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March 11, 2013
Women’s History Month: Faces of Feminism
Faces of Feminism Video Source: Open Road Media Alice appears at 1:16 in the video:
March 5, 2013
Poem: The Good Ones, for Hugo Chavez, Presente
The Good OnesFor Hugo ChavezMarch 5, 2013©2013 by Alice WalkerThe good oneswho listento womento children and the poordie too soon,their lives bedeviledby opposition:our hearts grieve for them.This was the world my father knew.A poor manhe saw good men come and mostly go;leaving behindthe stranded and bereft.People of hopes, dreams, and so muchhard work!Yearning for a more »
March 1, 2013
Poem: What does it take to be happy? For Stephane Hessel
What Does It Take To Be Happy?© 2013 by Alice WalkerEven on those daysthe news is fully bad.And all you can do is get out of bedand failing thatgive thanks you have a bed not to get out of.What does it take to make us smilewhen we feel the sword of angerand hatredsharp against the more »
Poem: What Does It Take To Be Happy? For Stéphane Hessel
What Does It Take To Be Happy?© 2013 by Alice WalkerEven on those daysthe news is fully bad.And all you can do is get out of bedand failing thatgive thanks you have a bed not to get out of.What does it take to make us smilewhen we feel the sword of angerand hatredsharp against the more »
February 27, 2013
Stéphane Hessel, Presente: One Reward of a Just Life is to Die Peacefully in One’s Sleep
Stéphane Hessel, one of the great old men of the world still standing, inspired all of us who participated in the Russell Tribunal on Palestine over the last several years. He died peacefully in his sleep last night at the age of 95. That he never abandoned his principles – from participation in the French more »
Stephane Hessel, Presente: One Reward of a Just Life is to Die Peacefully in One’s Sleep
Stephane Hessel, one of the great old men of the world still standing, inspired all of us who participated in the Russell Tribunal on Palestine over the last several years. He died peacefully in his sleep last night at the age of 94. That he never abandoned his principles – from participation in the French more »
February 26, 2013
Our Wonderful Awakening World (Oxfam’s Behind The Brands Campaign)
Theletter below from Oxfam, which arrived in my e-mail today, is self-explanatory. Reading it evoked much emotion. Even more than when I read a petition recently about making sure the people who bring us our food in restaurants are paid enough to eat similar food if they wanted to. We’ve assumed wait persons were all more »
February 25, 2013
Wedding Ceremony: Marrying Good Men (from The Cushion in the Road) Spring 2013
Marrying Good Men A month ago, I married two good men. To each other. more »
A Meditation: Wait Until Morning, Veterans for Peace (typescript of video)
Set a Place for HimWait Until Morning: Veterans for Peace (transcript of video)Miami, Florida August 11, 2012Dedicated to the Other Veterans for Peace:Those who kill themselves©2012 by Alice Walker We Pay a Visit to Those Who Play at Being Dead My mother For instance Whose Cheekbones Greet me From A Recent Photograph more »
February 18, 2013
Poem: Not From Here (from Chitauri Blues, a work in progress)
Not From Here Credo Mutwa holding a likeness of a Chitauri(from Chitauri Blues, a work in progress) ©2013 by Alice Walker Anybody who despises elephants except for their tusksis not from here. Anybody who decapitates mountains Is not from here. Anybody who unfeelingly murdersrivers, oceans,and the air, Is not from here. Anybody who “disappears” whole more »
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