i am green

i am an anarchist. i am a feminist. i am a progressive. i am a socialist. i am a radical.
i am radical.

i want to scream - let the voices in my head out
i want to speak out - there's a lot to talk about
i want to cry - because the truth can't be denied
i want to scream

there is injustice in this world and it's time to talk about it
there is rape, we won't be silent anymore
there is fear and it closes our eyes, it closes our ears
there is race, and sex, and classism
and ever kind of ism that revolves oppression it's a constant evolution to creating a solution
makes me want to scream, let the voices in my head
speak out - there's a lot to talk about
i want to cry because the truth can't be denied
i want to scream
there is a hunger in this world and it's time to feed people
there is war - we don't support it anymore
there is hate - and it stems from homophobic fear
there are drugs, and guns, and warring gangs
and the tv generation to desensitise the nation it's a constant education to create any change
any change

well, the us constitution give us the right to speak our minds
they call it freedom of speech - unless it's not the right kind
you can talk about the children, but don't talk about abuse
you can talk about the power of religion but don't talk about its use
cause it's blasphemy if you don't agree with the people who have power
you'll go to hell or get thrown in jail when you mess with the ivory tower
but that's bullshit, that's what i say but it ain't proper for a lady to swear
gotta wear your dress, don't talk too loud
well fuck that, i don't care
cause when you're living in a world that wounded
when you're living in a world that's scarred
it's a wonder in this world that we can talk at all
they like to keep us poor you know, they like to keep us tame
they want to keep us drugged up so we'll play along with their game
but it's a new time, a fresh time, a time to make a change
we're gonna speak up, speak out, scream and shout
they're gonna hear us calling for:
NO MORE injustice - rape [we won't be silent anymore] - fear [open your eyes, open your ears] - racism - hunger [we're gonna feed the people] - war [no more war on this earth] - hatred [we're gonna live together] - TV TV TV
and it makes me want to scream - i want to scream
- scream, by francine allen

this page is not much; it will probably start as just a list of links. sometimes it's so much easier to use others' carefully thought out words. it's not that i'm not thinking for myself; i read and question all of the words i use. and someday, there will be words of my own here. for now, i need to put this out here. i need to create a voice of my own, however echoey and feeble it is.

every time i read these, i get goosebumps. it's beautiful and each one rings a bell inside me.

for people who ask me why i vote third party, who say that i am just wasting my vote or taking it away from the democrats: here's a pretty good list of reasons that i found today.

support ralph nader and winona laduke in 2000.

here is a good faq on anarchism that is really good and should be read. how 'without rulers' does not mean chaos or the law of the jungle. how anarchism is the 'generic social and political idea that expresses negation of all power, sovereignty, domination, and hierarchical division, and a will to their dissolution.'

when i get depressed with life, i wish i could remember to go here and here and let the visions of others fill me with hope, inspire me.

stuff i wrote to a mailing list about prejudice and tolerance.

this is all, for now. i hope i come back here often, to expand and grow and change and hope.