Tag Archives: Poetry

Alienation and Death: The poetry and brief life of Foxconn worker Xu Lizhi

Posted on November 4, 2014 by

This was the weekend of Dia De Los Muertos and of All Souls Day. I missed the events at the Northwest Detention Center commemorating the deaths of millions of displaced immigrants who risk, and sometimes lose their lives crossing the … Continue reading →

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Poetry and Posters by Youth, in Memory of Trayvon Martin

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

The other day, a bunch of us went to a “thousand hoodie” rally in downtown Seattle to honor the memory of Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old Black teenager murdered by George Zimmerman, part of the neighborhood watch in a … Continue reading →

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