Category: Voices

Radical Dad Solidarity From One Mall to Another

 

By Chris Crass (February 14, 2016)

Walking through the mall, one hand talking on the phone with a fired up young activist man about an awesome project he wants to do interviewing men about feminism, healthy masculinities and bringing down patriarchy, and the other hand feeding August his bottle. Continue reading “Radical Dad Solidarity From One Mall to Another”

The Day She Was Harassed on the Bus

 

By Teka Lark (February 8, 2016)

I took the bus for five years. Yes, I know some people take the bus all the time and it isn’t a choice, but a necessity. I acknowledge my time on public transit began as a sick, twisted, conceptual art project that ended with me having a greater understanding of not just LA, but of class, race, gender Continue reading “The Day She Was Harassed on the Bus”

Liberation Requires Disobedience

 

By S. Brian Willson (February 4, 2016)

In 1553, or thereabouts, a young French lawyer, Etienne De La Boetie, wrote an amazing essay, The Politics of Obedience: Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, in which his study of the history of tyranny revealed that no matter how hierarchical power is derived – kings, dictators or elections – humans inevitably enable their own tyrants. Continue reading “Liberation Requires Disobedience”

Why the Coming Supreme Court Decision Might Not Be The End of the World for Teachers’ Unions and Labor

 

By Mark Naison (February 2, 2016)

The coming Supreme Court decision elminating mandatory dues check off by public employees unions will create a crisis in the labor movement- especially for the big national teachers’ unions- but it need not destroy them. Continue reading “Why the Coming Supreme Court Decision Might Not Be The End of the World for Teachers’ Unions and Labor”

Should the Bundy Group in Eastern Oregon Receive Jail Time for Trespassing?

 

By Chris Lowe (January 7, 2016)

Here is another comparison to think about regarding the group of armed trespassers on the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. An 84 year old nun, Megan Rice, was given an almost three year sentence in federal prison for breaking into a US government nuclear facility in an act of civil disobedience.  She eventually served two years and then was released last year. Continue reading “Should the Bundy Group in Eastern Oregon Receive Jail Time for Trespassing?”