‘what radicalized you?’
‘nothing, i was born with basic empathy.
‘the world decided that was radical.’
-the h.h.
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art credit: leah jo canix
this post
a day late
may day
yesterday
a day spent
walking
for the workers
for the immigrants
for all people
for their rights
human rights
in the park
on the streets
to city hall
I feel lucky to be able to say
I’m home again
not everyone can say that tonight.
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‘if folks can’t imagine you as human, all the policy in the world is irrelevant.’
-Ta-Nehisi Coates
*Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates is an American author, journalist, and activist
“and all the world is glad with may.”
john burroughs
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art credit: madison safer
“as full of spirit as the month of may,
and as gorgeous as the sun in midsummer.”
― william shakespeare
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image credit: May Pole (circa 1907). source: http://www.victoriantraditions.com