Posted in on December 24th, 2007 No Comments »
America, Americans, Americanized…
I use these words all the time to refer to the USA but it feels like nails on blackboard when I do so as I know this is an inappropiate use of the word. America is a continent, not a country. An American is from the US, from Canada, from Mexico, from Brazil, [...]
Posted in on December 16th, 2007 No Comments »
[ December 18, 2007; ] Photographs by David Bacon
Celebrating International Migrants Day
and the solidarity of working people in our community
(December 7, 2007 - January 31, 2008)
Asian Resource Gallery
310 Eighth St.
Oakland, CA 94607
(Close to the 12th Street and Lake Merritt BART Stations)
Opening Reception &
International Migrants Day Celebration
At the Asian Resource Center Gallery
Monday, December 17, 2007
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Participating organizations (partial [...]
Posted in Personal, State of the Union on December 7th, 2007 No Comments »
I remembered one of the many business class discussions about “Business Ethics” in my college years. I quickly realized that for a majority of the students being a successful “business person” or, what’s worse, a “smart” business person went hand in hand with being willing to make unethical decisions. Why? Well, one way or the [...]
Posted in Arts/Films, State of the Union, US Politics on December 1st, 2007 No Comments »
These guys are awesome and their message is so true, not just in the US but around the world. We have not only given our governments a ton of power but we’re also unhappy about the results. Still we refused to be more active or involved in politics cause we think of ourselves as unable [...]