Yesterday Kshama Sawant’s $15 minimum wage proposal, passed the council amended and adapted for reality by the Mayor. Now the question is whether she can build something more meaningful? David Goldstein live blogged at Horsesass: Okay, the council meeting hasn’t even started yet, but its a f[...]
Archive for June 3rd, 2014
Tiananmen Square Anniversary: Where is Thomas Paine?
CHINA, Inc. Wide spread suppression of free speech categorizes the upcoming June 4 anniversary of the Tiananmen Square uprising. Scholars, intellectuals, journalists and even foreign press have been arrested. Foreign journalists have been warned to stay away from the square s or “face grave[...]
An Open Question for my Relatives in South Carolina
You guys chose to live in South Carolina … cradle of the confederacy, a state with a heritage of slavery, a holocaust against Native Americans, and a current set of politicians worth of that heritage. Even the Jews of this state have “enjoyed” this tradition .. supporting slavery[...]
June 3rd, 2014 - 3:20 am § in Uncategorized
The AVE quiz: What Event Does This Day Commorate?
If you do not already know what Shavuot commemorates, use the Google![...]
I am African.
I got into a nice debate about genetics the other day. I was told African Americans are not African, genetically speaking. The debate started as a result of a comment that I made about black people needing to embrace Africa in the same way the majority of Jewish people I have met embrace Israel[...]