[Reposted from Anne Lamott on Facebook] I said to the kitty as we were getting up this morning, โI wish I had better news for you.โ I didnโt want to get out of bed, but I had to let the dog out. And I turned on the news: Shock and awe again, same old same... Continue Reading →
Timothy Snyder one week after marching in Philadelphia
This is a repost from Timothy Snyder's Substack post published Thursday June 19, 2025 It was a thrill to march at the No Kings Rally in Philadelphia on Saturday with friends and about a hundred thousand people. On the stage, I led a chant of "no kings -- freedom," and I tried to explain three... Continue Reading →
To those who will protest in the Un-United States today
Be peaceful Be careful Be heard
Love one another: It actually works, if we work at it
Re post from Holy Incongruence with thanks to Connie Foss Moore THE MOMENT WE HAVE FEARED HAS ARRIVED: Donald Trump is set to deploy ICE tactical units to five Democrat-run cities amid the protests in Los Angeles as Gavin Newsom blamed his administration for inciting the California chaos. The military-style units are set to storm... Continue Reading →
Resistance to unjust power โ Pentecost remarks by Bishop John H Taylor, Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles
The photo shows CLUE: Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice leaders at a march earlier this year.] Please find below the remarks Bishop Taylor prepared for a prayer vigil last Sunday night at Los Angeles City Hall that was canceled because of security concerns. His remarks are in response to the unwelcome, uninvited, and... Continue Reading →
We Stand with California โ Toxic Sock-Puppets wonโt.
A Message of Solidarity and ResistanceCHARLIE ANGUS / THE RESISTANCE - JUN 9, 2025 [Ken Gray] Charlie Angus, Robert Reich, David Frum, Bob Woodward, Mark Milley all agree. Trumpโs creation of violence and the imposition of the national guard and marine corps personnel in California is a test case for using military action against American... Continue Reading →
American Gulag — AKA Where’s the Magna Carta now?
Re-posted from CHARLIE ANGUS / THE RESISTANCE - JUN 4 "[A primary feature of the gulag or concentration camp is that]โฆthe human masses sealed off in them are treated as if they no longer existed, as if what happened to them were no longer of interest to anybody, as if they were already dead and... Continue Reading →
Like father, like son — From son to father
With thanks to Bill Sundhu and Avi Lewis who wrote the following message. [Avi Lewis] My father Stephen Lewis is spectacularly uninterested in social media, so Iโm posting this myself (though he has read it and is prepared to suffer the indignity of all I'm about to reveal). When he was Canadaโs ambassador to the... Continue Reading →
“Donโt insult our intelligence” — Bernie Sanders confronts Netanyahuโs government.
No, Mr. Netanyahu, it is neither anti-Semitic nor pro-Hamas to report that in just over six months your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and injured 77,000, 70% of whom are women and children. It's not anti-Semitic to report that your attacks have destroyed 221k homes in Gaza, leaving one million people homeless, or nearly... Continue Reading →
Bearing Witness Against Genocide
CHARLIE ANGUS / THE RESISTANCE โ MAY 18, 2025 [Former MP Charlie Angus has now closed his Ottawa office following from the Canadian House of Commons for 21 years. His advocacy continues however, notably through his Substack blog: The Resistance.] [Charlie Angus] "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a... Continue Reading →