Tag Archives: Social Movements

POEM: Spring Has Sprung

Winter is passed And still What is dung is dung Yet in concert with nature Sow becoming A sublime movement From the bowels of Mother Earth And her thirst borne sun Spring has sprung From her fertile eyes Perfectly teeming … Continue reading

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POEM: Ferry Tales

Buy politicians We have been tolled Ferry tales From bank to bank Holding no water Liquidating assets Left and right Sow gully able As they desperately wanton US to believe The chosen few, the elect As top down Driving in … Continue reading

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POEM: The Yeast Of These

Wile there is much bred Daily preyed for Ample for awe concerned That seemingly still Fomenting swell times A mist repleting agin and agin In dubitable motifs Giving ascent to That for most ingredient A telling signature of homme The … Continue reading

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FREE POSTER – Black Lives Matter: Devolution of Blue Lives Matter to Corporate Lives Matter, NOT Evolution, NOT Revolution

The Black Lives Matter movement has been successful in spawning reactionary movements.  The latest of these is the Blue Lives Matter messaging going national through billboards as a so-called public service.  Here is my take on such reactions: That police … Continue reading

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POEM: Unfare

Weighter Truth be tolled Whoever’s pain the bill I’d like a reseat At the table This poem addresses the truism that life is not fair.  I have spent most of my life and part of most days working to address … Continue reading

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POEM: Eternal Seasoning

A house divided soon Falls From fair-weathered friends A summer fallowing Hommés united spring eternal From perennial buds After a parent winter So goes The eternal seasoning A savor for all The whirled This short poem is about hope, friendship, … Continue reading

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POEM: As We Press Release

As We Press Release The defense department denies killing civilians The state department denies human rights abuses by trade partners The department of energy denies that nuclear power is anything but safe The criminal justice system denies institutional racism The … Continue reading

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POEM: Surfing The Heat Wave

Surfing The Heat Wave While surfing the heat wave I peer into my horror scope Is life a beach? What is there to sea? The age of Aquarius in retrograde Mercury rising Is it all a mirage? Whew, is this … Continue reading

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POEM: Skin in the Game

Skin in the Game The gods are at war A blood sport for many The spectators are plenty Seeded at the rite and Overlooking the arena As bleachers whitewash The stain power of the players Announcers pooring over each play … Continue reading

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POEM: All is Well

The man said to me, “You seem like a malcontent, sonny.” I replied, “All is well, I’m just priming the pump.”

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Mock Funeral – Occupy Toledo

Yesterday, April 1st, April Fool’s Day, was the one and only performance of Occupy Toledo‘s Mock Funeral — in life (and death) there are no rehearsals, this is it!  If you missed it, I truly hope that you were doing … Continue reading

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POEM: WELCOME To The Corporate Person Hood

WELCOME To The Corporate Person Hood! Theirs an outside chance Say 1% Facing such a ghostly figure That passes over What sum Say billions Who could passably planet that way! Ether way The Almighty Logos Taken it To the Greek … Continue reading

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Hope: Real People Fighting for Democracy and Workers

John Nichols of The Nation offers a hopeful look at real people making a real difference in fighting against impersonal political powers, non-person corporations, and real ingrate politicians, such as Gov. Walker of Wisconsin, in his article Twenty-Five Faces of … Continue reading

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Black Bloc Anarchists Play into Hands of State Control

Chris Hedges of Znet reports on the The Cancer in Occupy as the Black Bloc Anarchists who typically are the small number in the Occupy movement protesters who behave violently, attacking police, and destroying property.  While the Occupy movement as … Continue reading

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Attack on Press Freedoms in Occupy Movement

Nation Magazine blogger Peter Rothberg has reported on attacks on press freedoms in the Occupy movement.  Over 50 journalists have been arrested since the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement last September.  You can sign a petition to support journalists … Continue reading

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Support the Police, Beat Yourself Up – FUNNY POLITICAL BUTTON

Support the Police, Beat Yourself Up – FUNNY POLITICAL BUTTON Support the Police Beat Yourself Up – FUNNY POLITICAL BUTTON This cool design is linked to a button, but other great Top Pun products like T-shirts, bumper stickers, mugs, caps, … Continue reading

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