war on the poor

  • A step in the right direction

    A federal judge has rejected the mandatory drug testing of welfare recipients. U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven ruled against Florida’s drug testing program, writing, “[T]here is nothing inherent to the condition of being impoverished that supports the conclusion that… Continue reading

  • How does Vandana Shiva do it?

    Reading Freire‘s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and other works that are transforming my anarchocynicism, my thoughts keep returning to Vandana Shiva. “[How do I do it?] Well, it’s always a mystery, because you don’t know why you get depleted or recharged.… Continue reading

    How does Vandana Shiva do it?