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Category Archives: politics
Abortion Again! A Right, a Necessity, a Crime?
Around 1968, soon after it was founded, Population Connection—then called Zero Population Growth—called the members of its small New York group and asked them to counter a major march by the right-to-life forces, who were assembling in Central Park. My … Continue reading
Donald Trump Is “Making America Beautiful Again”
On February 10, 2020, I came across a small headline in The New York Times proclaiming that Donald Trump is making “America beautiful again.” It was paired with an image of the National Museum of African American History and Culture … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, art, bauhaus, donald trump, fascism, freedom of expression, hitler, nazi germany
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Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh
This land is your land, this land is my land, From California to the New York island, From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters, This land was made for you and me —Woodie Guthrie On May 12, 1954, … Continue reading
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We Need a Funded Planned Parenthood
In 1949, when my big romance was morphing from casual to committed I was desperately searching for a reliable method of birth control. To be precise, I wanted a diaphragm, i.e. a rubber cap that would prevent my lover’s sperm … Continue reading
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Planned Parenthood and The Marseillaise: Aux Armes, Citoyens!
To arms, citizens, Form your battalions Let’s march, let’s march Let an impure blood Soak our fields This is the refrain of the Marseillaise, forever the battle-song of oppressed humanities. It was composed by Claude Rouget de Lisle in 1792 … Continue reading