Blip in Time Round-up

Posted by seeta persaud on September 16, 2011 in 2012 Election, Anti-Racism, Civil Rights, Immigration, Intersectionality, Prison Industrial Complex, Science/Technology

Today’s blip in Time

9/16: Today is a Global Day of Action for Troy Davis
Duane Buck Texas execution halted by supreme court
See also: Stop Duane Buck’s Execution
Want a Real Economic Stimulus and Jobs Plan? Forgive Student Loan Debt!
Libya after Gaddafi: Who’s in charge?
Obama: Odds Of Me Winning Are Better Now Than In ’08
9/17 Action: Occupy Wall Street
On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland, we plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America.
Political Power Struggle Overshadows South Africa’s Broken Promise
Ten Years Since the Murder of Balbir Singh Sodhi, First 9/11 Hate Crime
Haitians Still Have No Government
DADT to be repealed on 9/20
Events: 9/19 – Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America (rsvp)
Death penalty debate resurrected in 2012 campaign
Dinosaur feathers found in amber
NASA’s James Web Telescope spared the axe

Friday Wake Me Up

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bubbanomics

thanks for the blip in time. really enjoy your unique selection of stories.

Also, thanks for the death penalty work. It pains me tremendously to see our nation killing people in this manner. Two wrongs don’t make a right. And killing is about as wrong as it gets.
- Seeta Persaud
  
  Thanks for the kind words bubba! I’m so glad you enjoy them — I like juxtaposing them — a little snapshot in time.
  
  Let’s take action and hope that Troy Davis will receive a stay of execution next week. What a gross abominable, unconscionable injustice it would be if it is otherwise.
Anonymous

Good morning, Seeta. You’ve posted so much good information on Blip In Time and I have been reading it on and off all morning. This is my favorite place to start the day.
- Seeta Persaud
  
  Hi Tchrldy! Thanks so much for the kind, encouraging words. I’m so happy to hear that you enjoy them and that you start your day here. :-) What an extraordinary compliment coming from you. As I mentioned to bubba, it’s like taking a little snapshot in time.
  
  Hope you have a great weekend!