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June 2019It is an illusion to suppose that a dictator makes himself; at most he seizes an opportunity made for him by passive, stupid, incompetent, and, above all, unsatisfied and fearful men.
L. Susan Stebbing
Featuring Stephen R. Schwartz, Parker J. Palmer, Gloria Baker Feinstein, and more.
June 2019One good thing has come out of this: as the food gets worse and the decrees more severe, the acts of sabotage against the authorities are increasing.
By Anne FrankJune 2019Hitler could only make angry arguments. Trump, too, can’t make an appeal to reason. All he can do is push the anger button and throw abuse at people. In a sense, he is just lucky that the one thing he can do is something that resonates with a certain segment of the population.
By David BarsamianJune 2019Featuring Starhawk, Frances Lefkowitz, Edward Tick, and more.
January 2019They gather in lodges, these unflinching, / gray-haired men in caps with unit insignias. / The meat loaf and gravy on styrofoam goes / mostly untouched.
By Bill GloseDecember 2018Days & nights I carried two weapons everywhere. / I wore pockets of bullets / across my chest. I wasn’t / of age.
By Hugh MartinJuly 2018Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
By Abraham LincolnDecember 2017There are few of us now, soon There will be none. We were comrades Together, we believed we Would see with our own eyes the new World where man was no longer Wolf to man, but men and women Were all brothers and lovers Together. We will not see it.By Kenneth RexrothNovember 2017
In one hand the exiles hold a bundle / with a blanket, medicine, and a comb; / in the other, a door handle. / They attach it to every mountain and wall, / hoping the handle will conjure the door / that will open and let them in.
By Agnieszka TworekNovember 2017Personal, political, provocative writing delivered to your doorstep every month—without a single ad.
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