2011

  • A Brother's Hands

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p I was sitting in anbsp;coffee shop drinking a cup of hot chocolate as people saunterednbsp;in contemplatingnbsp;their caffeinated (and decaffeinated) beverage choices.nbsp; I sipped at my notional desire not to listen to any Christmas music as the undercurrent of corporatenbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="xmas" data-scaytid="1"xmas/span classicsnbsp;seeped intonbsp;my aural canal./p p Coffee shops are incubators of bad musical selections withnbsp;music that isnbsp;often over-modulated ornbsp;oversaturated with weeping guitarnbsp;strings bemoaning everything under the cloudsnbsp;with the exception of bad beards, bad clothes, vegan food, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="chai" data-scaytid="3"chai/span tea and othernbsp;such oddmentsnbsp;deemed estimablenbsp;(emestimable,nbsp;a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="chickenshit" data-scaytid="5"chickenshit/span word meaning:nbsp;worthy of esteem)nbsp;/emby span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="gentrifiers" data-scaytid="7"gentrifiers/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="trendoids" data-scaytid="9"trendoids/span and others of similarnbsp;ilk.nbsp; I sippednbsp;my chocolate while the vocalist wailed away thosenbsp;immortal verses:nbsp;emlet it snow...let it snow...let it snow./em/p p As I satnbsp;trying to ignore the hortatory anthems exalting the holiday season, i was approached by a brother who looked to be in his late 50#39;s.nbsp; You got anynbsp;change you can spare? henbsp;asked.nbsp; Mynbsp;eyes fell on his hands--tree trunk with root-like fingers--then rose to meet his eyes.nbsp; Yeah, my mannbsp;i said, reaching into my pocket.nbsp; I felt the coinage and tepid billsnbsp;(bills, notnbsp;balls)--metal and paper that werenbsp;nearly weightless yet carrying so much weight./p p I began tonbsp;trip onnbsp;my hands--soft hands, i thought--hands thatnbsp;nevernbsp;built a house,nbsp;pushed a wheelbarrow,nbsp;worked the fields, shovelednbsp;shit or cleaned a toilet.nbsp; Hell, my father could argue thatnbsp;I barely wiped my ownnbsp;ass--and henbsp;wouldn#39;t be half wrong.nbsp; My hands,nbsp;a matrix of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="papercuts" data-scaytid="11"papercuts/span and hangnails, gnawed to excess while flipping throughnbsp;the thesaurus.nbsp; How wasnbsp;I worthy of the hot holiday cocoa in my hand?/p p I pulled out a dollar, ready tonbsp;hand it to the brother when a voice said, Hey, you can#39;t panhandle in here...you got to go outside.nbsp; From behind thenbsp;brother a man stood, a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="caucasoid" data-scaytid="13"caucasoid/spannbsp;male (i.e.: a white man), bespectacled,nbsp;wearing a tweed jacket, unmemorable shirt.nbsp; I looked at hisnbsp;thinlynbsp;featured face./p p My eyes fell on the brother#39;s hands againnbsp;and his gnarled rooted fingers--hands that have survived something.nbsp; Come on, you got to go saidnbsp;tweed jacket, inching closer.nbsp; Who arenbsp;emyou/emnbsp;I asked (as if i didn#39;t know)/p p I#39;m security said tweed.nbsp; Who arenbsp;emyou?/em/p p I#39;m Tiger Woods i replied/p p Tweed looked at me with disdain that said: emYounbsp;smart ass no nosed punk.nbsp;nbsp;/emReading his mind, i gave him a half smirk with all the holiday spirit i couldnbsp;conjure./p p Look i said.nbsp; I#39;m giving this gentleman some change.nbsp; I don#39;tnbsp;need tonbsp;benbsp;accostednbsp;bynbsp;emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Efraim" data-scaytid="15"Efraim/spannbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Zimbalist" data-scaytid="17"Zimbalist/spannbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Motherfucking" data-scaytid="23"Motherfucking/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Jr" data-scaytid="25"Jr/span. /emwhile doing it.nbsp; We don#39;t need thenbsp;FBI in here/p p I#39;m not with the FBI saidnbsp;Tweed--although he probably, in his intimate moments wished he was.nbsp; Henbsp;seemednbsp;to be impressed, begrudgingly, that i knew who span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Efraim" data-scaytid="19"Efraim/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Zimbalist" data-scaytid="21"Zimbalist/spannbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Jr" data-scaytid="27"Jr/span. was but to me it was inconsequential--I could have saidnbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Absorbine" data-scaytid="31"Absorbine/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Jr" data-scaytid="29"Jr/span. (that#39;snbsp;anti-fungal foot medicine for those who don#39;t know)nbsp;and it would have held the same meaning.nbsp;nbsp;/p p I am given to occasional lapses ofnbsp;concentration, slipping into an occasionalnbsp;fantasy here and there.nbsp; The interactionnbsp;with the tweed man prompts a sort of fantasy involvingnbsp;football.nbsp; Tweed suddenly is transformed into a football whilenbsp;I morph into Oaklandnbsp;Raiders placenbsp;kickernbsp;Sebastian span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Janikowski" data-scaytid="33"Janikowski/span.nbsp;nbsp;I then envision myself runningnbsp;up and placing a very hard, very vigorous kick into the football, whichnbsp;is, in reality, the tweed man#39;s narrow ass.nbsp; I basicallynbsp;pull anbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Janikowski" data-scaytid="35"Janikowski/span on his ass, kicking him upwards of 60 or more yards.nbsp; The fantasy is good while it lasts, but unfortunately, it ends when my hotnbsp;chocolatenbsp;goes cold./p p I gave the brother what i had.nbsp; Tweed jacket stood watching.nbsp; It was in thenbsp;brother#39;s hand, anbsp;hand that is part of another hand with a life written into it--a hand that cannot be sculptednbsp;in the image of those who disparage its existence./p p Thenbsp;brother walked out of thenbsp;coffee shop with the little tweed man following.nbsp;nbsp;My eyes followed them both as those verses continued:nbsp;emLet it snow...let it snow...let it snow/em/p
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  • When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Die

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Leroy
    Original Body
    p nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman"For Black Disabled Scholars Activists who recently passed away and for us to keep his/her work alive/span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" He/She works in isolation/p p class="MsoNormal" Ripples becomes waves/p p class="MsoNormal" Spreading on the earth/p p class="MsoNormal" For future generations/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold"When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Dies/span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Who will rise/p p class="MsoNormal" To continue to writebr / And fight/p p class="MsoNormal" To keep their work in the public eye/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" We will all die/p p class="MsoNormal" That is why/p p class="MsoNormal" Life is more about we lest about I/p p class="MsoNormal" But every thing starts with one then becomes many/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold"When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Dies/span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Do we, the community, take time/p p class="MsoNormal" To learn about his or her life/p p class="MsoNormal" Or do we just go back to our 9 to 5/p p class="MsoNormal" We should ask why they r still not in our text books/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" While we read about President Nixon, the Crook/p p class="MsoNormal" We donrsquo;t need a federal holiday to pay respect/p p class="MsoNormal" And to give back/p p class="MsoNormal" Follow their words put them into action/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold"When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Dies/span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Do we get a memorial/p p class="MsoNormal" Time goes on/p p class="MsoNormal" There are spider webs on their tombstones/p p class="MsoNormal" Caught up in ivory walls their words who will own/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Black disabled youth searching/p p class="MsoNormal" No mirrors no reflection/p p class="MsoNormal" BA MA still donrsquo;t know who I am/p p class="MsoNormal" Found Irsquo;m not alone through self education/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" span style="font-family:Arial Rounded MT Bold"When Black Disabled Scholars/Activists Dies/span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Oppression even in the grave/p p class="MsoNormal" Still We Rise creating pathways/p p class="MsoNormal" Broken frames mending for a picture that lies inside/p p class="MsoNormal" Who will hang this exhibit with our span data-scayt_word="assistors’" data-scaytid="1"assistorsrsquo;/span namesbr style="mso-special-character:line-break" /br / nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" By Leroy Moore span data-scayt_word="Jr" data-scaytid="2"Jr/span./p p 12/17/11/p
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  • Philippine Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Distributing President Aquino's Family Estate to Farmers

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p Hacienda span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Luisita" data-scaytid="1"Luisita/span is a place located thousands of miles away. It is a place I have never seen, its soil Irsquo;ve never felt in my hands or on bottoms of my feet. It is located in the Philippines, my ancestral homeland. Hacienda span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Luisita" data-scaytid="3"Luisita/span contains the blood of farmers in struggle, workers in solidarity with workers across the globe seeking to take back their lands and smash the borders established by the ruling class. It is a place whose history flows across my skin and in my blood, connected through my grandparents who came to the US from the Philippines; it is a connection through the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="manongs" data-scaytid="17"manongs/span and span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="manangs" data-scaytid="19"manangs/spanmdash;elder Filipinos who migrated to the US in the early days, who toiled the fields of the rich and did not reap the rewards of their work. In resistance to rich agribusiness, these brave Filipinos fought back, establishing unions to fight for better wages, benefits and dignity. The connection between Filipinos in the US and in the Philippines is made through our common struggle. The Philippines is a country colonized and span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="recolonized" data-scaytid="21"recolonized/span, where landowners lived off the work of those who planted, who were then supplanted by generations of workers in struggle against wealthy landowners. In a unanimous ruling, the Philippine Supreme Court voted to distribute Hacienda span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Luisita" data-scaytid="5"Luisita/span, a 6435 Hectare sugar plantation estate to the workers that toil in its vast landscape. The land is owned by the distaff side of Philippine President span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Noynoy" data-scaytid="23"Noynoy/span Aquinorsquo;s familymdash;the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Cojuancgo" data-scaytid="25"Cojuancgo/span clanmdash;the family of the current presidentrsquo;s mother span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Corazon" data-scaytid="31"Corazon/span Aquino. The estate was the epicenter of a massive strike in 2004 when workers protested for increased pay, benefits and working conditions. At least 7 farmers were killed along with several children. What followed were assassinations of supporters of the farmers, including clergymen and local government officials. The 14-0 Supreme Court ruling calls for redistribution of the land among 6,296 farmers as recompense for generations of toil and struggle. The court asserts that ldquo;control over agricultural lands must always be in the hands of the farmersrdquo;. Additionally, the court ordered Hacienda span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Luisita" data-scaytid="7"Luisita/span to pay the farmers P 1.3 billion from the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Cojuancgo" data-scaytid="27"Cojuancgo/span familyrsquo;s sale of portions of land that were converted for industrial usemdash;including an industrial park and road network. As part of an attempt to redress years of vituperation on the part of landowners upon the workers, the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law was passed in 1988 during the presidency of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Corazon" data-scaytid="33"Corazon/span Aquino. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Luisita" data-scaytid="9"Luisita/span was ordered to redistribute the land among the farmers but the landowners were able to circumvent the mandate via political maneuvering resulting in the land being placed, instead, in a stock distribution option that allowed the land to remain in control of the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Cojuancgo" data-scaytid="29"Cojuancgo/span clan. Proponents of land reform point out that the failure to redistribute Hacienda span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Luisita" data-scaytid="11"Luisita/span made a mockery of the law, setting a precedent and encouraging landowners to resist distribution of their properties, leading to conflicts with farmers demanding ownership of the land that they work. In July the high court reversed the stock option program at span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Luisita" data-scaytid="13"Luisita/span but also said that any farmer that want to continue owning stocks was entitled to 18,804.32 shares. The decision was criticized widely, prompting President Aquino to allow Solicitor General Jose span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Anselmo" data-scaytid="35"Anselmo/span Cadiz and Department of Agriculture Reform Secretary span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Virgilio" data-scaytid="37"Virgilio/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Delos" data-scaytid="39"Delos/span Reyes to file an appeal. President Aquino divested his shares in Hacienda span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Luisita" data-scaytid="15"Luisita/span in 2010. He was urged to convince his landholding family to distribute the land. He contends that he cannot prevail upon them to do so./p
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  • Krip-Hop Nation End of the year Accomplishments 2011

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Leroy
    Original Body
    pIn 2011 Krip-Hop Nation was hella busy/p p• September 2011 Krip-Hop Nation/Leroy Moore attended Decibel Performing Arts Showcases / Creative Case Symposium in Manchester, UK as a cultural critic.br / • October 22nd/11 Krip-Hop Nation was at Syracuse University NY, USA Description A Panel on Hip-Hop Artists with Disabilities plus introducing with Live Performances.br / • Feb. 16/11 Krip-Hop Nation presents Black Disabled Artists, Authors, Activists Friends Celebration/Reading @ SF Main Librarybr / • Have helped in the Free Neli Latson’s campaign with songs/videos and is working on a whole CD with Martin Vale of Albuquerque, New Mexicobr / • Made collaboration relationships with Emmitt Thrower of Artist Magnet who has teamed up with Krip-Hop Nation to produce a documentary on police brutality against people with disabilities that will be out in 2012.br / • DJ Quad of 5th Battalion teamed up with Krip-Hop Nation to co-produced a CD with 17 different artists with disabilities from the UK,US and Germany on police brutality and police profiling. CD will be out Feb 2012.br / • Krip-Hop Nation continues to write its columns on Poor Magazine and I.D..E.A.L. Magazine. These articles have attract more people to the subject we write about and more.br / • Krip-Hop Nation continue to spread internationally with songs and video about this movement from artists in Colombia, Spain and recently New Mexico.br / • Krip-Hop Nation was on Disability Beat Radio and KPFK in LAbr / • Krip-Hop Nation restarted its site at a href="http://activistnews.ning.com/" title="http://activistnews.ning.com/"http://activistnews.ning.com//abr / • Coolv Blowsthewhistle of RATED NEXT BRAND and more made our new Krip-Hop logo.br / • Krip-Hop Nation continues to actively diverse its pool always looking for more women and GLBTQ musicians with disabilities./p pAll of this with no $$ but a lot of heart. Please support us!br / Moore in 2012!/p pKrip-Hop Nation Founderbr / Leroy Moore Jr./p
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  • Black Coffee Poet Review on Broken Arrow 2: Our Footprints: Journeys On The Red Road

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    h1 class="entry-title" INTERVIEWS WITH BROKEN ARROW 2 CONTRIBUTORS TRISTAN span data-scayt_word="MARTELL" data-scaytid="1"MARTELL/span AND RYAN span data-scayt_word="RAINVILLE" data-scaytid="2"RAINVILLE/span + ARTWORK FROM BROKEN ARROW 2: OUR FOOTPRINTS: JOURNEYS ON THE REDnbsp;ROAD/h1 p a href="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/tristan-martell-head-shot.jpg"img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3249" height="300" src="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/tristan-martell-head-shot-e1323885680719.jpg?w=256h=300" title="Tristan Martell head shot" width="256" //aTristan span data-scayt_word="Martell" data-scaytid="3"Martell/span is from span data-scayt_word="Waterhen" data-scaytid="4"Waterhen/span Lake First Nations Saskatchewan. He is Cree and Cambodian mix and identifies himself as Cree heritage. He is a B-boy (span data-scayt_word="breakdancer" data-scaytid="5"breakdancer/span), span data-scayt_word="Powow" data-scaytid="6"Powow/span span data-scayt_word="Grassdancer" data-scaytid="7"Grassdancer/span, youth worker , and is anbsp;spiritual student of indigenous knowledge. He plans to continue his studies in theology, indigenous based healing and addictions counselor specifically for Native, Inuit, span data-scayt_word="Metis" data-scaytid="8"Metis/span youth./p p span data-scayt_word="Martell’s" data-scaytid="9"Martellrsquo;s/span poems and artwork appear in ema href="http://blackcoffeepoet.com/2011/12/12/broken-arrow-2-our-footprints-journeys-on-the-red-road/"Broken Arrow 2: Our Footprints: Journeys On The Red Road/a/ema href="http://blackcoffeepoet.com/2011/12/12/broken-arrow-2-our-footprints-journeys-on-the-red-road/"./a/p p strongemArtwork featured throughout the interviews originally appears in Broken Arrow 2: Our Footprints: Journeys On The Red Road/em/strong/p p strongspan data-scayt_word="BCP" data-scaytid="10"BCP/span:/strong Why a href="http://blackcoffeepoet.com/2011/12/16/broken-arrow-2-poets-tristan-martell-and-ryan-rainville-read-their-poems-tomahawk-time-action-double-standard/"poetry/a?/p p strongTM:/strong I grew up in Edmonton Alberta and span data-scayt_word="Hiphop" data-scaytid="12"Hiphop/span was the outlet for many friends that were struggling with various scenarios like identity , racism, classism, addiction. I was inspired on how they coped and had a great sense of humor on some of there tracks. Slam poetry is the cousin of rapping./p p strongspan data-scayt_word="BCP" data-scaytid="11"BCP/span:/strong What is your process?/p p strongTM:/strong I inspire on spiritual teachings that Irsquo;ve learned from elders, sages, indigenous healers, whatever the medicine needs to be said I clarify in a modern way./p p a href="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-sweatlodge-painting.jpg"img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3256" height="220" src="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-sweatlodge-painting-e1323887143999.jpg?w=300h=220" title="Broken Arrow 2 Sweatlodge Painting" width="300" //a/p p strongspan data-scayt_word="BCP" data-scaytid="14"BCP/span:/strong How long have you been writing poetry?/p p strongTM:/strong Writing poetry is a recent outlet within this year. You can say span data-scayt_word="iam" data-scaytid="19"iam/span new reciting but not new to the experience of the culture. I have studied indigenous medicine teachings for 5 years now./p p strongspan data-scayt_word="BCP" data-scaytid="16"BCP/span:/strong Who, or what, are your influences?/p p strongTM:/strong span data-scayt_word="Mahlikah" data-scaytid="23"Mahlikah/span span data-scayt_word="Aweri" data-scaytid="24"Aweri/span from span data-scayt_word="RedSlam" data-scaytid="25"RedSlam/span collective (slam poetry) , Hawaiian elder span data-scayt_word="Kahuna" data-scaytid="26"Kahuna/span span data-scayt_word="Sachitanada" data-scaytid="27"Sachitanada/span for teachings me how to be a greatnbsp;nbsp;Native Indian, Christian , Hindu, Buddhist, a true warrior of soul.nbsp; Indigenous art activist span data-scayt_word="Tannis" data-scaytid="28"Tannis/span Nielsen for her passion to apply native sovereignty in her artwork. span data-scayt_word="HIPHOP" data-scaytid="29"HIPHOP/span and the 4 elements (span data-scayt_word="Bboying" data-scaytid="30"Bboying/span, span data-scayt_word="Graffitti" data-scaytid="31"Graffitti/span, span data-scayt_word="Djing" data-scaytid="32"Djing/span, span data-scayt_word="Mcing" data-scaytid="33"Mcing/span) is the mother ship of influence for sure./p p strongspan data-scayt_word="BCP" data-scaytid="18"BCP/span:/strong Your poetry is experimental. What do you try to convey to your readers?/p p strongTM:/strong Pipe ceremonies was the recent one- I have had amazing teachings within the pipe ceremony. A lot has to do with teachings from my Cree culture about Spirit world and how it connects to the science of nature./p p strongspan data-scayt_word="BCP" data-scaytid="22"BCP/span:/strong How long were you working on the poems that are featured in Broken Arrow?/p p strongTM:/strong There is 2 of them so it took took 2 days to pick and choose the heart of the message. One was very much so about ceremonies, other one was very span data-scayt_word="cartoony" data-scaytid="38"cartoony/span and inspired by the choose your own adventure books./p p a href="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-innu-art.jpg"img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3258" height="300" src="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-innu-art-e1323887422243.jpg?w=173h=300" title="Broken Arrow 2 Innu Art" width="173" //a/p p strongspan data-scayt_word="BCP" data-scaytid="36"BCP/span:/strong Was writing in a group helpful to you?/p p strongTM:/strong It was a very fresh experience, it helped me connect to the ones that were studying around me./p p strongspan data-scayt_word="BCP" data-scaytid="40"BCP/span:/strong You have visual art and poetry in Broken Arrow 2.nbsp; Does one art help with the other?/p p strongTM:/strong The art that submitted was experimental. It shows a fragment of what I feel and the medicine I span data-scayt_word="wanna" data-scaytid="46"wanna/span share./p p strongspan data-scayt_word="BCP" data-scaytid="41"BCP/span:/strong What advice do you have for other artists out there?/p p strongTM:/strong Be real nows your time to share your medicine. I was told by my elder teacher everything you say impregnates the Universe. So mind how you go. nbsp;/p p a href="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-footprints-painting.jpg"img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3253" height="300" src="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-footprints-painting-e1323886115418.jpg?w=277h=300" title="Broken Arrow Footprints painting" width="277" //a/p p a href="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ryan-rainville-head-shot.jpg"img alt="" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3251" height="150" src="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ryan-rainville-head-shot-e1323885851371.jpg?w=97h=150" title="Ryan Rainville head shot" width="97" //aRyan span data-scayt_word="Rainville" data-scaytid="47"Rainville/span (Cree) is a vegan anarchist who was recently sentenced in relation to resisting the imperialist ambitions of the leaders of the span data-scayt_word="G20" data-scaytid="48"G20/span states. nbsp;/p p span data-scayt_word="Rainville’s" data-scaytid="50"Rainvillersquo;s/spannbsp;poem appears innbsp;ema href="http://blackcoffeepoet.com/2011/12/12/broken-arrow-2-our-footprints-journeys-on-the-red-road/"Broken Arrow 2: Our Footprints: Journeys On The Red Road/a/ema href="http://blackcoffeepoet.com/2011/12/12/broken-arrow-2-our-footprints-journeys-on-the-red-road/"./a/p p strongspan data-scayt_word="BCP" data-scaytid="49"BCP/span:/strong Why a href="http://blackcoffeepoet.com/2011/12/16/broken-arrow-2-poets-tristan-martell-and-ryan-rainville-read-their-poems-tomahawk-time-action-double-standard/"poetry/a?/p p strongRR:/strong Irsquo;m not actually a poet. In class I had been asked to write a poem and had decided to give it a shot. It turns out itrsquo;d garnered more positive rapport then Irsquo;d anticipated./p p strongspan data-scayt_word="BCP" data-scaytid="52"BCP/span:/strong What was your process?/p p strongRR:/strong I felt that, given my anarchist convictions,nbsp;precluding something intellectually stimulating which I had not previously participated in would be counter productive and so therefore felt that it couldnrsquo;t hurt to attempt to flex my creative capacities./p p strongBCP:/strong Who, or what, are your influences?/p p a href="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-mother-and-child-painting.jpg"img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3264" height="300" src="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-mother-and-child-painting-e1323888548730.jpg?w=244h=300" title="Broken Arrow 2 Mother and Child painting" width="244" //a/p p strongRR:/strong Not specific to the realm of poetry, I am heavily influenced by the radical spirit of my mother, as well as my step-father who was a revolutionary guerrilla fighter opposing the imperialist imposed war that afflicted the state of El Salvador, at the behest of the U.S. and to a lesser extent Canada (read Yves Englerrsquo;s lsquo;black book of Canadian foreign policyrsquo;, for insight on how the Canadian navy had helped assist in a destabilization campaign directed against well known and well supported revolutionary emFarabundo Marti/em). I am also influenced by my close comrade Trevor Sutherland, who is currently doing a bid held up at the West (in Toronto), for he helped me articulate my thoughts on my own experience within the walls of the KKKanadian gulags (referred to as prison)./p p a href="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-power-painting.jpg"img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3260" height="300" src="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-power-painting-e1323887983127.jpg?w=166h=300" title="Broken Arrow 2 Power painting" width="166" //a/p p In terms of more ubiquitous authors and figures within the global revolutionary (anti-capitlist/statist) movement, I really admire cats like Malcolm X, George Jackson, Nestor Makhno, Alexander Berkman, Ed Mead, Mumia Abu Jamal, Leonard Peltier, Assata Shakur, Sundiata Acoli, Kuwasi Balagoon, Alprentice lsquo;Bunchyrsquo; Carter, Fred Hampton, Mark Clark, David Gilbert, Roger Clement, Leah Henderson, Alex Hundert, Mandy Hiscocks, Eric Mcdavid, Marie Mason, Daniel Mcgowan, John Africa, and Oso Blanco (Byron Chubbuck). In terms of authors I have spent alot of time readin Noam Chomsky, Ward Churchill, Nestor Makhno, Andrea Smith, Edward Said, Norman Finkelstein, Kristian Williams, Mumia Abu Jamal, Ed Herman,nbsp;and David Harvey./p p strongBCP:/strong You read more non-fiction than anything else. What are you reading now?/p p strongRR:/strong Currently I am reading emAgents of repression/em (Churchill), emOutlaws of America/em (on the history of the Weather Underground) and emCreating A Movement With Teeth/em (a historiography of the George Jackson Brigade)./p p a href="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-ed-bennett-painting.jpg"img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3266" height="454" src="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-ed-bennett-painting-e1323889054284.jpg?w=640h=454" title="Broken Arrow 2 Ed Bennett painting" width="640" //a/p p strongBCP:/strong Can you provide a recommended anarchist reading list for people? Anarchistnbsp;poetry, perhaps?/p p strongRR:/strong Certainly:/p p emWhat is Anarchism/em (Berkman)/p p emMutual Aid/em (Kropotkin)/p p emAccumulation of freedom/em (Nocella)/p p emAnarchyrsquo;s Cossack/em (Skirda)/p p emNestor Makhnorsquo;s memoirs/em/p p emNo gods no masters/em (Guerin)/p p emHistory of Anarchism volumes 1 and 2/em (Graham)/p p strongBCP:/strong Your poetry is very political. What do you try to convey to your readers?/p p strongRR:/strong In this poem specifically my messaging is fairly clear. I want to demonstrate that the capitalist interests that propagate media coverage in Canada portray freedom fighting in another territory as being liberatory or justified, meanwhile portraying a comparable response to repression at lsquo;homersquo; as being mindless vandalism and an assault on lsquo;freedomrsquo;; a freedom which does not exist as is fed to the vast majority of the canadian states population. Living under the constraints of a representational democracy I have learned that the purpose of democracy is not to assign equal rights to every being (humyn or non-humyn animal), but rather to convince the population to consent to participation within our own subjugation and oppression within the system. That is what democracy looks like; we live in it./p p a href="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-painting-by-jason-boucher.jpg"img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3268" height="630" src="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-painting-by-jason-boucher-e1323889480114.jpg?w=640h=630" title="Broken Arrow 2 painting by Jason Boucher" width="640" //a/p p strongBCP:/strong Poetry is not seen in political spaces as much as it should. Why do you think thatnbsp;is? Would you consider reading your poem at a rally in future?/p p strongRR:/strong I would say that radical poetry is fairly ubiquitous to those who seek it and that, although I feel itrsquo;d be great to have it lsquo;betterrsquo; represented, at least there is a solid base (from where I stand) preventing that which is radicalized from becoming co-opted and liberalized. And if I were asked to I surely would, however I am not one who enjoys the spotlight. So therefore I wouldnrsquo;t go out of my way to make myself heard at a rally./p p strongBCP:/strong How long were you working on the poem featured in Broken Arrow 2?/p p strongRR:/strong I wrote it on the spot./p p strongBCP:/strong Was writing in a group helpful to you?/p p a href="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-peace-flad-painting.jpg"img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3262" height="179" src="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-peace-flad-painting-e1323888186727.jpg?w=300h=179" title="Broken Arrow 2 Peace Flad painting" width="300" //a/p p strongRR:/strong It did offer a sense of inclusion and community, which is great, and also offered a substantiative motivation to participate. So I would say yes./p p strongBCP:/strong What advice do you have for other political artists out there?/p p strongRR:/strong To say lsquo;politicalrsquo; in a general and abstract sense would be to incorporate opposing view points into one amorphous sphere. So what I would say is that any one who seeks to total liberation of humyn and non-humyn anaimal life, and the planet, the abolition of the patriarchal state structure, the abolition of institutionalized white supremacy, and who believes another world is possible should get involved in local struggles relevant to, not only where they live, but nbsp;the struggle against state-capitalist oppression as a whole. Anti-poverty work is fairly common and the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) does a wonderful job of bringing this to the light. Furthermore, engaging in anti-white supremacy resistance, such as that exemplified by the Anti Racist Action (ARA) and the Anti-Fascist Action (AFA) networks, I would also recommend. Labor intensive reading helped, however if you prefer, there exist a plethora of audio books on the net in which one could find themselves wrapped. Anything from Co-opertaive organic food shares, to opposing police and military violence through various awareness campaigns, I believe, are necessary. Also supporting local war resisters, who have chosen to defect from the physical manifestations of white supremacist colonial imperialism, is necessary and definitely commendable. Supporting struggles from Palestine, to Chiapas (the EZLN), and resistance movements across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia (to white supremacist colonial subjugation), are also fundamentally important. I would like to finish up by saying that No one is illegal and fuck prisons, borders and law and order!!!!/p p Existence is resistance!/p p a href="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-footpint.jpg"img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3271" height="227" src="http://blackcoffeepoet.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/broken-arrow-2-footpint-e1323891463625.jpg?w=300h=227" title="Broken Arrow 2 Footpint" width="300" //a/p p nbsp;/p p emJorge Antonio/em emspan data-scayt_word="Vallejos" data-scaytid="7"Vallejos/span is a mixed race, Toronto based, poet, essayist and journalist. He is the creator of blackcoffeepoet.com. His writing has appeared in span data-scayt_word="COLORLINES" data-scaytid="8"COLORLINES/span, span data-scayt_word="XTRA" data-scaytid="9"XTRA/span!, THIS Magazine, span data-scayt_word="Anishinabek" data-scaytid="10"Anishinabek/span News, Toronto Star, The Kenyon Review, and Descant. Jorge can be reached at blackcoffeepoet@gmail.com./em/p
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  • HOMEFULNESS: The Struggle, the Vision, the Poor Peoples-led Revolution!

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p span style="font-family: Times;"biFrom Removal to /i/b/spanspan style="font-family: Times;"biReparations....../i/b/spanspan style="font-family: Times;"biFrom/i/b/spanspan style="font-family: Times;"bi span data-scayt_word="Houselessness" data-scaytid="1"Houselessness/span to a href="../../homefulness"span data-scayt_word="HOMEFULNESS…" data-scaytid="2"HOMEFULNESShellip;/span/abr / From indigenous lands stolen to budget crumbs span data-scayt_word="thow-en" data-scaytid="3"thow-en/span-br / Fromnbsp; affordable housing in name only to rights to a roof by any means necessaryhellip;br / From the cult of independence to the Revolution of inter-dependencehellip;br / From poverty-pimped housing span data-scayt_word="po-lice" data-scaytid="4"po-lice/span tobr / Revolutionary equity for all Realizedhellip;!!!!./i/b/spanspan style="font-family: Times;" /span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="" span style="font-family: Times;"After 500 years of removal, a href="../../3434"span data-scayt_word="GentriFUKation" data-scaytid="5"GentriFUKation/span/a, span data-scayt_word="Anthro-Wrong-ology" data-scaytid="6"Anthro-Wrong-ology/span, span data-scayt_word="akkkademik" data-scaytid="7"akkkademik/span studies and span data-scayt_word="philanthro-pimped" data-scaytid="8"philanthro-pimped/span capitalist compromises, and consumerist destruction POOR Magazine#39;s family of landless, indigenous elders, ancestors, mamas, aunties, uncles, fathers and span data-scayt_word="abuelitos" data-scaytid="9"abuelitos/span, daughters and sons will be realizing the revolution that is span data-scayt_word="Homefulness" data-scaytid="10"Homefulness/span.nbsp; Its first resting place/its first creation space is located at 8032 MacArthur Av in Oakland ......a href="http://www.poormagazine.org/homefulness"read more/a/span/p p To Access a PDF of the span data-scayt_word="HOMEFULNESS" data-scaytid="11"HOMEFULNESS/span press packet with multiple stories and images of this revolutionary process a href="http://www.poormagazine.org/node/4190"click here/a/p
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  • Leroy Moore's Best 50 Quotes/Statements of 2011 from Leroy

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Leroy
    Original Body
    p1) When I was young I was looking for the mirror but couldn't find it until I looked within then reflected it outward./p p2) We know that Ableism is a form of discrimination or social prejudice against people with disabilities. And we also know that the mainstream music industry and media refuse to deal with their ableism and ablest language. This is one reason Krip-Hop Nation is here among other reasons./p p3) A pen becomes powerful in the hand of a community, activist and non-selfish journalist/artist. Rewriting our own story that leads to justice for our people./p p4) New York New York, the home of Hip-Hop and a place that is almost mainly inaccessible by people with mobility disabilities. I know I grew up there off and on. However when Hip-Hop was on street corners it was a little bite accessible for everyone. (Not counting the broken/no elevators to the subway). Man made access obstacles + people fucked up attitudes = music of discrimination. Ummm makes u think/p p5) They asked, "Why didn't you pay your taxes?" and "I ask why didn't you pay your reparation?" /p p6) Krip-Hop Nation doesn’t want you to feel good/inspire but wants you to feel uncomfortable/angry!/p p7)"Is your work controversial?" Hahaahah Lets see. I'm Black with a disability living on SSI. I was born in an activist family. I'm an activist, poet, cultural worker and the list goes on. My breathing is controversial..../p p8) We don’t need any record labels cause we have already been labeled. Keeping our work\art independent.../p p9) American Idol, American Got Talent, The Voice, now the X Factor but have there ever been a musician/singer who are a wheelchair user or on crutches or has CP or any other disability that view can see? /p p10) Nothing is new just the packaging./p p11) Political Parties all sleep in one bed! /p p12) Music belongs to the people not institutions. /p p13) Eat my disability!/p p14) Do we give up our power, history, art, music etc. too easily and then are glad that the "mainstream" has "discover" our art, history, politics, music like it is something new and inspiring to put it out there to show how new and enlightening it is without getting deep into it and pointing their finger to themselves as the oppressors who stepped on us in the beginning. We are really doing the mainstream media job for them but after doing all of their work they still don't see the bigger picture that this is nothing new and its not only one person but they easily turn the mind of the public and the oppress that we should be thankful for that little bling bling. Its sad how we have to be satisfied with so little./p p15) If Hip-Hop came out of the Black community than we must look at how Diabetes, Sickle Cell Mental Health, HIV, Cancer and other health and physical disability play a part/p p16) Ablest + Racist language = Every day reality coming from our own people, 99, in our own community, in our schools, on radio/TV and some organizations so no wonder 1% also use ablest, racist language that takes it one step further in black white in our policies and red tape we have to follow. The Cycle./p p17) Would male musicians especially young Hip-Hop and Rock musicians put their mothers half naked on their album covers, in videos or posters or FB page? Then why are they/we posting up half naked women constantly in the entertainment industry? Nothing new it gets old./p p18) It is hard to look back but we got to to prevent repeating it!/p p19) Got a question, do you know how many Black, Latino, Asian or Native American authors, musicians, playwright who write about Black disabled people in history now I'm not talking about big names like Stevie Wonder.... Things to make you say umm remember Arsenio Hall/p p20) From Blues to Hip-Hop, same rip off different decade!/p p21) I/We DEMAND for a national holiday on behalf of women take our pick Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman... LONG OVERDUE! IT IS DOWN RIGHT DISCRIMINATION FROM MEN THAT WE DON'T HAVE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATING WOMEN! Face the fact if you're a man and if are not mad about this then you are the oppressor point blank. My finger points to me too./p p22) No more male anything i.e. holidays, memorial etc.! Need at least one women holiday, memorial or anything! Why don't we celebrate our women? There is not one federal holiday about and for women and don't give me Mother's day bull./p p23) Why when issues involving people with disabilities like police brutality, profiling, hate crimes, rape, theft and such there is very little reaction but if a big time star throws a feel good charity for people with disabilities the media and even activists jump all over it? /p p24) My responds to Lil Wayne Rick Ross having Rick Ross appear in a wheelchair it can go toward Lady Gaga too. Music industry becoming a modern day Medicine Show while people with real disabilities can't get jobs and can't break into "mainstream" Hip-Hop or Pop music in large numbers. Same shit different year from the Blues to Hip-Hop people with disabilities in big numbers get screw./p p25) What does Lady Gaga Rick Ross have in common? They are pimping disability hard! /p p26) Now we have to walk around with ID bracelet noting our disability so we won't get abuse by police. Disability Apartheid./p p27) Last night I went to sleep in poetry and woke up this morning in fiction!/p p28) I've always loved and respect Black women and on the other side all of my dating has been with white women. My lady that I'm dating now is White/Jewish so what does that say to my love of Black women. Are Black women ready to date a disabled man? However my sister's man is white/Jewish and she is not disabled. Ummmm makes me think. I will always love Black women./p p29) Everybody can act being a wheelchair user except people who really use wheelchair. From Rick Ross now Lady Gaga same pimp pimping the same people it is so boring. While people with disabilities make up 80% of people who are unemployed non-disabled entertainer make bank by playing people with disabilities. Doesn't make any sense./p p30) Whatever happens to the Black Disabled Movement with the rich arts in London UK THAT WAS SO RICH IN THE 90'S WHEN I WAS THERE? Was IT SMASH BY THE SO-CALLED MAINSTREAM????/p p31) Would the real Porgy Jim Crow, two disabled Black men found their way from street to stage without Jewish White men at the time? The real Porgy was Samuel Smalls a disabled street worker just like the real Jim Crow. Both stories hijacked by Jewish men. On one side it was good because it shined a bigger light but on the other side oh well you know where I’m going with this. Have the real story of the two been overshadowed?/p p32) The legacy of Paul L Dunbar's We Wear The Mask. Do we, Black people still wear the mask?/p p33) Why do we have to proof our disabilities! Freak the state!/p p34) The State gives and the State takes it away. How the political winds blows but we all know what is right and that doesn't change don't need the political winds to blow in my ear./p p35) Term Jim Crow originates back to 1828 when a white New York comedian, Thomas Dartmouth “Daddy” Rice, performed in blackface his song and dance that he called Jump Jim Crow. Rice's performance was supposedly inspired by the song and dance of a physically disabled black man he had seen in Cincinnati named Jim Cuff or Jim Crow. Race, disability and exploitation, welcome to USA!/p p36) Is it realistic to have one career these days? Is it outdated or something we have been chasing for a long time especially people of color?/p p37) Are Black Hip-Hop artists allies to Black disabled struggling Hip-Hop artists?/p p38) Why do disabled/Deaf/Queer Hip-Hop artists always says, "I am the First?" Read your history! U ain't the first and won't be the last!!!!!/p p39) I’ll go on record to say that early American music have come from Black Blind/Disabled people and yes others too but race disability has a huge part of the history of music here in the US. This concept/truth should not be new./p p40) Why is it always either/or heads/tails? Why can't we have the whole cake or blend everything together?/p p41) Does Ageing Disability have to be so negative? How do we create new frameworks when ability constantly decrees among other things? Why do I/we only see only one side of ageing and disability, and are there many sides that are overshadow by the popular view of human physicality? My mind can’t stop thinking. Ummmmmmmm/p p42) It hurts when the oppress are beat down so much that they really think if they can cut off/overcome their identity/ies everything will be just fine. We have a lot of "so called leaders" that are picked for us who have that viewpoint and they have a BIG microphone. People I'm just tiered of swallowing their politics and need to let it out!/p p43) Making music is different when the goal is to make it into and keep a career in the music industry! Same view can be apply to all other artistic avenues. This quote is from me after realizing that my art/activism is more than a career its life!/p p44) I won't over come my identities, race disability, but I hope this country will overcome its isms and pity!/p p45) Common, Jim Jones now Lady Gaga, non-Deaf musicians cashing in on using sign language. Now lets have the real thing, Deaf musicians cracking into mainstream music doing what other are now pimping. Or lets look at Sweet Honey In the Rock to really diversify without pimping./p p46) Black men can we talk? It's way overdue! "Racism Ableism created a mask.............."/p p47) Police brutality against people with disabilities keeps on happening. What to do? Write about it, advocate, do art, music do something!/p p48) "Wheelchair take down victim" Media and cops. First the physical abuse by cops and now outdated terms by the media. How much can we take?/p p49) AGAIN! They come and go and come back again to me screaming at me to write about them, their stories.... Who? Robert Winters, Walter Jackson and Joe Capers. All Black disabled musicians that left so much and struggle during their lives because of ableism and racism in and out of the music industry during their time./p p50) Its not inspiring, its not amazing, it just is!/p
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  • Racism In Soccer/Racismo en el Futbol

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Muteado
    Original Body
    p strongRacism In Soccer/strong/p p ldquo;Fuck you manrdquo; said, John one my teammates, before he started chasing the mestizo guy who callednbsp;him a Nigger.nbsp;nbsp;They started fighting, throwing kicks and punches, the other players intervene and stop the fight, the mestizo guy apologies to John for calling him a Nigger./p p The referee cancels the game./p p This happened in a soccer park here in the bay area, butnbsp;itnbsp;happens in many more places thannbsp;we can imagine./p p Recently strongJohn Terry/strong, captain of the England national team and Chelsea player was accused and faces criminal charges for using racial slurs in a October match, they also say he is the first player to face chargers outside the field./p p The Uruguayan forward strongLuis Suarez/strong who plays for Liverpool in the English Premier league was suspended for eight games and fined strong$63,000/strong for making abusive remarks against strongPatrice span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Evra" data-scaytid="1"Evra/span/strong a black defender from France who plays for Manchester United./p p In different media outlets are talking about is not only the players but European soccer, in the past nbsp;fans would throw bananas, peanuts and racial chants at black players./p p Soccer is too much of a beautiful and fair game when is played right./p p I remember my soccer coach Mark G, who used soccer to educatenbsp;young minds about racism, injustice, homophobia and even about class.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;/p p I try to teach my nephew span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Tiburcio" data-scaytid="3"Tiburcio/span who is becoming a soccer player thatnbsp;in Soccer you play hard and strong but most important is respect for the game and the players./p p We need to start educating our youth to respect nbsp;each other asnbsp;human beings./p p Racism is ridiculous and the people who practice it, I hope that FIFA does something to show that racism will not be tolerated and violators will be fined and penalize./p p nbsp;/p p strongspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Racismo" data-scaytid="5"Racismo/span en el span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Futbol" data-scaytid="7"Futbol/span/strong/p p span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="“Chinga" data-scaytid="9"ldquo;Chinga/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tu" data-scaytid="11"tu/span Madre span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="guey”" data-scaytid="13"gueyrdquo;/span span class="scayt-misspell" 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class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Uruguayo" data-scaytid="129"Uruguayo/span strongLuis Suarez/strong span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="quien" data-scaytid="131"quien/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="es" data-scaytid="119"es/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="parte" data-scaytid="141"parte/span del span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="equipo" data-scaytid="133"equipo/span Liverpool de la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Liga" data-scaytid="143"Liga/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Inglaterra" data-scaytid="135"Inglaterra/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="fue" data-scaytid="137"fue/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="suspendido" data-scaytid="145"suspendido/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ocho" data-scaytid="147"ocho/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="partidos" data-scaytid="149"partidos/span y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="multado" data-scaytid="151"multado/span $63,000 span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="por" data-scaytid="139"por/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="usar" data-scaytid="317"usar/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="lenguaje" data-scaytid="319"lenguaje/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="abusivo" data-scaytid="321"abusivo/span contra strongPatrice span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Evra" data-scaytid="153"Evra/span/strong un span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Defensor" data-scaytid="323"Defensor/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="negro" data-scaytid="325"negro/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Francia" data-scaytid="327"Francia/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="155"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="juega" data-scaytid="329"juega/span en el Manchester United./p p En span class="scayt-misspell" 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  • Grogg n' Eggnog's Elite Past

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
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    telljoe
    Original Body
    p span data-scayt_word="Grogg" data-scaytid="1"Grogg/span nrsquo; Eggnogrsquo;s Elite Past/p p Before I leave for part unknown (or hold up in my cave of convenience) I want to learn about that ldquo;white with brown spots when we make to light or deep yellow when sold in stores. Irsquo;m talking about that traditional holiday liquid Eggnog./p p I donrsquo;t much about its origins except the stuff grows on you and has evolved over time and for many of us the taste of it varies./p p Information from: thenewscourier.com/features/Origins-of-a-holiday-sbr / The News-Courier in Athens, Alabama/p p here are different theories on the origins of the word eggnog itself. Some believe it has gotten its name from the Old English word span data-scayt_word="“nog" data-scaytid="2"ldquo;nog/span,rdquo; which meant ldquo;strong beer.rdquo; The ldquo;eggrdquo; refers to one of the ingredients in the beverage, fresh eggs. Others surmise that it comes from the word ldquo;noggin,rdquo; which was a vessel for serving drinks in taverns. The drink was called ldquo;egg in a noggin,rdquo; which was shortened to ldquo;eggnog.rdquo; Still, there are others who say its name is derived from the term ldquo;grog,rdquo; which was another term for booze. ldquo;Egg n#39; grogrdquo; was eventually abbreviated to ldquo;eggnog.rdquo;/p p the recipe for eggnog has essentially remained unchanged throughout the centuries. It consists of beaten eggs, cream or milk and sugar mixed with some sort of alcoholic spirit. The Old English were believed to mix it with wine, though once the drink was brought to the New World, colonists substituted rum for the wine. Rum was readily available through tradesman running between the Americas and the Caribbean and therefore less expensive than another spirit. As America grew and eggnog was enjoyed in different parts of the country, the rum was replaced with regional spirits, including bourbon or grain alcohol. Other ingredients were also added to give it a customized flavor. However, the use of nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves has become traditional flavors for the holiday brew.br / All Irsquo;m saying is in Merry ole England for a long time concoction was made for kings, queens, Dutchrsquo;s, princes, Dukes, Earls, other minor royalty, and merchant princes with enough cash to have the stuff made if didnrsquo;t want to dirty their hands stooping so low as to make their own mixtures.br / But as wersquo;ve red many of the upper class and those in the military made their contribution to this varied at times too rich holiday fare./p p Todayrsquo;s eggnog comes in many varieties from strictly traditional to new egg-less, cream to no cream creations from rice to soy bean drinks that somehow updates yet keeps the tradition of eggnog firmly with us.br / For those of us that are lactose intolerant (those without enzymes to break down whole eggs) still get to enjoy that delicious drink on occasion.br / Oh, I forgot therersquo;s more info about this on the web, in libraries, maybe your family has a tradition different on how to create the sweet treat. Ask them and see what you may not have known.br / From Ask/Tell Joe (I get confused tweenrsquo; the two) To everyone who can have a blessed, glorious, safe, happy, and loving Christmas and New Year. And for us who are without homes or work at the moment. Stay strong, hang in, and keep faith within yourself and hold your head up./p p nbsp;/p
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  • Santa Claus doesn't like Poor People/ Santa Claus no quiere a los Pobres

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Muteado
    Original Body
    p uemstrongldquo;Santa Claus Doesnrsquo;t like Poor Peoplerdquo;/strong/em/u/p p strongldquo;Take care of your brother and sister, I need to go to workrdquo;/strong/p p strongMy mother told my oldest sister, as she close the door, I always wonder why my mother had to leave us. /strong/p p strongNow I understand that mother worked cleaning and babysitting for this rich family in Mexico./strong/p p strongI remember the kids around the neighborhood we did not care about anything only that it was Christmas, so we ran and play on the street./strong/p p strongIn ournbsp; neighborhood span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Piedras" data-scaytid="1"Piedras/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Negras" data-scaytid="3"Negras/span, none of the families had money to buy Christmas trees or Christmas lights./strong/p p strongHaving money to pay the rentnbsp; or having food on the table was a blessing./strong/p p strongI remember one Christmas we had the idea of making our own Christmas tree, so we went to the hill and we found a dry tree , we started cutting soda cans to decorate the tree, chips bags, we even found some old Christmas lights./strong/p p strongWe all put an afford to have our own Christmas tree./strong/p p strongThe time arrive to connect the Christmas lights, in our surprised as we plug the Christmas lights smoke and popping sounds took over the tree like it was becoming alive, everyone started to run, no one knew what to do, until my oldest sister grab a broom and disconnected the Christmas lights that almost burn the apartment down./strong/p p strongWe clean our mess as we waited for my mother to arrive./strong/p p strongIt got dark really soon, I was looking outside thru the window to see when my mother was arriving, I started to see this shadow carrying some bags fornbsp; instance I thought It was Santa Claus, but as the shadow got closer I realize it was my mother carrying bags of food./strong/p p strongWe told our mother about the Christmas tree, she disciplined us, but told us she was glad nothing major had happened, and she started to cook our Christmas Dinner./strong/p p strongThat night Santa Claus, did not show up with any gifts for ushellip;but my mother show up with bags of foodnbsp; and we ate like Kings and Queens./strong/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p ldquo;emuSanta Claus No span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Quiere" data-scaytid="5"Quiere/span a los span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Pobres”" data-scaytid="7"Pobresrdquo;/span/u/em/p p span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="“Cuidas" data-scaytid="9"ldquo;Cuidas/span a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tu" data-scaytid="11"tu/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="hermano" data-scaytid="15"hermano/span y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tu" data-scaytid="13"tu/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Hermana" data-scaytid="17"Hermana/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tengo" data-scaytid="19"tengo/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="21"que/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ir" data-scaytid="23"ir/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="trabajar”" data-scaytid="25"trabajarrdquo;/span/p p Mia span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ama" data-scaytid="27"ama/span le span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="decía" data-scaytid="37"deciacute;a/span a mi span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Hermana" data-scaytid="29"Hermana/span mayor, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mientras" data-scaytid="39"mientras/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="cerraba" data-scaytid="41"cerraba/span la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="puerta" data-scaytid="43"puerta/span,/p p span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="siempre" data-scaytid="45"siempre/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="chiquillo" data-scaytid="47"chiquillo/span me span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="preguntaba" data-scaytid="49"preguntaba/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="porque" data-scaytid="51"porque/span mi span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ama" data-scaytid="31"ama/span nos span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="dejaba" data-scaytid="53"dejaba/span?/p p span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Hasta" data-scaytid="55"Hasta/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="hoy" data-scaytid="57"hoy/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="entiendo" data-scaytid="59"entiendo/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="que" data-scaytid="33"que/span mi span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ama" data-scaytid="35"ama/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="trabajaba" data-scaytid="61"trabajaba/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="limpiando" data-scaytid="63"limpiando/span y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="cuidando" data-scaytid="65"cuidando/span al span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Niño" data-scaytid="67"Nintilde;o/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="69"una/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="familia" data-scaytid="71"familia/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="rica" data-scaytid="73"rica/span en span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="México" data-scaytid="77"Meacute;xico/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="79"para/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mantenernos" data-scaytid="81"mantenernos/span./p p span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Pero" data-scaytid="83"Pero/span a span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="nosotros" data-scaytid="85"nosotros/span los span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="chiquillos" data-scaytid="87"chiquillos/span nada nos span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="importaba" data-scaytid="89"importaba/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="porque" data-scaytid="75"porque/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="hera" data-scaytid="91"hera/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="navidad" data-scaytid="93"navidad/span, span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="corrimos" data-scaytid="99"corrimos/span y span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="jugamos" data-scaytid="101"jugamos/span en span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="nuestras" data-scaytid="103"nuestras/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="calles" data-scaytid="105"calles/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tierra" data-scaytid="107"tierra/span./p p En el barrio de Las span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Piedras" data-scaytid="95"Piedras/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Negras" data-scaytid="97"Negras/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="ninguna" data-scaytid="109"ninguna/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="las" data-scaytid="111"las/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="familias" data-scaytid="113"familias/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tenía" data-scaytid="123"teniacute;a/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="dinero" data-scaytid="125"dinero/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="115"para/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="comprar" data-scaytid="129"comprar/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="arbolito" data-scaytid="131"arbolito/span de span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="navidad" data-scaytid="119"navidad/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="mucho" data-scaytid="133"mucho/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="menos" data-scaytid="135"menos/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="lucecitas" data-scaytid="137"lucecitas/span./p p nbsp;De span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="tener" data-scaytid="139"tener/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="dinero" data-scaytid="127"dinero/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="para" data-scaytid="117"para/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="pagar" data-scaytid="141"pagar/span la Luz y la span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="renta" data-scaytid="143"renta/span con eso heramos felices./p p Recuerdo span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="una" data-scaytid="121"una/span Navidad donde se nos ocurrioacute; hacer nuestro propio span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="arbolito" data-scaytid="145"arbolito/span de Navidad, nos fuimos al monte y encontramos una rama seca, empezamos a cortar botes de soda, bolsa de sabritas que brillaran, Tambieacute;n encontramos unas lucecitas de navidad./p p Todos pusimos esfuerzo para tener y crear nuestro aacute;rbol de navidad./p p Se llegoacute; la hora de conectar las lucecitas, a nuestra sorpresa cuando conectamos las lucecitas empezoacute; a salir humo y el arbolito tronaba como si estuviera vivo, todos empezaron a correr, nadien sabiacute;a que hacer hasta que mi Hermana mayor agarro la escoba de palo y desconecto las lucecitas que casi queman el apartamento./p p Limpiamos el cochinero que habiacute;amos hecho mientras esperaacute;bamos a mi ama que llegara./p p Se escurecioacute; raacute;pido, yo miraba por la ventana para a ver cuaacute;ndo mi ama llegara, en eso mire que alguien se acercaba con un par de bolsas cargando algo, en un instante penseacute; que hera Santa Claus, pero mientras se acercaba maacute;s la sombra, pude mirar que hera mi ama cargando bolsas de mandado o Lonche./p p Le contamos lo que habiacute;a pasado con el arbolito, nos regantilde;oacute; pero nos dijo, que bueno que no pasoacute; nada maacute;s, y se puso a cocinar la cena de navidad./p p Esa noche No llego Santa Claus con regalos para nosotros, Pero si llego mi madre con bolsas de comida y Cenamos como Reyes Magos./p
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  • The Presidio Landmark: Occupied by the 1%

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p Is this place haunted?nbsp; I was asked this question a thousand times.nbsp;nbsp;I was thenbsp;doorman and the curious would walknbsp;in andnbsp;look around inquisitively.nbsp;nbsp;It was a typical westernnbsp;lens--a former hospital where noisesnbsp;are heard inside and out.nbsp; Is it haunted? they#39;d ask again.nbsp;nbsp;Only by the living I#39;dnbsp;answer then go back to my doorman duties knowing that thenbsp;building was alive with thenbsp;spirits ofnbsp;ancestors.nbsp;nbsp;The callnbsp;of the ravens outside echonbsp;the cries ofnbsp;indigenousnbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="5"Ohlone/spannbsp;peoples,nbsp;Filipinos,nbsp;merchant seamennbsp;and many spiritsnbsp;from all over the worldnbsp;whose desecrated gravesnbsp;cry out for justice./p p nbsp;/p p The edifice I refer to is the Presidio Landmark Apartments, located in the cityrsquo;s Presidio onnbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Wedemeyer" data-scaytid="3"Wedemeyer/span St. near 14supth/sup Ave.nbsp; I was working at this insular, hermetically sealed, self-aggrandizing, pseudo palacemdash;home to CEOrsquo;s and hedge fundersmdash;in the capacity of door attendant.nbsp; My brown face was the first yoursquo;d see when walking through the Frenchnbsp;doors.nbsp;nbsp;There I would sit, donning a somewhat comical habiliment of tan dockers, innocuous (save fornbsp;the itching) cotton candy blue shirt, bottomed off with clunky Timberland shoes.nbsp; The Presidio Landmarkmdash;an ideal locale for one of those obnoxious Lexus Christmas commercialsmdash;home to some of the cityrsquo;s highest rents--nearlynbsp;$3000nbsp;a month for a ldquo;juniorrdquo; one bedroom,nbsp;$3200-3800 for a one-bedroom,nbsp;upwards of $4000-5000 for a 2 bedroom, and $7000+ for a multi-floor townhome located in the periphery.nbsp; The building casts an ominous presence when approached.nbsp; It is situated on a grassy slope, adorned with foliage including succulents, native plants, African varietiesmdash;underneath canopy-like palm trees, impassive and pale, stripped of their natural skin.nbsp; Onenbsp;gets the impression when approaching this fortress-like structure that something is terribly wrong.nbsp; This home of the upwardly mobile, the hedge funders,nbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="gentrifiers" data-scaytid="1"gentrifiers/span of neighborhoodsmdash;this colonized place sits on the ancestral home of Native people.nbsp; It isnbsp;the structure that was once known as the Merchant Marine and Public Health Service Hospitals.nbsp; It was a placenbsp;that provided free care to native people, including native Hawaiians, people with leprosy,nbsp;merchant marines and people who didnrsquo;t have access to decentnbsp;healthcare.nbsp; It is part of the 42 acre Public Health Service District.nbsp; It is the place that was abandoned in the mid 80rsquo;s when it was decommissioned by the Reagan administration.nbsp; It is a place whose cries can be heard, a place where ancestral spirits cry out for justice against land grabbing developers like Forest City, who, with the Presidio Trust, took the sacrednbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="7"Ohlone/span land to satisfy its voracious corporate hunger.nbsp; The Presidio Landmark: home to the 1%./p p nbsp;/p p The Presidio Landmark marketing propaganda boasts that it is ideally situated in a national park, yet accessible to the city via thenbsp;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Presidigo" data-scaytid="17"Presidigo/span Shuttlenbsp;and various span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Muni" data-scaytid="19"Muni/span lines.nbsp; Upon walking inside, one is taken by the antiseptic environment, accentuated by chemically concocted aromas that are hatched in some lab and delivered via UPS.nbsp; The simulated odors are birch, pinenbsp;and various flowersmdash;imitations of the natural smells that emanate from the trees and plant life a few feet outside. This aerosol-like goodnessnbsp;is transmitted via a black box the size of a toaster./p p nbsp;/p p Directly behind the property is the long-forgotten graves of more than 600 merchant seaman/sailors whose remains were covered over by landfill in its use as a dump site.nbsp; The cemetery goes back somenbsp;135 years.nbsp; The Presidio powers that be use words such as ldquo;revitalizationrdquo; and ldquo;restorationrdquo;nbsp;yet there is no memorial marking the presence of the remains.nbsp; The cemetery was known as ldquo;Landfill 8rdquo;, where the remains of mariners from 43 countries were interred, who died of TB, scurvy, malaria, syphilis and leprosy.nbsp; In 1952 the hospital was expanded and the remains were declared to have been moved but that was not the case.nbsp; The remains of mariners who had worked in harsh conditions and died of various diseases were covered with hazardous wastes from the military and othernbsp;sources.nbsp; In 1989, in the process of the Presidio being transferred to the National Parknbsp;Service, archeologists discovered that coffins had not been removed from landfill 8.nbsp; The ominous shadow cast by the Presidio Landmark over the desecrated remains of working class people highlights the sharp class divisions that have always existed in this country.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p Itrsquo;s in the lobby area of the Presidio Landmark that yoursquo;ll find the working class.nbsp; The lobby desk is staffed by a door attendant and span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="afterhours" data-scaytid="9"afterhours/span security guards.nbsp; The door staff works in a controlled environment that radiates a nurse Ratchet feel, under the supervision of an Experience Manager--basically a glorified concierge--whose mission is to ensure that tenants (Management refers to them as residents) have anbsp;seamless experience in their domiciles and community spaces.nbsp; ldquo;New York style door attendantrdquo; is the phrase used to describe the person whose job it is to watch the doormdash;which is what I didmdash;although I donrsquo;t see why a emNew York /emstyle door attendant should be coveted any more than a San Francisco style door attendantmdash;after all, San Francisco is birthplace to me and most of the othernbsp;door staff as well as some of the maintenance staff.nbsp; But this is not surprising since the majority of tenants are not actually from San Franciscomdash;but not to fret, they occasionally morph into locals upon stumbling into a neighborhood Chinese bakery for anbsp;pork bun.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p The desk is made of marble that is painfully and incessantly buffed and polished.nbsp; Much attention is paid to the marblemdash;the leasing agents opine about the building having its ldquo;originalrdquo;nbsp;marble walls, stairs and span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="misc" data-scaytid="13"misc/span. span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="accoutrements" data-scaytid="15"accoutrements/span.nbsp; Nothing, if anything, is mentioned of the former occupants of thisnbsp;converted hospital, the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="11"Ohlone/span people or the cemetery located in the rear of the property.nbsp; In fact, management instructs all staff not to breach those subjects.nbsp; The closest you come to any historical lens is when new tenants move in.nbsp; They are given a set of gifts, including a small box of chocolate, referenced by span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Junipero" data-scaytid="29"Junipero/span Serrarsquo;s notorious sweet tooth,nbsp;having sent a request to Mexico for chocolate (as well as small blanket with the property logomdash;a cluster of acornsmdash;stitched in).nbsp; The gift of chocolate is in homage to Serra, a sort of Whitmanrsquo;s sampler for the colonizer at heart.nbsp; In typical corporate fashion, the history of indigenous people is erased, doesnrsquo;t existmdash;which is metaphorically illustrated by the compulsive cleaning of the place.nbsp; Management was bent out of shape when it was observed that security officers had left behind ldquo;dropletsrdquo; on the bathroom floor after voiding and so-called marks on the porcelain.nbsp; The toilets are of the water-savingnbsp;variety and residual marks can sometimes take up to 6 flushes to remove.nbsp;It reached a level ofnbsp;absurdity when the maintenance supervisor camenbsp;up with the fatuousnbsp;suggestion that people takenbsp;a toilet brush and swish a little after using.nbsp; A memo was circulated.nbsp; Itrsquo;s as though the past must be exorcized with every wipe of marble or tile. Irsquo;d sit, tightlipped as the residentsmdash;Executive Directors, CEOrsquo;s, pharmaceutical salespeople, lawyersmdash;would drop by, engaging me in a dose ofnbsp;obligatory chitnbsp;chatnbsp;prior to their jogmdash;at which time theyrsquo;d drop me their home and BMW keysmdash;to hold for safekeeping./p p nbsp;/p p In the lobby was where I first encountered ldquo;Jrdquo;, an Iraq war veteran whorsquo;d served in the air force.nbsp; There was an opening for a door attendant and ldquo;Jrdquo; was one of the first applicants.nbsp;nbsp; He arrived 30 minutes before his interview, portend of his strict vigilance to the clock.nbsp; He walked in, rail thin, protruding ears, wire-rimmed glasses accentuated by a bow tie that seemed to bloom in the reflective light.nbsp; He was hyper self-conscious, asking me several times if he looked presentable.nbsp; During our interaction, he said ldquo;yes sirrdquo; many times.nbsp; I insisted he call me Tony.nbsp; ldquo;Yes sirrdquo; he responded.nbsp; He was from the deep-south, and, like the rest of us, struggling to make it, living with a roommate in an SRO hotel downtown.nbsp; The doorman job provided part time hours, which, in the depths of a recession, was the only employment he could find.nbsp; Prior to his interview, he showed me meticulous and copious notes he taken about the propertymdash;the number of units, the square footage, the corporate headquarters of the developer, its green features etc.nbsp; I was a bit ashamed since I didnrsquo;t take time to research the data and ended up the fulltime door attendant.nbsp; ldquo;Jrdquo; was predictably hired.nbsp; We shared the front desk with the security guards and other door staff under the ubiquitous corporate dictum of Forest City in far off Cleveland.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p The Presidio has a long his/span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="herstory" data-scaytid="33"herstory/span of land theft and genocide against native people.nbsp; The land was home to thousands of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Muwekma" data-scaytid="35"Muwekma/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="23"Ohlone/span people.nbsp; During the 1700rsquo;s the Presidio was colonized with its original inhabitants enslaved and sequestered in missions by the Spanish.nbsp; It was thought that the numbers of span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="25"Ohlone/span were irrelevantmdash;resulting in their being dropped from the registry of officially recognized Indian nations.nbsp; The land was under controlnbsp;of Spain, followed by Mexico, then by the US in 1848.nbsp; It was a US army base until its closure in 1994 as part of the congressional military reduction program.nbsp; The span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Ohlone" data-scaytid="27"Ohlone/span fought tonbsp;reclaim this land that was now excess federal land that,nbsp;in accordance with federal law,nbsp;should benbsp;turned overnbsp;to the original inhabitants.nbsp;nbsp;Thenbsp;US Army, however, did notnbsp;thinknbsp;this applied to their case.nbsp;In 1996 congress created the Presidio Trust to oversee and manage the land (80%) and coastal areas (20%).nbsp; The trust was mandated to make the Presidio financially self-sufficient by 2013.nbsp;nbsp;The Presidio was the launching area of US military engagements in the Pacific.nbsp; Thenbsp;colonization of my own peoplemdash;Filipinosmdash;by the US was launched from the Presidio in the Spanish-American War, the precursor to the Philippine American War where thousands of Filipinos were tortured and slaughteredmdash;ending up in mass graves.nbsp; The Presidio is now home to variousnbsp;non-profit and for profitnbsp;organizations: the Walt Disney Museum, Lucas Films and the newly renovated Merchant Marine Hospital now known as the Presidio Landmarknbsp;Apartments.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p ldquo;Donrsquo;t ever drop the flagrdquo; a voice warns as I hold the tightly folded American flag at the base of the pole.nbsp;nbsp;The janitor and I perform the flag raising ritual, looking out for the maintenancenbsp;supervisormdash;an orbicular army veterannbsp;whose life seems to revolve around the work orders that are constantly generatedmdash;problems with appliances and plumbing, fire alarms and the ever popular sauna.nbsp; We are keenly aware of the matrix of cameras strategically situated about the property.nbsp; We string the flag up and watch it rise in the wind.nbsp; I walk the lobby fluffing thenbsp;pillows, wiping the windows for the thousandth time while the guests file in.nbsp; In the lobby are leather chairs with pincushion-like pillows.nbsp; A fireplace blares all day regardless of weather.nbsp; Fresh copies of thenbsp;New York Times and Wall Street Journal sit on the coffee table daily.nbsp;nbsp;Near the windownbsp;a protruding rack displays that literary cornerstone of local culturemdash;span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="7x7" data-scaytid="37"7x7/span Magazine.nbsp; I once, in an attempt to vary the journalistic offering, put a copy of the Baynbsp;View Newspaper on the coffee table, which was promptly snatched by another desk attendantmdash;a man of color.nbsp; Much affection is bestowed upon this individual, who I will refer to as Tom.nbsp;nbsp;Tom was alwaysnbsp;able to avail himself to any request.nbsp; Somewhat stout in stature but muscular in smile, he seemed to be in a perpetual hurry to refill the coffee canisters and restock the creamers (affectionately known as mini-moorsquo;s) in the complimentary gourmetnbsp;coffeenbsp;station.nbsp; He wouldnbsp;move around admirably in a shuffle/hobble motion that could be described as anbsp;emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="shlobble" data-scaytid="39"shlobble/span/em.nbsp; That,nbsp;coupled with hisnbsp;endearing and perpetualnbsp;head bobbingnbsp;could be further described as a emspan class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="schlobobble" data-scaytid="31"schlobobble/span/em.nbsp;nbsp;He covered much ground.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p I sit at the desk and the potential renters file in.nbsp; They are easy to spotmdash;mostly young, professional, with an air of comfort and privilege that is disconcerting.nbsp; One such person walked in and beheld the surroundings as if hersquo;d stepped through the pearly gates.nbsp; ldquo;Itrsquo;s sonbsp;beautifulrdquo; he says, his soft face betraying his middle age.nbsp; ldquo;Yeah, a real span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Taj" data-scaytid="45"Taj/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Mahal”" data-scaytid="41"Mahalrdquo;/span I say, sarcastically.nbsp; ldquo;Oh, itrsquo;s more beautiful than thatrdquo; he replied.nbsp; I leave him to breathe the synthetic cypress aroma.nbsp; Butnbsp;there is trouble in the palace.nbsp; ldquo;Jrdquo; is still coming to work energized by a working-poor manrsquo;s diet of coffee, candy bars and cigarettes.nbsp; I get word that his roommate has moved out of his SRO Hotel, leaving him with rent he cannot afford.nbsp; This, coupled with his unspoken-about war experience, job demands and good natured need for approbation leave him jumpy and irritable.nbsp; He is well-liked, the most polite person I have ever met.nbsp; But I get the feeling that he is beginning to tire of being so polite.nbsp; I often wonder how he feels to have to greet and offer pleasantries to residents who saunter by with paychecks of $10,000 a month complaining that the water in the sauna is too cold or that the coffee is weaker since the switch from span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Peets" data-scaytid="43"Peets/span to another micro beanery.nbsp; I wonder how he feels not to earn enough to survive on after risking his life in the military that only the rich have profited from.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p The Presidio Landmark is made up of 154 units and it is filling up. There are occasional lulls at the front desk and I think about the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="houseless" data-scaytid="47"houseless/span people that lived in this place prior to its evisceration.nbsp; Much was made of the buildingrsquo;s condition during its abandonmentmdash;graffiti strewn with the innards that made up a medical facilitymdash;beds, machines, medicalnbsp;devices of all types.nbsp; Visitors would walk in and remark that the renovated building is a vast improvement to the homeless and drug infested emeyesore/em that stood on the grassy hill with its unsightly wings.nbsp; They are taken by the span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="décor" data-scaytid="49"deacute;cor/span and halcyon span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="façade" data-scaytid="51"faccedil;ade/span.nbsp; I walk the lower level, site of the former hospital morgue.nbsp; The developer, with astounding span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="incogitance" data-scaytid="53"incogitance/span and morbidity, has converted this space into a dining area/wine cellar,nbsp;fitness center, replete with weights, exercise balls, treadmills and, of course, flat screen TVrsquo;s.nbsp; A short walk from the fitness room, still within the former morgue, is the management office where the property manager and leasingnbsp;agents do the corporate bidding to the backdrop of hits supplied by that radio station of the revolution, 96.5 (no argument here) span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="KOIT" data-scaytid="57"KOIT/span.nbsp; I recall an office birthday party in the management office with expensive Italian cake and conversation of substance.nbsp; One of the leasing agentsmdash;a young African American womanmdash;was being transferred to another Forest City property in Oakland, to deal with section 8 applicants (a coincidence!).nbsp; As she ate her cake, she declared that section 8 folks have an unpleasant smell (To say they ldquo;Stankrdquo; would have been too crude).nbsp; Laughter ensued as cake was stuffed into faces in this place where rents are strategically setnbsp;just abovenbsp;market rate--to exclude thenbsp;section 8 program.nbsp;nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p strongThe ldquo;Mrdquo; Word/strong/p p ldquo;Jrdquo; is still working at the property but he has been reprimanded for mentioning the word ldquo;moldrdquo;.nbsp; A resident reported finding what he or she thought was mold in their unit.nbsp; ldquo;Jrdquo; wrote a work request as such but was told to never mention the word ldquo;Moldrdquo;.nbsp; All work orders arenbsp;seen under the ubiquitous eye of the corporate office, with response times and outcomes under heavy scrutiny.nbsp; Mold, if reported, involves an expensive process to confirm and abate.nbsp; Policy is not to mention the ldquo;Mrdquo; word at all. nbsp;The resultingnbsp;vituperation hasnbsp;put ldquo;Jrdquo; more on edge, every misstep turning into a federal casemdash;each scrutiny edging him to a greater degree of impuissance.nbsp; He is then requested to clean the guest kitchen areamdash;for moneymdash;by a resident who had had a dinner party and, for some reason, couldnrsquo;t clean up after herself.nbsp; He did a thorough job and was paid by the resident.nbsp; The management office got wind and called ldquo;Jrdquo; into the office.nbsp; ldquo;Jrsquo;srdquo; meeting with management ended up with his firing.nbsp; Apparently, there is some kind of rule against taking gratuities from residents.nbsp; But ldquo;Jrdquo; confided to management his personal challenges in securing housing in San Francisco, expressing the need for more work hours.nbsp; At this, he was fired.nbsp; We were told to call the police if he set foot on the property.nbsp; I remember seeing his items that he had left behindmdash;a certificate from the armed forces and his degree in agricultural science from the University of Arkansas that he carried around. nbsp;He also left behind some candy--chocolate covered pecans that his mother had sent him for the holidays.nbsp; After he was fired, those pieces were eaten in the management office kitchen.nbsp; ldquo;Jrdquo; is now homeless, often seen at the Montgomery Street Bart station./p p nbsp;/p p strongAbe Lincoln/strong/p p nbsp;/p p The best people I met in the place were working folk.nbsp; I canrsquo;t forget the cleaning ladies thatnbsp;would come inmdash;Chinese and span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Raza" data-scaytid="55"Raza/spanmdash;they were hard workingnbsp;low-wage workers.nbsp; I remember one of them remarking that the CEO, whose unit she cleaned, never tipped.nbsp; The door attendant was to not get too close with the outside ldquo;helprdquo;.nbsp; But I would offer coffee and water or words or laughtermdash;anything that would resemble a bit of realness in the din of that lobby.nbsp; And sometimes folks would return, folks who had worked in the place when it was a hospital.nbsp; Those folks had memories to treasure and I would never tire hearing them.nbsp; But my connection to the working class landed me in a bit of trouble when, during the Labor Day weekend, I posted a quotenbsp;bynbsp;Abe Lincoln regarding Labor onnbsp;the community website:nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;ldquo;Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital.nbsp;/p p nbsp;nbsp;Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have/p p nbsp;nbsp;existed if labor had not first existed.nbsp; Labor is the superior/p p nbsp;nbsp;Capital, and deserves the much higher considerationrdquo;/p p nbsp;/p p I was taken aside by my co-door attendant (Also a man of colorhellip;emTom/em) and informed that there were complaints about the quote by a few residents and that I should keep my personal opinions about this subject to myself.nbsp;nbsp;There was one resident who liked thenbsp;quote and thought it was appropriate--a nicenbsp;older man who was always respectful ofnbsp;me.nbsp; However,nbsp; I didnrsquo;t know that Abe Lincoln would cause such a fuss in a place that raises the flag daily and insists that one never drops it.nbsp; But it all begs the question of ldquo;Jrdquo;.nbsp; Where was the patriotism when he was fired, or when he brought up the subject of his homelessness?nbsp; Where was the flag then?nbsp; We are told not to drop the flag but where was the altruistic patriotism when ldquo;Jrdquo; got dropped, fired at will?/p p nbsp;/p p As for my own case, I was terminated for accepting a gratuity from a taxi driver for a pick up to span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="SFO" data-scaytid="61"SFO/span.nbsp; Funny thing was that I was not present when the driver arrived.nbsp; I left an envelope for him to leave the few bucks for memdash;which I had instructed ldquo;Tomrdquo; to accept.nbsp; In typical Tom fashion, he reported it to the property manager.nbsp; I was called in for a ldquo;meetingrdquo;.nbsp; But prior to that meeting, a member of the maintenance department (the building manager#39;snbsp;personal buddy from Seattle)nbsp;was off site, maybe eatingnbsp;lunch, and called the manager who I heard say, ldquo;Okhellip;donrsquo;t worry, Irsquo;ll clock you inrdquo;.nbsp; This is, of course, prohibited via company rules and regulationsmdash;of which there are hundreds if not thousands, and are unequallynbsp;applied between management and staff.nbsp; I witnessed his violationnbsp;emin span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="flagrante" data-scaytid="63"flagrante/span span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="delicto" data-scaytid="65"delicto/span (innbsp;the act). /emI was fired for taking a gratuity that i never received.nbsp; As for the property manager, he is still there, comfortably and gainfully employednbsp;by the Landmark, occupiednbsp;by the 1%, anbsp;placenbsp;hauntednbsp;by the living.nbsp;nbsp;/p
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  • Racismo en el Futbol

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Muteado
    Original Body
    pRacismo en el Futbol/p p“Chinga tu Madre guey” Dijo John un jugador de nuestro equipo, antes de empezar a perseguir al mestizo que lo llamo Mayate/ Nigger, se empezaron a pelear a chingadasos, los otros jugadores intervinieron y los separaron el mestizo le pido disculpa a John por llamarlo Mayate/ Nigger./p pEsto sucedió en un parque de futbol de el área de la bahía, pero sucede más de lo que nos imaginamos./p pRecientemente John Terry, capitán de la Selección Nacional de Inglaterra y jugador del Chelsea, fue acusado y enfrenta cargos criminales por insultos raciales en un partido en Octubre, y se dice que es el primer jugador que es demandado fuera de la cancha./p pEl Delantero Uruguayo Luis Suarez quien es parte del equipo Liverpool de la Liga Inglaterra, fue suspendido ocho partidos y multado $63,000 por usar lenguaje abusivo contra Patrice Evra un Defensor negro de Francia que juega en el Manchester United./p pEn diferentes medios de comunicación se rumora que esto no es problema de jugadores si no del futbol Europeo, en el pasado hubo ocasiones donde les tiraban plátanos, y cacahuates a los jugadores negros./p pEl futbol es muy bonito y justo cuando se juega bien./p pMe acuerdo de mi entrenador Mark G, quien uso el Futbol para educarnos sobre el racismo, la injusticia, no ser homofóbicos y hasta sobre las clases sociales./p pYo trato de enseñarle a mi sobrino Tiburcio quien es jugador joven de futbol, que el futbol se juega fuerte pero limpio y con respeto./p pNecesitamos educar desde una temprana edad a los adolescentes de ser respetuosos y no Racistas./p pOjala que la FIFA hago algo sobre el racismo en el Futbol y que castigue a los que violen las reglas y que sea claro que el racismo no será tolerado y todos los violadores serán castigados y penalizados./p
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  • Revolutionary Stories: POOR Press 2012 Collection

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Tiny
    Original Body
    p class="MsoNormal" To write with laughter, heart, fire and humilitymdash;to get those words down and draw the reader inmdash;to make the reader warm with the fire of poetry, wet with the tears of memory, full with the soup of experiencemdash;leaving the reader satisfied and inspired to change the worldmdash;that is what the writer does.spannbsp;nbsp;/spanThe latest offering from POOR Press is a down-home, humble, timely and inspiring collection of books written by povertynbsp;span data-scayt_word="skolahs" data-scaytid="1"skolahs/span from POOR Magazinersquo;s People span data-scayt_word="Skool" data-scaytid="2"Skool/span, aka span data-scayt_word="Escuela" data-scaytid="3"Escuela/span De la span data-scayt_word="Gente" data-scaytid="4"Gente/span.spannbsp; /spanPeople in academia spend lots of money to be able to learn how to articulate what is real, what is humblemdash;to be able to express what comes so naturally to poverty span data-scayt_word="skolahs" data-scaytid="5"skolahs/span who donrsquo;t have money to access the statuary world of the academia./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" This new collection is written with passion, with stories gleaned from the experiences of poverty span data-scayt_word="skolahs" data-scaytid="7"skolahs/span who have lived through and survived span data-scayt_word="houselessness" data-scaytid="9"houselessness/span, the criminal (In)justice system and isolation in span data-scayt_word="Amerikkka" data-scaytid="10"Amerikkka/span.spannbsp; /spanPOOR Press provides publishing access to poverty span data-scayt_word="skolahs" data-scaytid="11"skolahs/span whose important stories go untold in the span data-scayt_word="classist" data-scaytid="13"classist/span and exclusionary world of book publishing.spannbsp; /spanPoverty span data-scayt_word="skolas" data-scaytid="14"skolas/span conceive their booksmdash;poetry, memoir or short storiesmdash;write the text and work on overall design.spannbsp; /span/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Poverty span data-scayt_word="skolah" data-scaytid="15"skolah/span and mother of 2 span data-scayt_word="Terrilyn" data-scaytid="16"Terrilyn/span span data-scayt_word="Woodfin" data-scaytid="17"Woodfin/span articulates span data-scayt_word="houslessness" data-scaytid="18"houslessness/span and span data-scayt_word="landlessness" data-scaytid="19"landlessness/span with passion in her book, a href="http://www.poormag.info/static/terrilyn/"ldquo;I am Homeless, the new face of Homelessnessrdquo;./aspannbsp; /spanHer story begins in Knoxville where she sets off for San Francisco. She ends up in Santa Ana for 2 years, facing innumerable obstacles to housing and food.spannbsp; /spanDuring hard times, which included her being ostracized unjustly from her church, she recalled the words of her spiritual mother who said she was going to go through a ldquo;great deal of heartache and the rollercoaster ride of her life before she would see the real blessings manifestingrdquo;.spannbsp; /spanUprooted and not knowing where her family would sleep, span data-scayt_word="Terrilyn" data-scaytid="20"Terrilyn/span felt the guilt of being a poor woman of colormdash;guilty that she had let her kids down.spannbsp; /spanBut her faith remained strong with the knowledge that God never lets you down.spannbsp; /spanHer writing is reminiscent of Filipino American author Carlos span data-scayt_word="Bulosan" data-scaytid="22"Bulosan/span whose seminal novel ldquo;America is in the Heartrdquo; (published in 1946) painted a portrait of individuals who behaved in heroic yet unheralded waysmdash;in contradiction to the ubiquitous racism and classism in societymdash;to aid their neighbor.spannbsp; /spanSimilarly, span data-scayt_word="Terrilyn’s" data-scaytid="23"Terrilynrsquo;s/span experience shows that God looks out for us by working through people./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Dee Allen is an important poet, articulating the struggle of the workers, police brutality victims, migrants and span data-scayt_word="houseless" data-scaytid="24"houseless/span folks.spannbsp; /spana href="http://www.poormag.info/static/dee/index.html"ldquo;Unwritten Lawrdquo; /ais the second volume of poems by Dee published by POOR Press.spannbsp; /spanThis moving collection of poems rises like fire.spannbsp; /spanDee eloquently decries the police state in ldquo;Requiescatrdquo;, a poem with a haunting refrain ldquo;Let them restrdquo; that envisions a world without ldquo;enforcers of haterdquo;.spannbsp; /spanUnwritten Law draws upon the history and presence of native peoples, the overlooked and those whose stories have been erased from history.spannbsp; /spanDee asks: who is the migrant in span data-scayt_word="Amerikkka" data-scaytid="25"Amerikkka/span today?spannbsp; /spanDeersquo;s poetic vision is the shared breath/heartbeat of the workers, the builders of civilizationmdash;the span data-scayt_word="Zapotec" data-scaytid="27"Zapotec/span day laborer, the span data-scayt_word="Salvadorean" data-scaytid="28"Salvadorean/span youth, the Lebanese woman, the Senegalese taxi driver.spannbsp; /spanHow are these people terrorists? He asks.spannbsp; /spanHow are they criminals?spannbsp; /spanDee Allen is a poet who continually puts himself on the line for the community, participating in civil disobediencemdash;refusing to be intimidated when issues of justice are at the forefront.spannbsp; /spanHe is truly one of the best poets I know./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" In the world of Joseph Bolden, real or imagined, all roads lead homemdash;although he has been known to lose his way.spannbsp; /spanJoersquo;s a href="http://www.poormag.info/static/joe/"ldquo;Lost in span data-scayt_word="Amerikkka" data-scaytid="29"Amerikkka/span /ais anecdotal, weaving irony and humor into the quilt of struggle in connecting with loved ones and the important choices one makes on their lifersquo;s journey.spannbsp; /spanspan data-scayt_word="Well-travelled" data-scaytid="31"Well-travelled/span shoes adorn the cover of Joersquo;s book ndash;perfect metaphor for the chaotic pace of society.spannbsp; /spanJoe gets lost, his shoes covering the landscape from SF to New York to Colorado to Hawaii.spannbsp; /spanHis stories of sweat lodges, the search for love, his neighborhood, his shoes, glasses, hat, etc. make his book a journey not to be missed without a pair of well-worn shoes./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" Lisa Gray-Garcia, AKA Tiny, has bestowed a beautifully written and illustrated inter-generational book ( as tiny says: its for both parents and children) called a href="http://www.poormag.info/static/TheManInTheMoon/"ldquo;The Man in the Moonrdquo; (El hombre en la span data-scayt_word="luna" data-scaytid="32"luna/span)/a.spannbsp; /spanThe story is allegory at its finest, with indigenous farmers who thrive with their animals until the rains no longer come.spannbsp; /spanAt the top of a hill lives a man with a span data-scayt_word="plentitude" data-scaytid="33"plentitude/span of food and water so the villagers ask for help, which he repeatedly refuses.spannbsp; /spanWhen the man is confronted by what appears to be a mother and child, appealing to his humanity and later transforms into the span data-scayt_word="Orisha" data-scaytid="34"Orisha/span span data-scayt_word="Yemoja" data-scaytid="35"Yemoja/spanmdash;he finds that he is accountable for his span data-scayt_word="self-centeredness" data-scaytid="36"self-centeredness/span and faces a fate that will allow him to make amends./p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p class="MsoNormal" These books make for great reading.spannbsp; /spanYou can purchase any of these beautiful books on-linespannbsp; /span@ a href="http://www.poormag.info/static/" target="_blank"http://www.poormag.info/wbrstatic//wbr/a. If you would like to publish your own book with POOR press ndash; you can enroll in POOR Magazinersquo;s span data-scayt_word="PeopleSkool" data-scaytid="37"PeopleSkool/span revolutionary media program which begins on January 31supspan data-scayt_word="st" data-scaytid="38"st/span/sup ndash; - more info at a href="http://www.racepovertymediajustice.org/" target="_blank"http://www.wbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrracepovertymediajustice.org//wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/a or by calling POOR at a href="tel:415-863-6306" target="_blank" value="+14158636306"415-863-6306/a/p p wbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/p p wbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/p p wbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/p p wbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbr /wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/p p wbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/p p wbrwbrwbrwbrwbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/p p wbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/p p wbrwbrwbrwbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/p p wbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/p p wbrwbrwbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/p p wbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/p p wbrwbr/wbr/wbr/p p wbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbrwbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/wbr/p p class="MsoNormal" nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p /p
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  • They used it on us first

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
    Original Author
    Bad News Bruce
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    p spannbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spanEverybody here has seen the occupy camps being raided by the police and protesters being arrested for illegal lodging(span data-scayt_word="647e" data-scaytid="1"647e/span), although a blanket is not considered a lodge of any sort. The tactics used ranging from pepper spray to span data-scayt_word="kettling" data-scaytid="2"kettling/span(where they tell people two things at once) ldquo;get out the street, get off the sidewalkrdquo;, have been long used against people of color and every colored face considered as poor or homeless here in America./p p spannbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spanNow if you are among those who were arrested, donrsquo;t forget your court date. Reason being, if you are taken in again, you will not be sighted and released. You will be held in contempt of court for not being there during YOUR ARRAIGNMENT. Truth is that 9 times out of 10, the arresting officer will not be there. In court, if your accuser fails to show up to accuse you, YOUR SET FREE. If you do get charged with a 647 e (illegal lodging), claim not guilty and ask for a jury trial. The last time someone was convicted of a span data-scayt_word="647e" data-scaytid="3"647e/span was over one-hundred years ago in 1897, when illegal lodging was considered claim jumping by those who found others building on their land./p p spannbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spanThe reason police came up with this tactic, is because charging citizens with vagrancy was considered un-constitutional. In that era San Francisco was infamous for this charge, arresting people for being indigenous(Native) or not having at least $20 in their pocket. The span data-scayt_word="647e" data-scaytid="5"647e/span is simply another attempt to legally illegal in addressing unwanted citizens./p p spannbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spanThe no-sit no-lie law first showed its face as a tactic to keep gay couples from expressing their love for one-another in public, this was around the time of Harvey Milkrsquo;s campaign for the struggle of Human Rights. This was also a way to keep Jazz musicians, day laborers, homeless, and other so-called/p p undesirables of the street, again the Superior Courts considered this as un-constitutional. In 2011 we are now witnessing the same ugly head beginning to surface. This time it is being used to remove homeless citizens and the Occupy protesters who now are joined with them in the streets./p p This is a poem written by a German Catholic Priest (trying to get a point across)/p p class="MsoNormal" They sent me to save the Jews from being arrested,/p p class="MsoNormal" Because I am not Jewish, I ignored them./p p class="MsoNormal" They sent me to help the poor,/p p class="MsoNormal" Since I am not poor, I didnrsquo;t go to help them./p p class="MsoNormal" Now they are coming for me./p p class="MsoNormal" And no-one is to help me./p p class="MsoNormal" Theyrsquo;re going to take me to the hanging-tree next./p p class="MsoNormal" please wake up before you are the next to be lined up./p
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  • Merry Xmas Mortimer! Oakland Elders Defeat Landlord in US Supreme Court!

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
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    Tiny
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    p It is my heartfelt pleasure this holiday season to be the bearer of bad news (likenbsp;POOR Magazinenbsp;povertynbsp;scholar Bad News Bruce)nbsp;to the propertied class--landlords, gentrification agents and their officious appendages of all ages, sizes, occupations and individual degrees of delusion.nbsp; The bad news comes via the US Supreme Court who ruled in favor of elders living in Section 8 housing in Oaklandrsquo;s Park Village Apartmentsmdash;elders who were issued eviction notices.nbsp; The bad news in this article is directed towards Park Village owner Mortimer (Cannbsp;I callnbsp;younbsp;Mo?)nbsp;Howard and for the other Morsquo; Howardrsquo;s of the world.nbsp; Let the bad news keep coming!/p p nbsp;/p p The tenants are an inspiration to a community of mothers, daughters, babies, folks with disabilities and folks of color who are under the constant threat of gentrification, police violence and intentional blighting of their communities.nbsp; It is the place where the media portrays black and brown youth as criminals while, at the same time, portraying agents of the state like Johannes span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="Mehserle" data-scaytid="1"Mehserle/span as just an honest guy with a lapse of concentration as he failed to differentiate between his gun and span class="scayt-misspell" data-scayt_word="taser" data-scaytid="3"taser/span./p p nbsp;/p p The good news is that a group of section 8 tenantsmdash;mostly eldersmdash;united and thwarted the attempts of the owner to evict them after he opted out of the section 8 program.nbsp; The US Supreme Court upheld an earlier decision that asserted that an owner who opts out of the section 8 programmdash;refusing vouchersmdash;may not evict tenants for non-payment of rent.nbsp;nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p In the case of emMortimer Howard Trust vs. Park Village Apartments/em, the court upheld its February ruling that denied the ownerrsquo;s request to evict the tenants in order to derive higher rents from new tenants.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p In 2005, after their last government contract expired, the owner sought to leave the section 8 program. nbsp;The request was approved in 2008, whereupon the owner rejected the rental assistance agreements of 15 tenants and filed eviction paperwork.nbsp; US District Judge Sandra Brown blocked the evictions in January 2010mdash;which was upheld by the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco./p p nbsp;/p p The court said that owners have the right to disassociate from section 8, however, a 2000 federal law gives tenants the right to remain in their unitsmdash;providing they pay their rent consistently and not give landlords legitimate reason to evict them./p p nbsp;/p p The elders of the Park Village Apartment tenants Association are heroes, to be respected and honored.nbsp; Theirnbsp;resistance to the egregiousnbsp;debasementnbsp;directed towards them on the part of the landlord wasnbsp;in the spirit of the I-Hotel, where Filipino, Chinese and African Descended elders stood their ground against eviction and displacement before a world stage on the corner of Jackson and Kearny Streets in San Francisco in 1977.nbsp; In that spirit they organized and engendered the help of the National Housing Law Project and Bay Area Legal Aid.nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p As the people chanted 30 years ago: Long Live the I-Hotel!nbsp; We now chant: Long Live the Park Village Tenants Association!nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p Merry Xmas Mortimer!/p p nbsp;/p p God is good./p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p
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  • Death by Food Stamps

    09/24/2021 - 09:13 by Anonymous (not verified)
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    Tiny
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    p…Change won’t come from a savior, a pimp or an institution, change will only come from our own poor people-led revolution!... Poetas POBRE’s/ Po Poets Project… 2011/p pI applied for food stamps over four weeks ago. I still haven’t heard whether we got approved. Without this government crumb I’m not sure how much longer I can afford to buy food for my family. My tension filled gut and I read about Rachelle Grimmer, mama of two children from Texas who shot herself and her children in the Laredo county social services agency, after trying, unsuccessfully to get food stamps since July of this year./p pIf you have never been that depressed, that overwhelmed, or that terrified you might not understand Mama Rachelle Grimmer. I do. My fellow welfareQUEEN’s at POOR Magazine do. “The hellfare system puts out one obstacle after another to make it almost impossible for poor families to get even the smallest support,” said mama Vivien, welfareQUEEN and revolutionary advocate for POOR Magazine and Homeless Action Center. /p pThroughout my lyfe on and off of welfare I have dealt with the insane requirements of the scarcity model kkkrumbs called welfare. So named a scarcity model as it is set-up to give people in need as little as possible and for as short of time as possible as opposed to a cradle to grave welfare system that until recently was in existence in Western Europe and Canada. One of the most recent examples of the US requirements is the implementation of drug tests on poor single parents in Florida when they apply for cash aid. But the 18-46 page proof of income forms, the 22 forms of identification and the endless proofs of residence that is required from all of us to get the tiny bits of cash aid, food stamps, housing or medical assistance provided by government social services agencies, became a never-ending five month nightmare for Mama Rachelle of Texas. And ultimately on that last tragic visit, when she was met with yet again more obstacles to feeding her children, she had had enough. /p pIn 2010, US poverty rose to its highest level with over 15.1 % of the people living below the poverty line. Now, with so many people in struggle it is crucial for all folks to understand the dire aspects of the scarcity model that is in place to “deal” with the poorest of the poor, because, this welfare scarcity model kills. It has been killing and criminalizing poor peoples since it began. It was originally launched as part of the “New Deal” in the 1940’s by then US President Franklin Roosevelt to give poor folks a crumb because the rich peoples were worried about the US population waking up to the deathly impact of capitalism and voting in a socialist president. At its inception the social services were targeted for the alleged “deserving” poor which then meant only certain kind of poor people, i.e, white, widows of deceased war veterans. Divorced or unmarried women and women of color were pathologized as “crazy” “aberrant” or “lazy”. My immigrant, teenage, unmarried grandmother was one of these women which is why my mixed race mama was sent to over 200 severely abusive foster homes and ended up in an orphanage where she almost died. /p pThe scarcity model of institutional social “service provision” is based on a corporate model of profit and loss and infests all aspects of our lives as poor peoples. From Hellthcare to edukkkation, it has systematically acted in collusion to confuse, incarcerate, debase im/migrant people, indigenous people, houseless peoples, elders, children and families. This is just one of the reasons I started the welfareQUEEN’s project./p pIn 2007, out of a mission district kitchen in a dangerously substandard apartment, myself and a group of criminalized and fed-up poor mamaz (Jewnbug, Laure, Vivian, Tracey, Estrella, Dharma and Queenandi) launched the welfareQUEEN’s theatre and media production where we create powerful theatre, art and medi as an act of resistance to our experiences of racism, poverty and criminalization in Amerikkka. /p pI still haven’t heard from food stamps, I’m assuming when and if I do, they will tell me I need to bring at least four more pieces of identification and record of birth and proof of residence. As I do I will be praying for Mama Rachelle, her daughter who transitioned on Thursday and her son who is still holding on to life and all the mamaz and daddyz and care-givers who are already working, un-recognized, everyday just to raise all the worlds people no matter what./p
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