Monthly Archives: May 2013

TAKE ME by Peter Nolan Smith

May 2, 2013 – 7:48 pm

The summer of 1972. Seal Beach south of LA. My college friend and I were staying at his cousin’s beach house. We liked drinking in the dive bar on the PCH. Fish swan underneath a sheet of glass. We thought that was cool. Both of us were 19. Two nights before out departure for San […]

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Resist The Rich

May 2, 2013 – 6:57 pm

Over 400 factory workers were murdered in Bangla Desh by the capitalist terrorism and millions are homeless around the world thanks to the class-cleansing policies of the banks. This country’s pillars of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have been destroyed by the rabid accumulation of wealth over the last thirty years under the […]

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Jason Collins Comes Out

May 1, 2013 – 7:01 am

This week NBA basketball center, Jason Collins, announced in Sports Illustrated, “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.” This statement was the first outing for a major professional athlete and considered courageous by nearly everyone. Rarely a starter Jason Collins played with the Celtics and Wizards this season, his 12th in the […]

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