Black Literature vs. The Climate Emergency April 5!
By Aya de Leon On April 5th, Aya de Leon will be producing a free online conference, Black Literature vs. The Climate Emergencythrough the African American Studies Department at UC Berkeley, and we wanted to make sure it was on your radar. Black Literature vs. The...
All I want for the holidays is to #FlipTheSenate – so I donated
The success of the Green New Deal and so many progressive possibilities hang in the balance of the...
Novel excerpt: my homage to Fred Hampton in A SPY IN THE STRUGGLE
On this date in 1969, the Chicago police murdered Fred Hampton. I write about the murder in my new...
Joe Biden, stop distracting us from your disappointing cabinet picks with Girls! Girls! Girls!
Joe Biden is not Barack Obama. But he's trying to distract the people with representation politics, just like Obama did. Obama didn't have to do anything to distract us. He was Black. Our excitement about having a Black president was distraction enough. Biden is...
News Roundup, Friday November 27th
This week our family celebrated Indigenous-Genocide-Was-Not-Successful Day. Here is some climate news, much of it Indigenous-related. 400 Years After the ‘First Thanksgiving,’ the Tribe That Fed the Pilgrims Continues to Fight for Its Land Amid Another Epidemic Why...
Biden’s first test: NO IMMUNITY DEAL for Tr*mp
So it has been 20 days since the presidential election. Every major news outlet has called it for Biden, including Fox. We knew Tr*mp couldn't win, not if people of color, progressives, and young people came out to vote against Tr*mp, even if we didn't like Biden. And...
News Round Up, Friday November 20th
Are we gonna give up or get up? https://www.instagram.com/tv/CHyN000gE4w/?igshid=1ay22ww1pfm0e Biden Plans to Move Fast With a ‘Climate Administration.’ Here’s How. Climate activists ramp up pressure on Biden with protest outside Democratic headquarters:...
Tr*mp’s COVID scare, a Disaster Movie Showdown, and Georgia on My Mind
When it was reported that Donald Tr*mp had been diagnosed with COVID, I thought that was it. He had all the risk factors to become a coronavirus fatality. I had read the stories of people on ventilators, getting all the medical help, but they died anyway. I assumed...
Stop trying to “reach” Tr*mp voters, focus on meeting the needs of the working class
As a parent I have to help my child learn the difference between wants and needs. There are many things the kid wants, but not all of them are a good idea. As a mom I am constantly setting limits. In those moments, I offer space to listen to the upset, but I don’t get...
News Round Up, Friday Nov 13
Climate Mandate for Joe Biden Biden-Harris campaign announces tribal nations plan The Green New Deal Didn't Sink Democrats 99% of Green New Deal Co-Sponsors Won Their Races This Cycle: Analysis "Saying progressive policies held Democrats back from expanding their...
Georgia on my Mind: The Remedy for Post-Election Disorientation is Pre-Election Action
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross developed a theory of seven stages of grief for dealing with the phenomena of loss. As we make our way through the aftermath of the elections, I find myself reaching for some emotional theory like this. I want some explanation for this emotional...
A conversation with Miya Yoshitani, Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network
The “Speaking Of …” interview series presents Paula Farmer in conversation with Miya Yoshitani. Oct. 28, 2020 Paula: Welcome everyone. Thanks to those of you joining us live, and those coming later for the recorded version. I’m Paula Farmer. Today I’m happy to...
Election 2020 News Round Up
Live Updates Here Protesters Demand Elections Remain Untampered Across United States https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja/status/1324475972444442625 Fox News Meets Trump’s Fraud Claims With Skepticism: Even “Fox & Friends,” a warm venue for the president, sounded...
The Election and the Long Nights and Long Days
Biden looks very close now in several states. Let us pray, let us hope, let us work, let us keep a close watch on the elections themselves, to make sure there is no chicanery; the thief is the first to call it a theft, so he bets that it becomes difficult to call him...
Election Day & Beyond: Thoughts from the Daily Dose Crew
Aya de Leon: As a pathological clutterer, half my anxiety this election cycle was about whether or not I had misplaced my ballot. I have probably been voting by mail for a decade. In the pandemic, I didn't want to do what I usually do when I misplace my ballot: vote...
Election Survival Kit: Aurora Levins Morales essay, This Joy Album & Use the Phone!
On the day before the election, I have packed you this survival kit. It has the music you need and a strong perspective for leftists. Take it. Carry it in your pocket. If you're going to the polls, or have already voted. Or if you can't vote for whatever reason. As a...
News Round Up, Friday Oct 30th
Get Out the Vote with Sunrise! As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science: The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming. ...
How to survive a fire
Mama, what is the earth if there is no green left? banana slugs crawl out from inside of a centuries-old fire-scarred redwood tree trunk she is erect in these fire cavities, where fires rose once before, echoes of thundering crashes can be heard through the valley...
The British Empire, the American Empire, and this critical, pivotal election week
Angela Davis, a citizen-heroine, of the United States, who has fought intensely over many decades for her ideals of what the US is capable of becoming. An inspiration. *** I am a citizen, in a sense, of two Empires. I was born in 1961, in the village of...
Poetry of Witness: 9.28.20-10.15.20
We’re living through a period of momentous upheaval in the United States, walking through the gates of history. This is the second installment of my Poetry of Witness series, by which I seek to chronicle the unique promise, perils, and potentials of this time. $750...
Aquí no será: the Link Between Early Childhood Trauma and Winning the November Election
My parents were young when they had me. Not teens, but young adults. They were married and in their mid-20s, so it wasn’t remarkable, but as a couple, they weren’t prepared for the responsibilities of parenthood—especially my father. Both of them had very rough...
Friday News Round Up, Oct 23
https://www.tiktok.com/foryou?lang=en#/@sunrisemvmt/video/6885876597740670214 What Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation will mean for environmental law and Joe Biden’s climate plan: Barrett will increase a majority dedicated to limiting the administrative state. ...
BLAZING new video: THIS IS THE TIME by Youth vs. Apocalypse
Check out this INCREDIBLE new video, THIS IS THE TIME, from the East Bay's intersectional young climate activists: Youth vs. Apocalypse, THIS IS THE TIME, featuring Raka Dun of Los Rakas, Alphabet Rockers, and Destiny Arts. "Get up and go! Get up and vote!"