from Al Jazeera Jan. 7, 2015 Gunmen stormed the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in central Paris on Wednesday, leaving at least 12 people dead and sparking a massive manhunt for the killers. Clad all in black with hoods and machine guns and speaking flawless French, the three attackers, […]
By: Barrett Brown A week before Christmas, a half-dozen guards at the Seagoville Federal Detention Center pulled me from my cell, handcuffed me, and took me to the hole, where I was processed and put in another cell, before being ushered out and placed in the prison’s receiving/departures section to […]
By: Ron Whitehead “I write this poem for the victims in Paris today, for all victims of the freedom of speech and of the press, for all victims of freedom, for all who stand up and speak out for freedom, equality, peace and justice for all, for the non-violent spiritual […]
By: Rob Azevedo The sound coming from inside The Woodpecker Lounge was a mixture of brilliance and raw nerve. Last Breath’s legendary blues man, Dick Zaino, was setting off rockets with his red Stratocaster, gassing through songs about guilt and suffering, belting out one after another, looking lean and tanned, his hair slicked sweet, eyes […]
Hand on the snake and the innocent protected her darkness is lofted, one feather at a time rending the clouds she dreams in. She is screaming aloud, “Please, take this child from me!” this lizard she sees, sleeping in her blood. Exhaling, under the bed is the art of children […]
By Maven Cade Leary “God Dammit! Not Again!” I cursed at the world, grateful in the knowledge no sane God could possibly be listening to my bullshit. And even if one could be, it is highly unlikely that he/she would be. Between me and the seven or whatever billion humans […]
“I would feel real trapped in this life if I didn’t know I could commit suicide at any time,” he told me many years ago, and I knew he meant it. It wasn’t a case of if but when. He didn’t reckon he would make it beyond 30 anyway, so […]
by David Pratt Until recently I sold cars for a living. I wasn’t very good at it. I don’t possess the right mercenary spirit, cutthroat ambition and proper lack of ethics to take full advantage of people. I have principles. I am all about honesty and equity, and my empathy usually lies […]
Jan. 3, 2014: by David Pratt In response to Palestine’s move to join the International Criminal Court, Israel said it is withholding $127 million in Palestinian tax revenue it collects for the Palestinian Authority. Palestine warned this could lead to the collapse of the Authority and the loss of public services in the West Bank, […]
from levurelitteraire.com/ by Ron Whitehead The older I get the more I realize I don’t know anything, no one does. We’re all guessing, feeling our way, grappling for answers. But every day I have encounters with the spirit world. We are all in perpetual motion, in transition, even when we are […]
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