Revelations: Race and Writing
Toni Morrison and Junot Diaz, New York Public Library, December 12, 2013 (7)
Revelations: Imagine
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” ― John Lennon ( October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) The Death and Life of John Lennon, by Pete Hamill New York Magazine, December 20, 1980 “The news arrived like…
Political Prisoner to President: Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013)
Lucky Dube ~ House of Exile Mandela Obituary, The Guardian Mandela’s Struggle in Posters, New York Times Official Statement on the Passing of Nelson Mandela From Leonard Peltier Nobel Symphony excerpt ~ Steve Heitzeg (24)
Revelations: Earthlings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTjhtgX72lw EARTHLINGS is an award-winning documentary film about the suffering of animals for food, fashion, pets, entertainment and medical research. The film is narrated by Academy Award® nominee Joaquin Phoenix and features music by platinum-selling recording artist Moby. Initially ignored by distributors, today EARTHLINGS is considered the definitive animal rights…
CI: Remembering Trayvon Martin, Special Edition of ProudFlesh
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at…
Revelations: Wanda Coleman, Unofficial Poet Laureate of L.A.
The California Crack she didn’t know he was so shook it started in his system/an erratic prance some mechanism gone wet codeine induced cellulitis, acid trails and flashes he had nightmares about his mother pinching him in his sleep his youth authority internment the scar up his ass where they…
Revelations: Earthshaker
MUSICA PRO ECOLOGICA By Eric Stokes For eons mankind has been conquering Nature. Now he is beating it to death. Music, if only merely for its own survival, must actively oppose this. All of our music must take up the recurring, fundamental themes of our time: Ecos, the land…
Honesty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjhOvutbXwk Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (24)