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This is the third change of power in the White House during the social media era. πŸ–₯

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This is the third change of power in the White House during the social media era. πŸ–₯

While I refrain from posting anything political or commenting these days on social media, it’s interesting to read the views of my friends and colleagues on Facebook.

Some think it’s the greatest day ever. Others are horrified by the changes underway, their four years of progress undermined. Some are celebrating the new executive orders, boasting how proud they are to be an American with the new leadership in Washington. Others say, He’s Not MY President.

Rather predictable, I saw the opposite only four years ago. Whether you are heartened or saddened by today’s developments, you have to note that political fortunes are temporary and subject to change.

Whether you think it’s a time to embrace or refrain from embracing, whatever happens today is very fleeting in the grand scheme of things.

The Other America

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r. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1967 speech at Stanford. Here, he expounds on his nonviolent philosophy and methodology.

In this age of disorder and anger, I think his words are quite profound.

Women of Color Were Shut Out of Congress For Decades. Now They’re Transforming It. | FiveThirtyEight

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Women of Color Were Shut Out of Congress For Decades. Now They’re Transforming It. | FiveThirtyEight

The second is that a historic number of women of color — 49 in total, according to data collected by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University1 — will serve in the 117th Congress, including the first three Korean American women elected to Congress and the first Black women to represent Washington state and Missouri.

Ammon Bundy Comes Out in Support of BLM, Calls to Defund the Police

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Ammon Bundy Comes Out in Support of BLM, Calls to Defund the Police

Ammon Bundy, an anti-government activist who lead the 41-day armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge back in 2016, expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement and for defunding the police in a recent acebook video.

He said in the video that he had considered attending, near his home in Boise, Idaho, “a rally with the Black Lives Matter in support of defunding the police because yes the police need to be defunded.ȁ He decided not to attend the rally, citing concerns about potential violence from fellow “Patriotsȁ who have criticized his stance on the issue.

Anyone who doesn’t understand his support for the movement “must have a problem,ȁ he said.

“You must have a problem in your mind if you think that somehow the Black Lives Matter is more dangerous than the police," he said. “You must have a problem in your mind if you think that Antifa is the one going to take your freedom.'

Phil Ochs – Crucifixion (Live)

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β€œIt’s a song about Christ-killing, how all America and even, especially, New York loves to create heroes to moralize to them and then kill them violently, bloodily and dig the death so much, every detail of the death. It’s a song about Jesus Christ. It’s called The Crucifixion. It’s a song about Kennedy. And maybe a song about Dylan.”
- Phil Ochs

How the 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike Expanded the Civil Rights Struggle – HISTORY

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How the 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike Expanded the Civil Rights Struggle – HISTORY

On ebruary 12, 1968, 1,300 Black sanitation workers in Memphis began a strike to demand better working conditions and higher pay. Their stand marked an early fight for financial justice for workers of color as part of the civil rights movement. The strike also drew Martin Luther King, Jr. and fatefully became the setting for his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintopȁ speech and his assassination.

Hauling trash, sometimes in the pouring rain, was a taxing and dirty job. Yet the city of Memphis expected garbage collectors to work long hours for meager wages and without overtime pay. Their compensation, 65 cents per hour, was so low that many were eligible for welfare and food stamps.