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Obama’s Legacy and American Soft Fascism

October 22, 2016 stephen elliott~buckley 3

As we watch Obama end his 2nd term as president we need to be mindful of the increasing Soft Fascist America that he perpetuated. An America that decreases its respect for democracy creates the conditions for how Amy Goodman, a … [Read more]

WePivot Is Back!

It’s been a healthy hiatus. Over 3 years ago, after over 1,000 blog pieces since just after 9/11, I evolved Politics, Re-Spun into WePivot.net. I wrote about why. A couple years ago I hit pause on WePivot.net, with my last … [Read more]
“Defend Lives, Reform Laws.”

We need artists, geniuses, radicals and random brilliance to disarm society and its pathologies. Normal doesn’t work anymore. “Some of the negative comments claim what we did was insensitive, but if you think that this is crossing the line and … [Read more]
An Easy Test of Cultural Appreciation Not Appropriation, Oluo 11/18

Chapter 10 of Ijeoma Oluo’s deeply valuable So You Want to Talk About Race focuses on the how to appreciate culture instead of appropriate it. It debates whether white people can/should rap. It’s not about Vanilla Ice versus Eminem or … [Read more]

WePivot Is Back!

“Defend Lives, Reform Laws.”

An Easy Test of Cultural Appreciation Not Appropriation, Oluo 11/18