Month: February 2019
Twisted Image
By Ace Backwords onOakland community center raided by police
By Dave Id on On January 9, Qilombo members were locked out of the community social center they’ve maintained for over four years. The space—which members have patronized without a lease since 2016— offered neighborhood residents a reading library, educational programs, computer access, meals, a garden next door, and more. It hosted music and arts gatherings as well as countless politically radical events on behalf of those effected by police violence, prisoners, and other marginalized peoples from across the country and around the world.
Society in 2120 (part III)
By Jack Bragen on Recap of part II: “As if to punctuate what it had said, the car abruptly accelerated and passed a cluster
In Dialogue with Steve Gillman: the creator of South Berkeley’s ‘HERETHERE’ sculpture
By Alastair Boone on Driving north down Adeline Street, you might notice an eight-foot-tall steel sculpture that reads “Here There” marking the border between
The People’s Park trees have standing
By Carol Denney on At 4 a.m. on December 28, the University of California cut down 40 trees in People’s Park, arguing that they endangered public safety, or at least blocked the light. The “long-deferred maintenance”, as a UC Berkeley statement describes it, was initiated without any warning to neighbors, park supporters, and community members. In the weeks since, the University’s demolition of the trees has continued—as of the end of January, they have cut down at least 42 trees.
Stop cutting down our trees
By Ace Backwords on I counted about 18 trees left at the top of People’s Park after the University chopped down 42 trees in
6 arrested at People’s Park over controversial tree cutting
By Frances Dinkelspiel on On January 15, UC Berkeley police and officers from other campuses swooped down on People’s Park early in the morning to oust a small encampment that had been set up to stop the cutting of trees at the park. Six people were arrested.
Three Haikus by Needa Bee
By Anita de Asis Miralle aka Needa Bee on Politricksters Babylon leadersRule with lies, harm those with lessGet paid for their crimes Homefull Houseless on the streets.But with love
Lillian was jailed simply for sleeping outside
By Andy Pope on To say that there are not criminals roaming the streets at all hours of the day and night would do
Tim Nishibori on addiction and optimism
By Julia Irwin on Tim Nishibori disappears into the depths of his cramped but cavernous shack, which sits near the end of a strip of trailers and tents in West Oakland. His gray pit bull, Lady, plays hostess, entertaining me with enthusiastic kisses by the makeshift gate as Nishibori rummages around. Eventually, he emerges with two chairs, and invites me into his home. “Sorry about the mess,” he says
The Harp of Hope
By Claire J. Baker on When we are numbed,shocked clear through by tragedies inour home of homes, may somehow we finda way to keep pluckingthe harp strings