Stunning installation piece by Crystal Wagner comprised of cut paper and plastic. We’re very excited to be showing new works by Crystal next weekend at the Artmrkt San Francisco Art Fair, learn more about Crystal and her work here - http://spoke-art.com/blog/
butdoesitfloat.com curates photographs of civil rights I am a Man demonstrations.
powerful.
“1. White terrorists are called “gunmen.” What does that even mean? A person with a gun? Wouldn’t that be, like, everyone in the US? Other terrorists are called, like, “terrorists.”
2. White terrorists are “troubled loners.” Other terrorists are always suspected of being part of a global plot, even when they are obviously troubled loners.
3. Doing a study on the danger of white terrorists at the Department of Homeland Security will get you sidelined by angry white Congressmen. Doing studies on other kinds of terrorists is a guaranteed promotion.
4. The family of a white terrorist is interviewed, weeping as they wonder where he went wrong. The families of other terrorists are almost never interviewed.
5. White terrorists are part of a “fringe.” Other terrorists are apparently mainstream.
6. White terrorists are random events, like tornadoes. Other terrorists are long-running conspiracies.
7. White terrorists are never called “white.” But other terrorists are given ethnic affiliations.
8. Nobody thinks white terrorists are typical of white people. But other terrorists are considered paragons of their societies.
9. White terrorists are alcoholics, addicts or mentally ill. Other terrorists are apparently clean-living and perfectly sane.
10. There is nothing you can do about white terrorists. Gun control won’t stop them. No policy you could make, no government program, could possibly have an impact on them. But hundreds of billions of dollars must be spent on police and on the Department of Defense, and on TSA, which must virtually strip search 60 million people a year, to deal with other terrorists.
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Juan Cole, 08/09/2012 (via thepeacefulterrorist)
Juan Cole actually wrote this 4 days after a white terrorist, yes, terrorist, murdered 6 and injured 4 people at a Sikh gurdwara in Wisconsin. The terrorist who committed said crime spoke of an impending “racial holy war” beforehand and was a member of white supremacist/neo-Nazi hate groups.
(via mohandasgandhi)
(Source: juancole.com)
Kiera Wilmot got good grades and had a perfect behavior record. She wasn’t the kind of kid you’d expect to…Yo. They will destroy her life, spread the word and maybe someone with the power to do something can stand up for her.
Man.
“I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds. I will not eat until they restore my dignity. I’ve been detained at Guantánamo for 11 years and three months. I have never been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial.”
Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel, Gitmo is killing me
The only reason I am still here is that President Obama refuses to send any detainees back to Yemen. This makes no sense. I am a human being, not a passport, and I deserve to be treated like one.
I do not want to die here, but until President Obama and Yemen’s president do something, that is what I risk every day.
… The situation is desperate now. All of the detainees here are suffering deeply. At least 40 people here are on a hunger strike. People are fainting with exhaustion every day. I have vomited blood.
And there is no end in sight to our imprisonment. Denying ourselves food and risking death every day is the choice we have made.
I just hope that because of the pain we are suffering, the eyes of the world will once again look to Guantánamo before it is too late.
(via theamericanbear)
A 12-year-old in his cell at the Harrison County Juvenile Detention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. The window has been boarded up from the outside. The facility is operated by Mississippi Security Police, a private company. In 1982, a fire killed 27 prisoners and an ensuing lawsuit against the authorities forced them to reduce their population to maintain an 8:1 inmate to staff ratio.
As we celebrate—what, no longer being there?—let’s spare a moment for Iraq, and the Iraqis…
Continue reading Jon Lee Anderson’s reflection on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq war: http://nyr.kr/14crdUd
Photograph: Alex Majoli/Magnum.
NYPD Brutalize, Harass & Arrests WOC At Brooklyn Protest
On Wednesday, I posted a video of police brutally arresting a woman at the Brooklyn protest against the NYPD killing of Kimani Gray. This video shows the event that led to the arrest.
The video proves that police were the ones agitating the crowd, which was almost exclusively POC. This specific group was made up of mainly WOC. An officer can be seen shoving a women at the 47 second mark. The officer behind him is named Scholl, has been seen brutalizing protesters since the unrest began on Monday. In the video, officer Scholl harasses the young woman who was just pushed by a cop with a baton.
At 1:35, a half dozen male police officers snatch a woman from the crowd and brings her down the concrete. She screams as several cops use unnecessary force to arrest her. One officer pulls her hands behind you back and pushes up, causing her extreme pain while he sits on top of her. At 3:07, the officer who was previously placing is knee on her head, kicks her face.
