racial injustice

The Climate of Fear

April 18, 2012 dadoonan Comments 0 Comment

Commentary by Jennifer Sullivan, Co-Chair of the Green Party of Florida It’s never enough. The greed. The downplaying. The usual. Once again the climate of fear that the Twin Powers of Politics have created to play their ongoing ‘good cop bad cop’ routine has reared its ugly head: Trayvon Martin shot in cold blood. Part of the reason that the Green Party exists is to decry this ongoing injustice! The story isn’t new. It goes back to when people were…

Nine Black Robes . . .

April 18, 2012 dadoonan Comments 0 Comment

. . . occupied (I have been told) by human beings; we were hopeful for a while but in the end discovered: It cannot be true. The human beings, instead, remained, for the duration, standing vigil outside the prison’s gates. Nine black robes occupied by those commonly referred to as “Justices.” Yet how can this be when the human beings search for justice throughout the evening but still cannot find it? Allow me to recall a time, long ago. I…