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Peter Camejo wrote The Avocado Declaration in 2004. It details how a prime function of the Democratic Party is to siphon genuine protest and activism into the party, where it is rendered inert. This has been going on for quite…

Buffalo Soldiers originally were members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. This nickname was given to the “Negro Cavalry” by the Native American tribes they fought…

The Great American Eagle Tragedy by Earth Opera has been running through my mind lately, It was one of the best, if lesser-known, protest songs of the late 1960s. The lyrics are passionate and the music is superb. Little has…

The Drive-By Truckers are as Southern as it gets. Their new album talks bluntly about the Civil War, gun violence, and black people getting shot by cops. Lead singer Patterson Hood says about the Confederate Flag, “”Why fly a flag…

So, maybe you have a dream, and maybe you wonder if it could ever possibly get big, and besides, starting out, it might have to be very tiny indeed. A story to inspire you: I lived in Venice CA in…