Category Archives: mass imprisonment

Telling the truth is an honorable act: it is not “bashing”

Posted on March 20, 2016 by silviantonia

“More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions … Continue reading →

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Bernie or Bust, an explanation for whatever friends I have left in this election

Posted on March 3, 2016 by silviantonia

I am doing my nightly crying bit by watching our fan-created, Bernie Sanders videos, from people like us, people who suffer and who have lost friends and family, and who have seen people deported just because, and people who die … Continue reading →

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Women hold up half the sky… a meditation on women’s rights and issues

Posted on February 13, 2016 by silviantonia

We are living in a world that is ever more disrespectful and abusive of women’s rights and issues.  In our current scene of politicians who pander to the lowest common denominator to blast and blaspheme against the birthing half of humanity, … Continue reading →

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Immigration in troubled times and cold days

Posted on December 8, 2015 by silviantonia

December 5th WCDF Vigil Vigilia del 5 de diciembre en el Centro de Detención Held by Lacey Hunter with the help of Kristi Laughlin and Silvia A. Brandon Pérez as music leader – celebrada por Lacey Hunter con la ayuda … Continue reading →

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J’accuse!

Posted on September 28, 2015 by silviantonia

Musings from November 24, 2008: Sitting on the floor at Birmingham International Airport waiting for boarding time to return to California from a pilgrimage to Fort Benning, Georgia, to protest the continued operation of the School of the Americas or … Continue reading →

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Restorative justice: in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes

Posted on June 4, 2015 by silviantonia

Sonnet 29 When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich … Continue reading →

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