What I want for Christmas

Posted on December 22, 2008

Check it out -

“Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America

Many people are thinking about it. This book shows how it’s done.

Whether you find the government oppressive, the economy on a devastating course, or if you simply want adventure, you’re not alone. Over 300,000 Americans emigrate each year.”

From everything i’ve read, it’s practically impossible for a working class American to immigrate to Europe legally, which is why i haven’t already done it.  Still, just the fact that this book exists makes me happy.

To Protect and Serve

Posted on December 20, 2008

It was a little before 8 at night when the breaker went out at Emily Milburn’s home in Galveston. She was busy preparing her children for school the next day, so she asked her 12-year-old daughter, Dymond, to pop outside and turn the switch back on.

As Dymond headed toward the breaker, a blue van drove up and three men jumped out rushing toward her. One of them grabbed her saying, “You’re a prostitute. You’re coming with me.”

Dymond grabbed onto a tree and started screaming, “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy.” One of the men covered her mouth. Two of the men beat her about the face and throat.

As it turned out, the three men were plain-clothed Galveston police officers..

I couldn’t make this shit up if I tried.  Read the full story over at feministe.us.

Bail us out

Posted on December 12, 2008

my response to the $700 bank bailout and the pending $35 billion (yes, 35, they raised it by $10 billion over the last week) bailout for the car companies. the finished version is gonna be on our next album but i didn’t want to wait a year to put it out for ya’ll so here it is. hella raw, recorded in 1 take, live in my living room.

If you’re as pissed as I am that banks that finance the rape of our planet and carmakers that produce gas-guzzling tanks that pollute our air and have outsourced most of their best paying jobs to other countries get billions in corporate welfare while the rest of us go broke, maybe it’s time we organize and DO SOMETHING about it.

www.workersolidarity.org
www.protest.net
www.iww.org

and, of course, www.beltainesfire.com for more music.