Alice Walker's Blog, page 81

David Icke and Malcolm X

I have not known of David Icke until recently; I owe the introduction to my partner who encouraged me to share a couple of videos with him. What I admire most about David Icke is the freedom of his mind. It will go anywhere and often does in bringing together bits and pieces (sometimes whole more »

And In the Red Box

For Obenewa, African daughter, at ChristmasAnd In the Red BoxAnd in the red box tied with red ribbons tell me justice lies and school books for children tell me there is a sandwich for the man starving on the corner. Tell me when Christmas comes peace and a warm fire happiness and joy an end more »

Calling All Beings of Fearless Compassion

Calling All Beings of Fearless CompassionCopyright © 2012 by Alice WalkerOn December 2, 2012, my mother, Minnie Tallulah Grant Walker, who was born in 1912, would have been 100 years old. To celebrate her birth, and that of friends and relatives born (under the sign of Sagittarius) on the same day, two sister/friends (Monica Belaunde more »

You Were Sixteen

You Were Sixteen© 2012 by Alice WalkerYou were sixteenand on your way to pick upyour birthdaycake.My partner offersphotographsof your batteredheadthat I cannotview.You have died under the blows.Look at the soldierhe sayswhen he seesmy eyesare turning away:Sixteen too,perhaps.Dressed in the olivedrabof her country’spolice; too youngto imagineas she posesabove her killthat she has murdereda dream of youththat more »

Poem: MY 12.12.12

MY 12-12-12ZAPATA, MEXICO They told us we must be readybefore dawnand just at dawnManuel came for us.We rode in silence as the daywas breakingto joina slowly building crowdof peopleon the outskirts of Zapata.There are so many Zapatas in Mexico.And many Villasit must be said.But there we were a small contingentwaiting for Her.A nun showed up more »

Native American Activist Leonard Peltier’s Jailhouse Plea for Long-Denied Clemency

Leonard Peltier is someone whose unjust suffering has been present in my consciousness for all of the 37 years he has been in prison. I’ve marveled at his poetry, his paintings, his deep humanity as life has crashed in on him in ways most of us will never experience. It is good to see him more »

SAYING GOOD-BYE TO WENDY

On September 22, 2012, I lost my literary agent of four decades, Wendy Weil, of the Wendy Weil Agency, in New York City. Wendy died suddenly,unexpectedly, of a heart attack. She was at her country home inConnecticut, reading manuscripts. Her recently adopted dog, Hamish, was nearby. Her memorial was two months later. Below is the more »

Video: World Social Forum Free Palestine

Brother Russell Means Presente!

Brother Russell Means, Presente! With the passing of Russell Means the world has lost one of its great wisdom teachers. A self described “born again Primitive” he honored Feminine guidance as the best option for achieving peaceful success in human affairs, considering it to be utterly, even astonishingly, compatible with the workings of both Universe more »

Brother Russell Means Presenté!

Brother Russell Means, Presenté! With the passing of Russell Means the world has lost one of its great wisdom teachers. A self described “born again Primitive” he honored Feminine guidance as the best option for achieving peaceful success in human affairs, considering it to be utterly, even astonishingly, compatible with the workings of both Universe more »