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Tag Archives: war tax resistance
Medicine Not Bombs
They say we are at war but if this were a war we have left our soldiers without bullets and combat boots if this were a war we have left our airmen without bombs and jet fuel if this were … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, covid19, human rights, humanity, Iraq, life, MLK, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, taxes, Trump, Uncategorized, veterans for peace, war, war tax resistance, writing
Tagged America, Bush, capitalism, covid19, death, disaster capitalism, farmers for peace, greed, health care, life, medicine, medicine not bombs, Obama, Peace, poem, Poetry, poverty, science, Trump, Veterans for Peace, Wall Street, war, war is a racket, war tax resistance, writing
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Nonviolent Resistance
They taught us that the only way to nonviolently resist is to compliantly persist , to exist in silence and burn candles while they burn villages, to wave banners while they waive human rights. DO NOT BOYCOTT DO NOT DIVEST … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Disobedience, Howard Zinn, MLK, Nonviolence, Nonviolent resistance, poem, Poetry, solidarity, taxes, Uncategorized, Vietnam, violence, war, war tax resistance
Tagged Civil Disobedience, Jesus, mlj, Nonviolence, Nonviolent resistance, poem, Poetry, taxes, war, war tax resistance
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Same Parade
The best way you can honor our departed sons, daughters, brothers, and sisters is to become a war-tax resister, don’t pay to send any more of our loved ones off to war don’t buy the bullets, the bombs, and the … Continue reading
Posted in haiku, Memorial Day, poem, Poetry, tanka, Uncategorized, veterans, veterans for peace, war, war tax resistance, writing
Tagged capitalism, haiku, Memorial Day, poem, Poetry, tanka, veterans, war, war tax resistance, writing
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Death & Taxes
the only thing that is certain in this life is that death is funded by your taxes
Posted in haiku, poem, Poetry, Uncategorized, war, war tax resistance, writing
Tagged haiku, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, taxes, war tax resistance, writing
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Good Credit/Bad Credit
if we help clean the beach we deserve credit if we help generate trash that winds up in the ocean we deserve credit if we drive an electric car we deserve credit if our electricity comes from oil or … Continue reading
Posted in poem, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged environment, Peace, poem, Poetry, taxes, war, war tax resistance
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Let’s Go Read Rumi (Ode to Spring)
Before the vultures dine on another ancient civilization and cities become rubble lets break bread instead of bones lets cleanse our palate and feast on the food of kings and queens, lets walk through smoke screens, and sit on … Continue reading
Posted in america, Chaharshanbe Suri, fear, fire, Hafez, haiku, humanity, ignorance, Iran, life, love, mysticism, Parts Unknown, peace, Persian food, poem, Poetry, propaganda, Rumi, sufism, tanka, travel, Uncategorized, veterans, writing
Tagged Anthony Bourdain, Bahar, Chaharshanbe Suri, chemical weapons, civilization, culture, food, Hafez, haiku, Iran, Iran Iraq War, life, love, Media, mystics, New Year, news, Nowruz, Parts Unknown, Persia, Persian food, Persian rugs, poem, Poetry, Propaganda, Rumi, Spring, springtime, sufism, tanka, tea, Travel, truth, war, war tax resistance
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Jump Ship/I Sailed With Columbus
“I Sailed With Columbus” When I was eight years old, in 1992 I first learned about Christopher Columbus and I sang along with my class “In fourteen-hundred and ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue” and we drew pictures of him … Continue reading
Posted in america, haiku, Iraq, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, solidarity, tanka, taxes, terrorism, travel, Uncategorized, veterans, war, war tax resistance
Tagged America, Columbus, haiku, iraq, poem, Poetry, tanka, taxes, war, war tax resistance
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Don’t Thank Me
Don’t thank me, save your breath, and thank a tree for the air you breathe thank a cloud for the water you drink thank a farmer for the food you eat thank a teacher if you’ve ever learned anything thank a musician if … Continue reading
Posted in america, Armistice Day, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, Uncategorized, veterans, Veterans Day, writing
Tagged Armistice Day, forgiveness, poem, poetry, remembrance day, taxes, thanks, veterans day, war, war tax resistance, writing
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The Poppies Are Everywhere
Marx called religion the opium of the masses but we pray to Gods of war and the poppies are everywhere and we pretend to remember (and care) and we feel so much better now and we won’t dare question the … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, Afghanistan, america, apathy, Armistice Day, death, god, government, history, Howard Zinn, humanity, Iraq, opium, poem, Poetry, poetry for peace, poppies, reflection, religion, remembrance day, Uncategorized, veterans, Veterans Day, veterans for peace, Vietnam, war, world war one, world war two, writing, WW1, yellow ribbons
Tagged 100 years, addiction, Afghanistan, America, apathy, Armistice Day, death, dope, drones, drugs, Flanders field, god, heroin, iraq, jingoism, militarism, military, nationalism, opium, Oxycontin, pain, Pakistan, poem, poetry, poppies, Propaganda, religion, remembrance day, Somalia, Syria, taxes, terrorism, trauma, Uganda, veterans, veterans day, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam, war, war tax resistance, World War One, World War Two, writing, Yemen
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Don’t Thank Me…
It’s soon to be November 11th so people who don’t know what the real significance of the day is, that is, commemorating the end of world war one, the armistice, peace, those people who know it only as the celebration … Continue reading
Posted in poem, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged give thanks, poem, poetry, veterans day, war, war tax resistance
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