February 2012
:( Homesick.
“I am not an Anarchist in your sense of the word: your brain is too dense for...”
– Aleister Crowley (via self-ownership)
“And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think...”
– Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner (via sweetest-harmony)
MY FAVOURITE BOOK OF ALL TIME.
“This is not just about dishonoring the Koran, it is about disrespecting our dead...”
– Maruf Hotak, one of the rioters in Kabul (via jonathan-cunningham)
The Nation: Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric is Anti-Latino →
thenoobyorker:
This is a little heavier than what I normally post but Victoria Soto nails an aspect of this debate,
The immigration debate got very personal for Latinos in California in 1994 when Proposition 187 passed, denying undocumented persons basic social services such as a public education. The justification for Prop 187 was to curb financial waste, not negative feelings toward Latinos....
From theory, action.: There is currently an ethnic... →
dreams-from-my-father:
Will black people be wiped out for the second time on African soil by Arabs while the international community - that armed and supported the rebels - says NOTHING??
The Tawerghas, a tribe of black Libyans in the South of the country, are being systematically targeted…
“As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism...”
– bell hooks (via destinyhopex)
“I’m fascinated by [America’s income inequality] because a lot of the people who...”
– David Simon on unregulated capitalism (via thesoapboxschtick)
Now if he would just stop wearing those Hawaiian shirts.
(via paxamericana)
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t...”
– Pericles
(looks like Trotsky’s not as much as an original as we thought… xD)
I wish I could go home. :( So homesick right now. I know complaining about it won’t do me any justice. I just don’t feel so good anymore. I just want to go back home.
Debunking Poverty Myths and Racial Stereotypes →
yourhue:
1. President Barack Obama is not a “food stamp president.” According to recent figures, more food stamp recipients were actually added under President George W. Bush than under President Obama. Under President Bush the number of recipients rose by nearly 14.7 million.
2. Blacks are not the primary recipients of assistance through federal benefit programs. 35.7 percent of Supplemental...
“In times of conflict between nations, we still default to answering perceived...”
– Jacque Fresco “The Best That Money Can’t Buy” (via therikeone)
