Alice Walker's Blog

Happy Birthday, Rebecca Walker. November 17th; the day, years ago, shortly after birth, when you saw roses for the first time!

In the shamanic tradition of offering what one has for free, this artist sat in the sun, on the floor of our house, and painted this tree for you.  It is our gift: the reality that what is given from the heart is beyond price. ~aw

Happy Birthday, November 6th, Brother-Neighbor, Derrick Bell

Alice Walker and Derrick Bell, kin beyond theories. ~aw Photograph by Jean Weisinger. 1991.

Does BRICS Have the Power to Help Cuba?

    Video source: El Huachiman

I’d Rather Be Doing This.

Dave Chapelle said it best, regarding our lack of progress as a country, and China’s astounding creativity and accomplishments:  “Everybody in the US is racist; everybody in China is Chinese.”  Woe is the US; held back  in this way.  My parents and grandparents brought nothing but their best to the building of America.  It would be a different world if they had had a voice in how it would grow.  It is, interestingly, not a consolation to witness its failure. The music that goes best with this fe...

Manuel Garcia Verdecia’s Translation Services

MANUEL GARCÍA VERDECIA’S PROFESSIONAL RESUME Manuel García Verdecia (Marcané, Holguín, October 5, 1953) is a professor, poet, editor, and translator. He is a prominent member of the UNEAC (Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba) branch in his city, Holguín. He holds a degree in English, a degree in French, and a Master’s degree in Cuban Culture. He has taught at universities in Cuba, Canada, the Czech Republic, and Mexico. He has participated in: Carlos Pellicer International Poetry Festival in Ta...

We Are the Prize and We Must Win ~aw

  No one can give you back your soul. ~aw

We Will Guard the Flame

We will guard the flame.   Legendary photographer Jean Weisinger presents her photo of Assata Shakur at an even more legendary school – Lincoln University, a fabulous historic black school, in Pennsylvania. ~aw

After the Protest, the March, the Flotilla, the Resistance and the Rebellion: The Movies

Después de la Protesta, la Marcha, la Flotilla, la Resistencia y la Rebelión: Las Películas After the Protest, the March, the Flotilla,  Resistance and Rebellion:  The Movies Copyright© 2025 by Alice Walker There are so many movies that I admire; and much too little time to write about them.  I watch them, praise the story, the actors, the landscapes or streets, and send prayers of thanksgiving for the gift of inspiration. But it is urgent, I think, that we share the teachings of movies beyond s...

After the Protest, the March, the Flotilla, the Resistance and the Rebellion: The Movies

  After the Protest, the March, the Flotilla,  Resistance and Rebellion:  The Movies Copyright© 2025 by Alice Walker There are so many movies that I admire; and much too little time to write about them.  I watch them, praise the story, the actors, the landscapes or streets, and send prayers of thanksgiving for the gift of inspiration. But it is urgent, I think, that we share the teachings of movies beyond simply admiring them.  How to do this?  We are humans, very smart, there will be a way.  Be...

No Chain Too Bright To Let Go Of

The prize is us and always was. ~aw