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Tag Archives: howard zinn
March For Women
The President isn’t the disease he is but a symptom. The disease is not new, it is not worse now than it was a couple of years ago or a couple of decades ago or a couple of centuries ago. … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, bigotry, Black Lives Matter, capitalism, collateral damage, death, democracy, drones, empathy, fear, government, hatred, history, Howard Zinn, human rights, Iran, Iraq, IRS, Israel, Kaepernick, money, murder, palestine, Palestinians, poem, Poetry, police, police brutality, poverty, racism, refugees, sexism, slavery, Syria, taxes, Trump, Uncategorized, war, war tax resistance, white privilege, women's march, womens rights, writing, Yemen
Tagged Afghanistan, America, capitalism, Genocide, greed, howard zinn, human rights, iraq, palestine, poem, poetry, poverty, slavery, sports, taxes, Trump, war, war tax resistance, women, women's march, womens rights
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May Day
It’s May Day May Day May Day come, workers of the world unite and fight for justice tell all the boys and girls that today’s the day, no need to pray we’ll stand up and we’ll fight and we won’t … Continue reading
Posted in american dream, collateral damage, human rights, justice, Massachusetts, May Day, poem, Poetry, poverty, religion, soul, taxes, Uncategorized, violence, war, war tax resistance, Workers rights, working class
Tagged american dream, howard zinn, Massachusetts, May Day, poem, poetry, violence, war, war tax resistance, Workers rights, working class
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Racket: Ode to Smedley Butler
Melt these medals down make a chalice drown sorrows wasting borrowed time throw in towels finish lines salt and lime bury hatchets end this racket can’t handle shit on shingles ready to swing low band of angels went home so no one … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, capitalism, democracy, freedom, history, Howard Zinn, humanity, Iraq, Liberty, Memorial Day, poem, Poetry, Smedley Butler, taxes, truth, Uncategorized, veterans, veterans for peace, Vietnam, war, war tax resistance, writing, yellow ribbons
Tagged America, capitalism, howard zinn, Memorial Day, poem, poetry, Smedley Butler, taxes, veterans, Veterans for Peace, war, war tax resistance
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My letter to the IRS: War Tax Resistance
The following is the letter I mailed to the IRS a few days before tax day about my reasons for not paying federal income tax. This is the first year since leaving the military that I have had taxable income, … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, earth, education, human rights, Iraq, IRS, letter, music, peace, poverty, prison, taxes, war, war tax resistance, world war one
Tagged America, american dream, art, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, collateral damage, democracy, education, howard zinn, human rights, IRS, music, poverty, prison, war, war tax resistance
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all lives
On September 11th, 2001 most, if not all of us here in America, even if not directly impacted by the terrorist attack, were able to empathize. We collectively shared in their pain and suffering. We wept at candle light vigils. … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, collateral damage, Iraq, life, racism
Tagged addiction, Afghanistan, America, american dream, collateral damage, death, howard zinn, iraq, war, yellow ribbons
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Thoughts on Armistice (Veterans) Day
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month… Armistice Day, the end of “the war to end all wars”…peace between nations… it went on to become, not a day to commemorate the armistice, but to ‘honor veterans … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, Afghanistan, america, american dream, anxiety, beer, collateral damage, death, depression, dreams, Edward Bernays, fear, Iraq, iraq veterans against the war, suicide, war, working class, world war one, world war two
Tagged addiction, Afghanistan, America, american dream, anxiety, Beer, bread and circuses, CNN, collateral damage, death, democracy, depleted uranium, depression, dreams, Dresden, Edward Bernays, empire, freedom, howard zinn, iraq, Iraq Veterans Against the War, suicide, veterans, Veterans for Peace, war, world war 1, World War Two
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People’s History (an ode to Tom Joad)
The people I know are in it to win the people i know have read Howard Zinn the people I know have sights set on victory the people i know know our people’s history my people are people that fight … Continue reading
Posted in america, american dream, bible, collateral damage, death, dreams, Grapes of Wrath, homeless, Howard Zinn, hunger, people, poem, Poetry, police brutality
Tagged America, american dream, bible, democracy, dreams, Grapes of Wrath, history, homelessness, howard zinn, hunger, people, poem, poetry, police brutality, revolution, solidarity
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You’ll see the world, kid…
written March 13, 2013 If you think that you have it bad these days living in poverty in America, the ‘land of the free’, just imagine living in extreme poverty in Afghanistan, or Pakistan, or Yemen, or Somalia, or Uganda, … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, collateral damage, hawaii, history, ignorance, Iraq, poverty, racism, suicide, Uncategorized, veterans, veterans for peace, Vietnam, war, world war two
Tagged howard zinn, jrotc, poverty, recruiting, veterans, war
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