Confederate context
I stand with UNC PhD student Maya Little who was arrested today for pouring blood and paint on Silent Sam. Here is her statement: I have been an organizer for the Silent Sam Sit-In since September...
View ArticleThis is not the bottom
Friends, please stop assuming things can’t get any worse. We got to this nightmare through complacency. Let it stop now. Things can and WILL get worse than this. We need to be prepared and act...
View ArticleWhite feminism can’t save us (and neither can removing Trump)
Amy Siskind’s heinous White Feminism was on full display this week when she responded to some very valid criticism about her oblivious White privilege and about her Republican-friendly past by...
View ArticleStart throwing rocks
I’ve been saying for almost 2 years that the only way to stop Republicans is to have a mass movement literally out in the streets (and in factories, and other strategic positions) shutting down...
View ArticleRuby’s rules for survival
My rules for survival, in this order: Take care of yourself and your loved ones. Practice solidarity, build community, and make art. Throw rocks. Organize. Shut them down with your bodies and minds. We...
View ArticleWe have to do a lot more than voting, but vote we must
The Washington Post writes today that a survey of battleground House districts shows Democrats with [a] narrow edge. But you know those elections aren’t going to win themselves. Thanks to...
View ArticleChallenging racism and saving souls in Alamance County
Ten months ago, I joined hundreds of Jews, immigrants, and our friends in Graham, North Carolina to say “no more” to the the cruel, racist, and unnecessary practices of ICE and to call out Alamance...
View ArticleGraham 9 Update
Here is a personal statement and an update on the Graham 9 – the group arrested at a Never Again Alamance protest last November. On our first trial date, one member (who was charged with “masking” if...
View ArticleNone of us are free until all of us are free
One year ago today, I and eight other lovely humans were arrested by the Graham Police Department as we attempted to walk to the Alamance County Detention Center and hold a Jewish-led ceremony to say...
View ArticleAmerican policing can’t be reformed
I know all my friends want police violence to stop as much as I do. But we must understand that there are no reforms that can change the values at the very foundation of American policing, and those...
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