Elizabeth Acevedo – ‘Beloved or If You Are Murdered Tomorrow’ – All Def Poetry | Video Worth Watching
From the Huffington Post’s Latino Voices:
Acevedo told The Huffington Post that the poem is inspired by the thoughts that run through her head when she hears that yet another black man has been shot and killed by police. “I was cooking black beans the day when the Jordan Davis case went to trial, and I was distracted, thoughtless in some ways, and the pot boiled over and the beans burned,” Acevedo said. “Something about that image really struck home. How the stove smudged, how the beans look when they’re split open, how heavy my heart was over this kid in Florida. But the history of Moros y Cristianos (Moors and Christians) also played into the moment. This is a Caribbean dish of simple ingredients, rice and beans elevating the other. It’s also A dish named after the Moor conquest of Spain. The racial dynamics in all of that: the Caribbean, Spain and North Africa, Jordan Davis, coalesced through that metaphor. It was how I was able to enter the poem by exploring that moment and my stake in it as an Afro-Latina and partner of a black man.”
Looking Back at the Week: April 8-14
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week contains articles, commentaries, columns, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, cartoonists, at-large contributors, and locally and nationally sourced writers on National Poetry Month, Trump teetering, the stench of SD politics, Kasparian’s depositions and his vendetta in National City, shady Marshall Tuck, Barrio Logan residents getting screwed again, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s feisty, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site. [Read more…]
Despacito – Musical Chicken Version (Mr. Chicken) | Video Worth Watching
O.K. I think enough time has elapsed since Despacito burst onto the music scene that I can once again hear that tune and not run screaming from the room. Especially if the tune is sung by a very talented musical chicken. Hmm, wonder if he’s any relation to Foghorn Leghorn … Enjoy! [Read more…]
Trump to Robert Mueller: ‘It Wasn’t Me’ | Video Worth Watching
James Corden and Shaggy put a new parody twist on the classic “It Wasn’t Me”. Given some of the recent developments, we may be getting closer to seeing this played out in real life. I’m becoming more optimistic. The trickier question now might be whether or not we can keep from blowing up the planet in the meanwhile. [Read more…]
Trump Teeters Towards Meltdown | Progressive Activist Calendar April 13-23, 2018
Things are breaking fast this morning as I’m writing this post. So I’m only going to leave this plan of action here, in the likely event President Trump fires Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as is widely expected.
March for Truth—an organization that is working with dozens of advocacy groups to organize rapid response protests has partnered with MoveOn.org, Public Citizen, Indivisible and many others to prepare emergency ‘Nobody is Above the Law’ rallies that will happen directly following the firing of the special counsel should it occur. There are already events in 800+ cities and communities scheduled across the country—more than 300,000 people are prepared to take to the streets.
By firing Mueller or Rosenstein, the president would trigger a full-fledged constitutional crisis by asserting that he is above the law. The hours following the firing will determine whether he is proved right. [Read more…]
Operating Instructions | Geo-Poetic Spaces
Prior to surgical intervention
complete a thorough examination
of the subject
Note critical anatomical features
essential to survival
ignorantly puncturing a major artery
has terminal implications
that must be avoided [Read more…]
Langston Hughes -‘I, Too, Sing America’ | Video Worth Watching
Langston Hughes reading his poem “I, too, sing America”. As testament to its enduring impact consider that according to the Poetry Archive, it was written in 1924 and recorded by Folkways in 1955, and that Wikipedia notes: “On September 22, 2016, his poem “I, Too” was printed on a full page of the New York Times in response to the riots of the previous day in Charlotte, North Carolina.” [Read more…]
San Diego’s Solution to Trump Starts in Less Than 30 Days
Donald Trump’s name won’t be on the June 5 ballots in California. But you can still vote against him in a meaningful way.
Mail-in ballots for our primary elections will be arriving less than one month, starting on May 7th. In speaking with activists who have been canvassing neighborhood around San Diego, I’ve heard that a majority of people don’t even know there’s an election on the horizon.
It’s everybody’s responsibility to change this situation. [Read more…]
Hanif Abdurraqib – “All Of The Ways I’ve Kept Myself Alive” | Video Worth Watching
Hanif Abdurraqib performing “All Of The Ways I’ve Kept Myself Alive” at the LA release show for his debut book, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much. Filmed at Art Share LA. [Read more…]
National City’s Fetid Mess at City Hall Revealed as June 2018 Elections Near
National City’s ballot measures for the June 5 election have become a battleground for competing groups in the labor movement, as a splinter labor group led by UFCW President Mickey Kasparian injected $50,000 into the contest in support of a measure extending the tenure of Mayor Ron Morrison.
There is a gendered subtext to this development, as it can easily be argued this support comes from an organization led by a man with a controversial background and will be used to deny political power to progressive women.
The monies will be used in support of Measure B, which sets term limits for City council members but creates a loophole resetting the incumbent Mayor’s tenure, allowing him to continue past a voter-approved limit set in 2004. Kasparian’s union put up $25,000, for the effort as an Independent Expenditure PAC, and an equal amount came from Laborers International Local 89. [Read more…]
Art Students Use Light to Turn Trump’s Border Prototypes Into Art | Video Worth Watching
This Voice of San Diego video by Adriana Heldiz features Southwestern College professor Perry Vasquez introducing us to highlights of an art project that incorporates the controversial border wall prototypes near the U.S.-Mexico border at Otay Mesa. The project was a collaboration among Vasquez’ students and two other local artists: Jill Holslin and Andrew Sturm.
Jill Holslin is also an occasional contributor to the San Diego Free Press and Perry Vasquez is the artist and illustrator for San Diego Free Press columnist Jim Miller’s latest publication: Last Days in Ocean Beach (City Works Press, 2018). [Read more…]
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