Alice Walker's Blog, page 63

Happy 10th Anniversary, Busboys and Poets!

Happy Tenth Anniversary, Busboys and Poets! Greetings Everyone, I was on my way to be with you tonight, but did not want to risk being trapped, in mid journey, with my partner and small dog, by Hurricane Joaquin. Andy (Shallal) tells me the danger seems past, and I am happy for all of you who read more »

PALESTINE: REVISITED POST WITH NEW MATERIALS: At Sea on the Audacity of Hope, 2011, Athens, Greece

RISE UP, OCTOBER! Be On Your Side. -AW First look! US Boat to Gaza, Flotilla II blockade runner The Audacity of Hope Eric Verlo, June 29th, 2011 PALESTINE: REVISITED POST WITH NEW MATERIALS: AT SEA ON THE AUDACITY read more »

Imagine

Imagine 2015 by Alice Walker We can only imagine What these two- Francis and Fidel- Really had to say To each other. The Pope wondering Who really is the Holy Father here, Since everything he’s Preaching as holy Fidel has already Fulfilled. Fidel Seeing humor In the Argentine’s unmistakable Italian roots And thinking pointedly But read more »

Four Insightful Pieces About Cuba by Manuel E. Yepe

The Island That Sleeps Like a Wing,Cuban poet, Nancy Morejon WHY THREE POPES IN 20 YEARS? By Manuel E. Yepe http://manuelyepe.wordpress.com/ A CubaNews translation. Edited by Walter Lippmann. In less than twenty years, three Popes have visited Cuba. This is something really surprising read more »

Don’t Be Fooled By “Inclusive Capitalism” It’s Still A Disaster, by Cynthia McKinney

Don’t be fooled by “Inclusive Capitalism” It’s still a disaster! By Cynthia McKinney Published time: 15 Sep, 2015 10:26 Signs of Deep Awakening ….AW Gary Cameron / Reuters According to its website, Inclusive Capitalism, every corporation must be a citizen of the society in which it operates. This ensures long-term growth and company health. read more »

Don’t Be Fooled By “Inclusive Capitalism” It’s Still A Disaster

Don’t be fooled by “Inclusive Capitalism” It’s still a disaster! Published time: 15 Sep, 2015 10:26 Signs of Deep Awakening ….AW Gary Cameron / Reuters According to its website, Inclusive Capitalism, every corporation must be a citizen of the society in which it operates. This ensures long-term growth and company health. They even write read more »

ROSENWALD, a film by Aviva Kempner

ROSENWALDA FILM BY AVIVA KEMPNER Friends tell friends, otherwise how would we know? An old friend recently breezed back into my life to fly me away from a couple of scary cliffs, and told me about Rosenwald, the new film about the Jewish philanthropist, merchant, and co-owner of Sears Roebuck, who during the 1920s and read more »

Refugees ©2015 by Alice Walker

Refugees 2015 by Alice Walker They would not be running to us If we were not chasing them With the guns and bombs and rockets we sold To crazy people: Out of their houses Out of their schools Out of their mosques, Churches, Synagogues Away from their favorite Prayer trees. You are guilty America Of read more »

The world Rising ©2015 by Alice Walker

The world Rising 2015 by Alice Walker The world rising Can put an end To anything: The murder of children Whales Elephants Forests Oceans. Get up. Roll over On that part Of you That will not Welcome Recognize Encourage Or even see Our rise. A compassionate roll: We must be done With cruelty Especially to read more »

Lodestar ©2015 by Alice Walker

Lodestar 2015 by Alice Walker Here is what I believe Will be the hardest thing To do: To remember That we have A soul. It is so quiet The soul And weighs Almost nothing. It might flash Across Our dullest days Only once or twice In a lifetime. That it is there: Just the certainty read more »