Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Reminder: There’s Always Something to Do…Right Now

Recently, while riding the Q101 bus during the morning rush hour, it was interesting and kinda fun to watch the bus driver interact with his regular passengers—but one exchange really stood out. A weary man, maybe mid-60s, labored his way up the steps and onto the bus.

The driver remarked with a chuckle: “Two more days.”

These simple words seemed to make the tired man—along with a few other worn out commuters—smile with hope.

You see, it was Wednesday and these folks were essentially wishing away 48 hours of their lives so they could have permission to do what they really wanted to do on the weekend.

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One of my recent photos:

Greek Solidarity action in Astoria (April 21)

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Saturday, April 20, 2013

The U.S. Practices and Supports Torture (What We’re Up Against)

On April 16, 2013, the newspaper of record “broke” the “news” that the United States of America has a long and enduring record of supporting the use of torture. The New York Times article by Scott Shane, “U.S. Practiced Torture After 9/11, Nonpartisan Review Concludes,” opens:

“A nonpartisan, independent review of interrogation and detention programs in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks concludes that ‘it is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture’ and that the nation’s highest officials bore ultimate responsibility for it.”

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One of my recent photos:

De-Occupy Drones (rainy day activism)

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Seal hunt demo photos here

Carriage horse demo photos here

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Speciesism: Left Out of the Left Forum?

In 2010, I was part of a panel on animal rights (AR) at the Left Forum (LF). To the best of my knowledge, this was one of the first—if not, the first—AR panels ever presented at the typically speciesist LF.

Also to the best of my knowledge, no such panel appeared in 2011 or 2012 but this year—as the LF moves to a weekend in June—I was surprised to receive an invitation to appear on panel called “Animal Liberation and Social Justice.”

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One of my recent photos:

#solitude

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