Category: freedom

Hummingbird…

When I’m feeling wild and lonesome she knows the words to say
She gives me understanding in her special way and I have to say
In my life I’ll love no other, she’s more than I deserve

Alternatives…

we can export knowledge, technology, human resources and peace instead of terror, munitions and avoidable wars of choice

Heat Wave… ~00~

The residents of an isolated mountain town must band together to survive during a devastating heat wave.

Chicken Coop Blues

https://youtu.be/mZnrRefY-UA
The Dominoes – CHICKEN BLUES – 1951

Summertime Blues

“Summertime Blues”, it is said, took Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart just 45 minutes to write. Three verses about a teenager cursed by the fact that instead of cruising with his girlfriend, he has to spend the summer working, set to one of rock music’s first great guitar riffs. It was just an E, an A and a B7, but three chords were all Cochran needed.

Indigenous Blues

“Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. Even before there were large numbers of Negroes on our shore, the scar of racial hatred had already disfigured colonial society.”

John Lennon

Lennon’s work included music, writing, drawings, and film. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.
https://youtu.be/zOTvm1i62Ys
Discovering John Lennon

Bob Dylan… 1961-2024

The growing folkie first gained a notable reputation whilst going by the name of Elston Gunn as well as variations on his birth name such as Robert Allen. However, it was on Bob Dylan that he would eventually settle.

Education in America

“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious – the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”
― Albert Einstein

President Jill Ellen Stein has our backs.

“The political system is broken. Over 60% of us now say the two-party establishment has failed us and we need a party that serves the people. I’m running for President to offer a better choice for the people. Join us!”

https://jillstein2024.com

Post Office Action in East Portland

Portland Community & Postal Workers United Action at East Portland Post Office

The Postal Board of Governors has cut out public comment (at their May 9th meeting in DC) and the Postmaster General is refusing requests for information from the Postal Regulatory Commission

Eugene the Jeep

https://youtu.be/l0asgF3RtZw 1960-10-06: Ike & Popeye’s Magical Jeep In the August 9, 1936, strip, headlined “Wha’s a Jeep?” [sic] Popeye asks … More

Hold on, we are stardust…

You may be approaching middle age… “Humans could live until the ripe old age of 150 years” How long can … More

Alternatives to Anthropomorphism…

https://youtu.be/X3KnCL0S_Ws?list=RDX3KnCL0S_Ws Tom Waits – “Lie To Me“ There are alternatives to anthropomorphism… What is the anthropomorphic fallacy?   https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ The … More

President Jill Ellen Stein

Support Jill Stein for President in 2024…

Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party’s 2024 presidential candidate, pledges to end corporate-American wars, prioritize peace, and address social and environmental issues. Her platform includes Medicare for All, reviving the economy, ending wars, expanding civil liberties, and protecting the environment. She advocates for government reform, term limits, and a shift to clean energy.

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Darkness at the break of dawn…

https://youtu.be/2xC2JZ6NLv8 The Youngbloods 🎼 Darkness, Darkness 1969 HQ Darkness at the break of noon… https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/its-alright-ma-im-only-bleeding/ “While preachers preach of evil … More

China Blues

Evidently, China has not “lost its socialist mainstay” as critics claim, as SOEs continue to play the leading role within the economy, directing development towards the realisation of socialism, and private capital remains subordinated to the CPC.  

Smokestack Lightening

https://youtu.be/HTDjD_UdJYs?t=61
Howlin’ Wolf “Smokestack Lightning” Live 1964 This was shot in England during the famed American Folk Blues Festival tours and features the legendary Hubert Sumlin on guitar.

Mosquito Blues…

https://youtu.be/5GsCHQkulr4?list=RD5GsCHQkulr4
Mix – Nina Simone – Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter