Its been a while. So time for something new.
A friend turned me on to an article in the NY Times detailing the post-Iraq life of Shaheen Khan, a Pakistani woman who is now paralyzed after a few months as a laundry worker in the Green Zone in Baghdad. KBR, formerly known as Kellogg, […]

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Dear Friends - Please come out to this conference on April 13th and 14th, 2007 at UCLA School of Law. It will be an opportunity to discuss some of the most critical issues of our time, to discuss Critical Race Theory and where its been and where its going, and to engage with practitioners, […]

Law-ing, Resistance, Race, Politic | No Comments »

Here are the lyrics to Lali Puna’s Crawling by Numbers, a song I just listened to:
You’ll be charged a hundred dollars
if you can’t pay back the debts
Work your soul and work your lifetime
without money you can’t buy
Can’t you see
six feet underground?
Identify the system
Identify the system
Watch your neighbours
and their big dreams
Silent envy on your face
A life […]

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Janitors win! And I’m wondering what it all comes down to. What does it mean when we say a campaign wins, when the workers are framed in pictures - hands up in jubilation, union leaders clapping still. I am still absorbing this victory and yet, I have my reservations about the US […]

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Last night, after I posted about what happened at UCLA, I got a text from a friend — “Police Brutality against Houston Janitors!” Eyes widened, I took a breath, and propped myself up against a wall.
I am not startled that such brutality spans from UCLA to Houston and back. But I am startled […]

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Police brutality is not exactly abnormal. Its seems to have become part of the normal run of things. It happens often and with regularity. As if the state mandates it. Just as KRS-One put it.
But my severely optimistic head never expects it. I would never expect it at all. And […]

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Dear friends, foes, bloggers, and web cruisers,
There’s a fight going on right now. Its happening in Houston this time, where janitors are striking and coming together to fight for decent wages, healthcare, and perhaps more importantly, dignity and respect. Houston’s the only major city in the country that still utilizes the […]

Resistance, Immigration, Race | 1 Comment »

Those were the words that stuck out, in neon, in heavy-handed pristine form, those were the words that made an impression. I got an email from a friend who wished those things upon her recipients, and I realized that its been awhile since I thought of those two words together.
A strange juxtaposition, love and […]

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I wonder how Cpl Gilad Shalit feels now that the city of Gaza, Palestine is being shelled out and ground up for the latest bloodbath in the latest imperial Israeli operation.
Of course, he’s being held, probably against his will, somewhere in Palestine. But is anyone curious about what he’s thinking, what runs through the 19-year […]

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I just saw part of a documentary on PBS called No More Tears Sister: Anatomy of Hope and Betrayal about Sri Lankan Human Rights Activist Dr. Rajani Thirangama.
I didn’t see the whole thing, and I wish I had. Dr. Thirangama, who was a member of the Tamil Tigers, was the head of the […]

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