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Gifts of Spirit: Thoughts On Being Canceled

    Gifts of Spirit: Thoughts On Being Canceled ©2021 by Alice walker ‘The Color Purple’ author Alice Walker to deliver keynote address at HVCC despite controversies Pulitzer-winning writer and activist’s remarks will be about ‘speaking your truth, whatever that may be, even if provocative’ (At no time did I say I would talk about read more »

Ralph Ellison’s Brain…Could It Be Improved by AI?

Ralph Ellison’s Brain… Could It Be Improved by AI? ©2021 by Alice Walker   I met Ralph Ellison only once. He was invited to speak at Tougaloo College in Mississippi where I was teaching writing to a class that occasionally started late because a student or more than one needed to be got out of read more »

“They Are Not Numbers”

We Are Not Numbers When Omar al-Manakosh was 2, his parents died in a car crash, and he had to raise himself and his brother until he was 20.  He pursued a technical diploma and learned smartphones maintenance and wanted this to be his career, until he was killed today by Israeli warplanes in #Gaza. Omar read more »

Mass Killing of Children and Whole Families

May 2021 Mass Killing of Children and Whole Families   Mariam 3 years old and her Brother 5 years old killed This is Mariam (to the right). She is 3 years old. Next to her is her 5-year-old brother. Israel killed them both, along with their pregnant mother yesterday in #Gaza. From Palestine Memorial on read more »

We Are the Flag

Patriot  (We Are the Flag) © by Alice Walker. With love, and gratitude, for the beauty and color Sikhs contribute to American life.     If you Want to show Your love For America Love Americans Smile When you see One Flowerlike His Turban Rosepink.   Rejoice At the Eagle feather In a grandfather’s Braid. read more »

Ramsey Clark dies: An Attorney General who turned against imperialism (Article Reprint 2021-04-10)

Fallece Ramsey Clark: Fiscal general convertido a antiimperialista Liberation News Audio Program Ramsey Clark Soundcloud Photo: Dennis Banks, Fidel Castro, Alice Walker, Ramsey Clark, in Havana, April 1993. Credit: Gloria La Riva, photo and article. Liberation News Audio Program & Article Reprint 2021-04* Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General and renowned international human-rights attorney who read more »

What Does Truth Sound Like? Can We Still Tell? Listen.

Both these videos are extremely important.  The Bill Gates one below refuses to cooperate with sound! ~aw. It can be found I’m sure. Try this link:https://www.bitchute.com/video/igJsj6....  Lower right. Entertain these ideas as the warriors you are.  It is not about argument at this point, if it ever was. More about life experience and thoughtfulness.~aw

Meghan and Harry

Meghan and Harry Talking to Oprah ©2021 by Alice Walker   How can you not love this world Where miracles are happening all the time. Indian farmers -thrown off their course by centuries of British rule – refusing to kill themselves any longer and rising instead against their slaughter by the greed of their head read more »

CODEPINK: Write to Congress to urge the administration to reverse Trump’s disastrous policy toward our neighbors

¿Por qué le ha llevado tanto tiempo al presidente Biden a actuar respecto a Cuba?   Why has President Biden taken so long to act on Cuba? Write to Congress to urge the administration to reverse Trump’s disastrous policy toward our neighbors.  ACT NOW Ask your Rep. to reverse Trump’s cruel Cuba policy!   President Biden read more »

Cicely. 1924-2021

With your great skill, and compassion: Thank you for helping us bear this look in our eyes. ~aw Con su gran habilidad y compasión: Gracias por ayudarnos a tener esta mirada en nuestros ojos. ~ aw P.S. Tune in to the vibration of all of us reading Cicely’s book: Just As I Am, at the read more »