sky which somehow bounced off of them; these nobles flung all their glittering objects & especially their gold at their pursuers, before being slaughtered. They recognized it...

What must it have been like when the source of Miracles had no gender?  When our pagan ancestors, female and male,  knew themselves as one with The Great Mystery.  The Native peoples of my own country, North America, were not wrong to resist confinement of the miraculous to a prescribed, and forced upon them, belief.  Bowing to them, as to the Life Force of our relatives in Gaza, and deeply respecting and honoring everyone’s right of Belief, I sincerely also bow to their Oneness with what, in th...

Also:  What if it is impossible to win by not being yourself?  Suppose you “win” by not being you?  Is that winning?  Look around.  The billionaires are looking very sad.  They have all the money we need to fix our teeth, pay our bills, have our surgeries, send our children to good schools, and keep ourselves out of cardboard boxes on the street.  They pay more for shoes than we pay for rent.  Who are they?  Do they know anymore?  Did they ever?  Meditation is good for this kind of query.  There...

Mi hermano y amigo Manuel Verdecia Cuban friends with Manuel Verdecia, in light colored shirt, and Maricela Verdecia, his wife and my friend, front row, left, at UNEAC in Holguín, Cuba, the Unión de Escritores y Artistas, i.e., Organization of Writers and Artists. June, 2025.   Dear Brother, Here is my statement. Love to you. Alicia   “It is a pleasure and a joy to realize my brother and friend Manuel Verdecia will be speaking to you today about my work.  As he will tell you, our working relatio...

  For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.” Mat...