The Harvest Moon Ted Hughes The flame-red moon, the harvest moon, Rolls along the hills, gently bouncing, A vast balloon, Till it takes off, and sinks upward To lie on the bottom of the sky, like a gold doubloon. The harvest moon has come, Booming softly through heaven, like a…
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Live Updates from the National Prisoner Strike, Mask Magazine (21)
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When Labor Day Meant Something “Labor Day began not as a national holiday but in the streets, when, on September 5, 1882, thousands of bricklayers, printers, blacksmiths, railroad men, cigar makers, and others took a day off and marched in New York City. “Eight Hours for Work, Eight Hours for…
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The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams “To this day, my spiritual life is found inside the heart of the wild. I do not fear it, I court it. When I am away, I anticipate my return, needing to touch stone, rock,…
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World Elephant Day Why the Guardian is spending a year reporting on the plight of elephants Elephants are the end of a 60m-year lineage – the last of the megaherbivores Large ivory seizures in Singapore make it a smuggling hub of ‘primary concern’ Elephants on the path to extinction –…
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Boycott, Gandhi Style, Organic Consumers Association “The deed is done. On Friday, July 29, 2016, President Obama signed a bill that was written by corporations, paid for by corporations and that serves no one in this country—except corporations. S.764, known by its opponents as the DARK (Deny Americans the Right…
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David Bowie’s son announces arrival of first child (10)
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Global climate breaks new records January to June 2016, World Meteorological Organiation, UN “Geneva, 21 July 2016 (WMO) _ Global temperatures for the first six months of this year shattered yet more records, and mean that 2016 is on track to be the world’s hottest year on record. Arctic sea…
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