Alice Walker's Blog, page 14

Bless South Africa and Palestine

Bless South Africa and Palestine and bless the love and solidarity between people who truly understand. To bless is to help.  There is another anthem from our own struggle of standing together against apartheid in America: We Shall Overcome. ~aw

WHEN MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BLOOD

Malcolm X would have been disillusioned about the Muslim “brotherhood” he thought he found in Mecca.  Money is not more important than blood. Oil is not more precious than food and shelter and water. Definitely it is not more precious than honor. ~aw

John Pilger, presente! 1939-2023

John Pilger, presente! 1939-2023 Thank you, John Pilger, For demonstrating it is possible To live By a higher faith Than pleasant Survival. That we can dare to know The terrors of our time And, knowing them,  At least confront  And fully live Life In awareness,  Rather than in immobilizing Dread. ~aw

Going Back For the Others… the modern mirror of Claudine Gay w/Brianha Joy Gray

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I Will Be Returning To This

I Will Be Returning To This. ~aw Photo by Rebecca Walker,  Cambodia.

What will the new year bring?

Photo: What will the new year bring?  2023 by Alice Walker             A blessing:   The Gospel According to Shug. Happy New Year. ~aw   Link to: The Gospel According to Shug

Rev. William Barber presser after Greenville AMC theater kicked him & his mother out of The Color Purple

Full Video 1:03:55 This is beauty. Truth. Dignity. That this should have happened to Rev. William Barber and his mother at a showing of The Color Purple is made bearable only because we know, from experience, that we can sometimes harvest good from evil.  As is demonstrated here. ~aw.     Audio of Press Conference   Video credit: Roland S. Martin youtube channel:   “72,274 views Streamed live on Dec 29, 2023 #BlackStarNetwork – Rev. William Barber addresses Greenville AMC theatre calling police ...

Happy Birthday, Beloved Grandson, Tenzin

Happy Birthday, Beloved Grandson, Tenzin:  After a thoughtful morning of hanging prayer flags together. (December 22). May all beings be happy. May all beings be at peace.  May the winds carry our hopes and labor for peace to the ends of the planet.  And may our collective hope and love equal a grandmother’s  dream of peace and happiness for all children everywhere. Temple Jook House, Northern California

Turning Away From the Wreck: Blowing a kiss to Adrienne Rich

2023-12-20 Repost from original Turning Away From the Wreck: Blowing a kiss to Adrienne Rich Copyright 2023 by Alice Walker Will the one on the way To prison Run for President? Will the one who should be Napping Forget us  In his sleep? Let us rouse ourselves Americans. We who can barely  Grasp  How it has happened That we have fallen Into impotent rage And manufactured Controversy. We who sit stunned To see our children Becoming strangers And the dollar bill Disappearing  Into memory. What can ...

But Where Is Her World?

                                                                 But where is her world? ~aw