Posts Tagged ‘ protest ’
Protesters in New York City’s Washington Square Park during Women’s March demonstrations against President Trump and Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on October 17, 2020.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
From protests to strikes, progressive groups say ordinary people have a lot of power.
Source: If Trump won’t concede the 2020 election, these activists have a plan – Vox
Words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1962 as “Rain Song” then in 1964 as “What Have They Done to the Rain” by Schroder Music Company, renewed 1990. a.k.a. “Rain Song” and “Just a Little Rain.” People now think of this as a song about acid rain, but it was originally written as part of a campaign to stop aboveground nuclear testing, which was putting strontium-90 in the air, where it was washed down by the rain, got into the soil and thence to the grass, which was eaten by cows. When children drank the cow’s milk the strontium-90, chemically similar to calcium but radioactive, was deposited in their bones. Mothers saved their children’s baby teeth and sent them in to be tested by scientists who indeed found elevated levels of strontium-90 in their teeth. A year after this song was written, President Kennedy signed the treaty against aboveground testing.
We are reminded of this song today when it is raining and more rain coming. We need the rain as it has been dry and there is a drought in this area. In so many places the people our earth needs rain. We listen to the rain hitting our metal roof on the porch and think back to when we first heard this song. It was when Anne came back to town for a visit telling us all about the Ban the Bomb March she had been on, and her and others sitting outside during an air raid drill. Anne and her brother attended one of our Sunday afternoon neighborhood sing-a-longs and Anne borrowed Peters guitar and sang this song.
Malvina Reynolds wrote this song in 1962 and nothing has really changed. The big boys who were responsible for the above ground testing of nuclear testing are now involved with more destruction of the planet and its people all in the name of their real god, $$$$$. Don’t let them fool you. When, for god sakes when will we be able to get rid of the big boys as they continue to destroy and put the earth and its people in jeopardy? Somehow in all of this they will fail. They will be brought down hopefully never to rise again from the ashes of the old world.
Source: What have they done to the rain? and from the ashes of the old. | furbirdsqueerly
The Eversource satellite office in Tolland. (Chris Dehnel/Patch)
Thousands have signed a petition protesting a certain Eversource electricity charge that the utility says is Millstone-related.
Source: Thousands Protesting Eversource Charge Via Online Petition | Across Connecticut, CT Patch
People raise their fists during a protest against police violence at Lafayette Square near the White House on June 4.Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
“This is a demand for real change,” said one Black Lives Matter leader from Houston.
Source: George Floyd protests: What 4 organizers want to see from America’s protests – Vox
Brianna Noble rode atop her gelding, Dapper Dan, at an Oakland protest against the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. A photo of her inspired awe amid turmoil, and she talked to KQED about the experience.
Source: Oakland’s Protest Rider on Why She Took to Horseback for George Floyd | KQED
A protester in Washington, DC, speaks into a bullhorn as people kneel and hold their hands up in front of Lafayette Park near the White House to protest the death of George Floyd on May 25.Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
The author of Between the World and Me on why this isn’t 1968, the Colin Kaepernick test, police abolition, nonviolence and the state, and more.
Source: Ta-Nehisi Coates on George Floyd, police protests, and hope – Vox
Hi. I wanted to take today to compile a sampling of what black people (along with a few immigrant and other PoC voices) are saying about the recent murders by police of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, the threatening of Christian Cooper with police violence by a white woman, the protests in Minneapolis & other places, and the unequal impact of the pandemic on communities of color, as well as what black voices have said in the past about similar incidents & situations. This is not an exhaustive list of reaction & commentary — it’s just a sample. I’m not going to add anything to these voices, but I will share a few resources at the end of the post.
Please put your urge to judge on the shelf for a minute and just listen to your fellow human beings in all of their raw, righteous, and furious anger. I am trying to listen. Is America finally ready to listen? Are you ready?
Source: Listening to Black Voices Amid Murder, Violence, Protest, and Pandemic
Two dozen protesters participate in the “Swarm the Senate” rally in the Hart Senate Office Building urging action to “impeach, remove, indict and jail” President Donald Trump on Jan. 6. The protesters held up their hands, on which were written the words “No war.” (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
The killing of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani was a big deal. But it’s best to pause before determining the political fallout.
Source: Political fallout from Soleimani could be biggest for Senate
An installation by designer Gaetano Pesce titled “Maestà Sofferente” (Suffering Majesty) is shown during a furniture fair in Milan, Italy, on April 7. (Luca Bruno/AP)
The sculpture by Gaetano Pesce was unveiled Sunday in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo for Milan’s furniture fair this week.
More than 1,000 women and men lined the hallways and filled the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, demanding that senators vote against Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty)
“Incredible scene on Capital Hill right now, where thousands of anti-Kavanaugh protesters have taken over the Hart Senate Office Building.”
Source: Mass Arrests as Thousands Descend on Senate Office Building Demanding Lawmakers Reject Kavanaugh
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