Thinking about the Zapatista Women's Encuentro December 2007

I just re-read the first paragraph of the article I wrote for the College Hill Independent after I got back from visiting Zapatista communities in December 2005. Wow. Yeah. Anyway, I will spare you the self-flagellation and just give you the link so you can see for yourself. Here it is!

http://www.brown.edu/Students/INDY/cms/content/view/125/73/

Part of the impetus to write this blog is to figure out how to bring what I've learned from the Zapatistas back to my every-day life. Which is wierd when my life feels less stable than hydrogenated oils in a deep fryer.

How to be a politically responsible person when making less than $300 a week as a transplant in NYC?

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Me the Pirate in 2010

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lesson outline: Racial Profiling aka "BWB, Biking While Black/Brown"

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