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As the cherry blossoms turn from pink to sprouts of green and their last fallen petals are blown away by the spring winds, I'm still mourning the loss of winter. It seems a bit uncharacteristic of me not to be saluting spring and its bursts of beloved foliage, but I've been enjoying the emptiness of winter. Maybe I'm not ready to jump into the social extravanganza that defines summer in san francisco, or maybe I'm having difficulty with yet another transition that I have to process. (so many ...
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Tue, March 25, 2008 - 4:39 PM
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There are some who maintain that the present war is a war in defence of democracy. I do not know whether this view is adopted by the Tsar, and for the sake of the stability of the Alliance I sincerely hope that it is not. I do not, however, desire to dispute the proposition that democracy in the western nations would suffer from the victory of Germany. What I do wish to dispute is the belief not infrequently entertained in England that if the Allies are victorious democracy can be forced upon...
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This sums up what drives me these days...
The uniqueness of human beings is in being, simultaneously, subjects and objects. Humans are self-sensing and self-moving objects while, at the same time, they are observable and manipulable objects. To yourself, you are a soma. To others you are a body. Only you can perceive yourself as a soma- no one else can do so. But everyone else can see you as a body. Even you can see yourself as a body looking into the mirror.
The great calamity of the ...
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A New Declaration of Independence, by Emma Goldman, 1909
When, in the course of human development, existing institutions prove inadequate to the needs of man, when they serve merely to enslave, rob, and oppress mankind, the people have the eternal right to rebel against, and overthrow, these institutions.
The mere fact that these forces--inimical to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--are legalized by statute laws, sanctified by divine rights, and enforced by political power, i...
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