January 2011
57 posts
“I’m travelling, mother. Forgive me. Reproach and blame is not going to be...”
– Translated message written by Mohamed Bouazizi on his facebook before his self-immolation on the 17th of December, 2010 (via cyrenaica)
sorry, folks. taking a week off with this...
List of countries by gun ownership →
“We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and...”
"On Noticing" from Jason Francisco
(via While Seated) (Thanks, MDM)
“If we want to reverse the flood tide of killing in this country,” writes Bob Herbert in today’s New York Times, “we’ll have to do a hell of a lot more than bad-mouth a few sorry politicians and lame-brained talking heads. We need to face up to the fact that this is an insanely violent society”.
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“Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via paxmachina)
fuckyeaholdtimemusic:
The Carolina Twins—“Gal of...
Jacques Derrida interviews Ornette Coleman (PDF @... →
wow. 2 of my favorites, together:
ritualepiphanies
Thoughts — 4: “Of Ownership …”
Of ownership — As if one fit to own things could not at
pleasure enter upon all, and incorporate them into himself
or herself;
Of Equality — As if it harmed me, giving others the same
chances and rights as myself — As if it were not
indispensable to my own rights that others posess the
same;
(…)
1860
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Sunday Supper to honor our ancestors, Southern...
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THE RECOGNITIONS: CHAT & CHEW
FEBRUARY 13, 2011 / 5PM - 8PM @ DULUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Did you know that some of your favorite Southern foods came from Africa on slave ships? Yams, black-eyed peas, grits, cornbread, okra, fried chicken, and peanut butter all have origins on the West African...