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The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Poem: Why Worship the Rich?
If you follow the money, it's not hard you see / The rich couldn't care less about you and me.
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Poem: W! T! F!
WTF's happened, in the land of the free? The rich getting richer, sea to shining sea.
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LIAR!LIAR!LIAR: A Poem
So we vote for the best of the worst, and stand by/to see more of our rights signed away. Say "bye bye."
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"No" To The Poor: A Poem
Our politicians so eager to pad their brochure, to show they're pro "whoever" - except American poor.
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Poem: America, Where Are You Now?
I make $7.25 an hour, and this work breaks my back; my government says I'm lazy, seeking an easy track.
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Poem: No Fault Politics
Billionaires sit back as profits go sky high/big business cutting benefits, Americans barely getting by.
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Poem: We're in Need of Repair
Bankers writing our laws, our rights to impair, playing tricks with the law, so they'll be billionaires. "And no one to prosecute," they proclaim with a flair: "It was more or less legal, we promise, we swear!"
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By infecting three of the world’s most right-wing leaders, the coronavirus underscored not only the incompetence and irresponsibility of their governments – but the truth that their brand of populism doesn't keep people safe.
Corporations are not "too big to fail" and, when they commit crimes, they are not "too big to jail." As David Whyte writes in his new book, "Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before It Kills Us," the moment is now to rein in out-of-control corporate power.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
By infecting three of the world’s most right-wing leaders, the coronavirus underscored not only the incompetence and irresponsibility of their governments – but the truth that their brand of populism doesn't keep people safe.
Corporations are not "too big to fail" and, when they commit crimes, they are not "too big to jail." As David Whyte writes in his new book, "Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before It Kills Us," the moment is now to rein in out-of-control corporate power.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
