So how many black women were present as the suffrage movement started in 1848 at Seneca Falls? Frederick Douglass was there. No black women attended that meeting for women’s rights. Sojourner Truth spoke for suffrage for women as well as equal rights for all for even though the suffrage movement more and more excluded women […]
Seneca Falls, Meet Detroit
Yes. I have high hopes for the Autumn. There is a gathering in Detroit at the end of October. I am of course thinking of Seneca Falls, but also of Julia Ward Howe’s words: In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that a general congress of women, without limit of nationality, […]
Okay, I've Had It. This BS Is About Racism!
We have a problem Houston. Oh, Houston has been dismantled. There is no one to answer. We as Americans no longer value science, discovery, learning, and the differences that feed and keep our systems alive. We have allowed our government to be taken over by ignoramuses and stooges in the employment of billionaires. My assumptions […]
I love Arizona, but…
I love Arizona, but we are in the throes of violent oppression. My CODEPINK friends – who engaged in actions all over the U.S. and in war torn countries couldn’t believe the overt and thuggish collusion between recruiters and police here. Basically they couldn’t believe what routinely takes place here in Arizona, and in Tucson, […]
Billionaires for Wealthcare Twist Pointy Little Heads
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