activism
November 19, 2009
- My first anti-war march and rally was in 1968 - small and local. I cut classes in high school to join college students from up the hill. My visualization of our peaceful gathering, in front of the suburban city hall, closes in on a protester holding a pole and flying a large North Vietnamese flag. My immediate thought was - can one participate in an effort for peace and support the Viet ...
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October 14, 2009
- I'VE BEGUN A DEJA-VU BLOG AT WWW.AIMEELIU.NET TO EXCAVATE AND EXTRACT ENTRIES ABOUT WRITING FROM PAST JOURNALS, TO SHAKE THEM OUT IN THE LIGHT OF TODAY AND SEE IF MY THOUGHTS BACK THEN (WHENEVER THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN) STILL HOLD UP TODAY. HERE AT REDROOM, I'LL SHARE SOME OF THESE ENTRIES WITH YOU. FOR THE REST, PLEASE VISIT http://www.aimeeliu.net/blog.htm
For the past thirty years I've made ...
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September 22, 2009
- Dear Senator Feinstein:I write not only as a concerned constituent, but as the founder of Writers-at-Large, a first ever California writers advocacy group organized to speak up for free speech, a free press, and a federal shield law.
You may recall that in 2004 I invited you to attend "Engaged: Poets for Democracy and Core Freedoms," at the San Francisco Public Library, an event in ...
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August 11, 2009
- I’m on vacation/in post-TED Global recovery this August. Taking social networking easy as well, I posted a chocolate cake recipe on Facebook. You can whip up the quickie soufflé-like treat in a coffee mug with the help of a microwave.The indulgent little formula emailed by my Sacramento sister comes from a world I haven’t lived in for years. Microwave cooking. White sugar and vegetable oil. ...
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August 6, 2009
- It was with fury that I heard Ohio's Govenor Ted Strickland announce that he was quartering the fund for Ohio's libraries. WHAT!! Did he not know, that in doing so, he was slowly clamping off the artery that fed Ohio's brain? I guess Strickland wants Ohioans to become a bunch of robotic idiots so he can rule them all. If he keeps it up, how will the state survive? Our factories, our jobs are ...
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July 25, 2009
- I stood outside the Otter Project in downtown Monterey, California, disappointed. The glass door to the office was locked, and as I peered in no one seemed to be moving around inside. I'd gone out walking the dog and had hoped to find someone to tell me how California's sea otters were doing these days. I was about to pull the leash away when a young woman with sandy, bobbed hair took shape on ...
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March 25, 2009
- “I am not saying you are a bad guy” my friend said “I am just saying you are uniquely unqualified to be the spokesperson for a whole entire generation.” That declaration hurt. I had put a lot of thought about being spokesperson for my generation while I was eating breakfast. I pointed out that the generation before us had Bill O’Reilly and Bono. I think logic would dictate that if they ...
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March 6, 2009
- Since I'm going up to Berkeley/S.F. for the weekend, I'll put up a poem by Jack Hirschman, former poet laureate of San Francisco. Jack is a longtime homeless activist, and used to be involved in projects with activists and poets like my friend Carol Tarlen, Sarah Menefee, and David Joseph in feeding homeless in San Francisco. Since it was illegal to feed the homeless, many got arrested for it. ...
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February 13, 2009
- This morning a friend sent me this letter he received tha contains what I consider very good new both in the merits and in the method: February 12, 2009Dear Mario, We're thrilled to announce that in the final economic stimulus bill that was just released by a Congressional committee, funding for the nuclear weapons infrastructure was removed!We asked you to write your representatives and ...
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November 15, 2008
- Someday we'll find it,the rainbow connection,the lovers, the dreamers, and me...- Kermit the Frog, The Muppet Movie I have a favorite scarf. It's a rainbow scarf that belonged to my mother, who received it from a friend who bought it while on vacation in South America. It's a long, thick, comfy scarf that I remember being in the house since I was ...
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