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Our Humanity Unchained: Jane Goodall and Wounda Soul

Our Humanity Unchained: Jane Goodall and Wounda SoulSubject: A chimpanzee hugs Jane Goodall after being released into the wild.

Our Humanity in Chains

Dear friends,Thousands of East Africans have beenkidnapped by sadistic gangs, and torturedin Egypt’s Sinai until their families pay huge ransoms for their freedom. If we show Egypt’s leaders thatthis dirty secret is out and damaging the Sinai’s tourism reputation,we can force them to end the horror. Sign now:Nine months pregnant and in chains, Haben’s* torturers more »

Confident Anticipation of Joy (Health Care)

An Iraqi child standing in her parents’ blood (The NY Times)Confident Anticipation of Joy©2014 by Alice WalkerHow peculiar it feelsto speak abouthealth care in Americataking care of people’shealthwhile our governmentbombsthe limbsoff childrenin far away lands.And starves and imprisonsnot a few of themat home.How oddthat it seemsnot obviously knownthat true health caremust mean, at minimum,deliberate non- more »

And When They Spy On Us (In English y Español)

Alice and Kaleo 2007 photo by Vaschelle André of Divine PhotographyAnd When They Spy On UsFor SnowdenCopyright©2014 by Alice WalkerAnd when they spyon uslet them discoverusloving -it really doesn’tmatter what we are lovinglet it bean exerciseof the heart.You can beginwithyour car -if that has beenyour training.After allthe great onestell usit is all aboutand by any more »

And When They Spy On Us

Alice and Kaleo 2007 photo by Vaschelle André of Divine PhotographyAnd When They Spy On UsFor SnowdenCopyright©2014 by Alice WalkerAnd when they spyon uslet them discoverusloving -it really doesn’tmatter what we are lovinglet it bean exerciseof the heart.You can beginwithyour car -if that has beenyour training.After allthe great onestell usit is all aboutand by any more »

The Spectacle of Guantánamo: Americans Are Sentenced To Being Afraid

AMERICANS ARE SENTENCED TO BEING AFRAID© 2014 by Alice Walker This photo of Shaker Aamer and the letter below written by him, reminds me of the completely unjust imprisonment of The Cuban Five, (now four) who have been incarcerated for 15 years. What kind of mind would do this? Treat other human beings – or more »

The Spectacle of Guantanamo: Americans Are Sentenced To Being Afraid

AMERICANS ARE SENTENCED TO BEING AFRAID© 2014 by Alice Walker This photo of Shaker Aamer and the letter below written by him, reminds me of the completely unjust imprisonment of The Cuban Five, (now four) who have been incarcerated for 15 years. What kind of mind would do this? Treat other human beings – or more »

The Spectacle of Guantanamo: Americans are Sentenced to being Frightened

This photo of Shaker Aamer and the letter below written by him, reminds me of the completely unjust imprisonment of The Cuban Five, (now four) who have been incarcerated for 15 years. What kind of mind would do this? Treat other human beings – or even other nonhuman animals – in this way? A scary more »

NOW IS THE TIME TO OPEN YOUR HEART: To the Cuban Reader

To the Cuban Reader©2014 by Alice WalkerNow Is the Time to Open Your Heart is my seventh novel, and, unless I am mistaken, it is my last. I wrote it toward the close of my Fifth decade; it presents the concerns that, at that time, seemed important to share. First of all, I realized I more »

Solstice Greetings and Gratitude 2013, or Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn Playing Tennis!

Solstice Greetings and Gratitude 2013, or Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn Playing Tennis! ©2013 by Alice Walker2013 was a surprising, even astonishing, year whose revelatory power shows no sign of abating in 2014. It is as though we are collectively watching an enormous egg, as big as the sun, cracking open to reveal a golden more »