A Wander in Poetry: A Psalm for Dust
This is a new poetry podcast I’m doing as part of the Objector Church weekly webcast. But I thought, why not have them stand alone as well. The first poem …
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Prepare yourself. Oklahoma is going on a killing spree
It’s not hard to predict how Oklahoma’s new execution method will play out. The future of the death penalty in Oklahoma may have been established in 2015 when Republican Rep. …
To We, the Many: Let the banners drop, the strike be called, the revolution go forward
This is the intro to my podcast, Left in Oklahoma, episode 25, for Feb. 6, 2018. It’s a complaint as old as protest itself: “Your tactics are wrong. You are …
Politics of terror vs. the People
This was prepared as an intro to my podcast, Pointing Left, an Oklahoma alternative news and opinion program. This episode was released Jan. 31, 2018. As I think about Trump’s …
Chelsea Manning is free! Looking back at seven years of activism for our hometown whistleblower hero
This reflection on my time working on Chelsea Manning support and awareness in her home state was published by the Oklahoma Observer in the June 2017 issue under the title “In Oklahoma, A Celebration Seven Years In The Making.”
Chelsea Manning Submits Personal Account of Her Struggles and Motivations in Application for Clemency
Included in Chelsea Manning’s recent request for clemency from President Obama, filed by her attorneys on November 10, was a very personal recounting by the imprisoned whistleblower of her personal history, …
ACTION ALERT: This may be the final effort to save Chelsea Manning
Attorneys for Chelsea Manning have filed a request for commutation of her sentence to time served. In a statement accompanying her petition, a copy of which her lawyer provided to …
OKC council rejects Indigenous People’s Day proposal for second year
For the second year in a row, the Oklahoma City city council has failed to pass a popular initiative to name the second Monday in October as Indigenous People’s Day, as has been …
An open letter to President Obama regarding Chelsea Manning
President Obama, Are you seriously going to sit back and let the Army punish Chelsea Manning with solitary for a suicide attempt that was a direct response to their inhumane treatment of her?