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Revolutionary Solidarity

Simon Balto, in an article about Fred Hampton, elucidates what I think is missing from 21st century activism, including — if writing can be considered a form of activism — the countless political pieces that appear on Medium and elsewhere (I’m among the guilty, to be sure). Simply put, there…

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Revolutionary Solidarity
Revolutionary Solidarity
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It’s the Ignorance, Stupid!

Earlier this year, nearly every Republican in the House voted against an emergency spending bill designed to address the baby formula crisis. As Bess Levin of Vanity Fair pointed out at the time, Florida representative Kat Cammack had the previous week “tweeted a photo of formula at a U.S. border…

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It’s the Ignorance, Stupid!
It’s the Ignorance, Stupid!
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A 2.4 Billion Acre Asylum

With Biden’s approval rating in the tank, runaway inflation and Democrats constituting the majority in Congress, history suggests the midterms should have been a rousing success for the opposition party. Instead, Democrats have a good shot at maintaining control of the US Senate and Republicans will likely have a very…

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A 2.4 Billion Acre Asylum
A 2.4 Billion Acre Asylum
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False Premises and Tired Narratives

There’s an incessant narrative that goes like this: The US political system is broken and democracy is under attack. The rise of Trump and Jan 6 are pointed to as evidence. Please cancel all subscriptions to that narrative. The US political system is monumentally anti-democratic by design. By. Design. It…

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False Premises and Tired Narratives
False Premises and Tired Narratives
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On Electability and Ignoring Context

In a recent exchange I had here on Medium, the subject of electability (specifically as it pertains to the more progressive Democrats, such as Bernie Sanders and AOC) was raised. I think the assumption that Sanders would have lost to Trump is debatable. Opposition to the status quo is such…

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On Electability and Ignoring Context
On Electability and Ignoring Context
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Jan 14

Flash Fiction:

Weirdest. Home Invasion. Ever.

Flash Fiction

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Flash Fiction:
Flash Fiction:
Flash Fiction

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Photo by Georgia Vagim on Unsplash

Flash Fiction:

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Dec 14, 2022

Can’t Spoof This

Corrupt as our political system is, I might argue that the crime of the century is the Right’s cold-blooded murder of satire. Just from a cursory glance at a few recent headlines, I see that a GOP Congresswoman was brought to tears over her opposition to equal rights, Fox News…

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Can’t Spoof This
Can’t Spoof This
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Dec 9, 2022

More Insanity from the Right

I’ll keep this short. I was just reading that Alito, in the case involving the bigoted web designer, drew a parallel to a black mall Santa being forced to take photos with a child dressed in KKK gear. As if being a member of a hate group is equivalent to…

Us Supreme Court

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More Insanity from the Right
More Insanity from the Right
Us Supreme Court

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Jun 26, 2022

The Future Looks Brite

On the heels of yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling, which outlawed childhood vaccination while making it mandatory that all newborns be branded with no fewer than three corporate logos, President-elect Ron DeSantis announced his intention to sign several executive orders opposed by a majority of Americans, including a ban on the…

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The Future Looks Brite
The Future Looks Brite
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Apr 21, 2022

Breadline

“I hope the Russians love their children too.”… —

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Breadline
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Photo by Polina Rytova on Unsplash

Breadline

“I hope the Russians love their children too.”…

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Garrett Snedaker

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Poet and essayist living on the left coast of a nation in decline.

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