The United States in Tecumseh’s day was bold and brash but untested, its survival far from assured. It had only won independence with backing from the Dutch, Spanish and (decisively) the French […]
Policing and Race in a Bankers’ Paradise
The Minneapolis Police have been getting the kind of attention they don’t like. Twice, recently, officers have been filmed engaging in racist harassment. The department was already in damage control mode after […]
Trayvon and the road ahead
“What do we do now?” While marchers chanted “No justice, no peace,” this question kept coming up in interactions along the route. The question was about more than the verdict. It […]
Big Brother and the Cop on the Block
Twenty-two year old Terrance Franklin, alone and unarmed, is chased by Minneapolis’ elite SWAT police into a basement where he is killed. While being mauled by a police attack dog he is […]
Let’s Not Take America Back!
The Madison worker uprising shook up the US political landscape. State governments that were peacefully going about their business forcing workers and communities to pay for upper class gluttony are facing […]
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Turning repression into resistance The cold winds of political repression have begun to blow a little colder. The widening FBI probe of the anti-war and solidarity movements–launched with coordinated raids in […]
Remembering Chairman Fred
Note: Every year at this time I like to re-post this memorial piece to Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. Stories get passed on through repetition. It was first published in the Minneapolis […]
The Importance of Being Artist
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is, which is to be Master,” said Humpty Dumpty, smugly explaining to Alice the power […]
Ricardo Levins Morales
Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio 