In His Steps
Story by Joan Clair
“The single criterion for judgment offered by Jesus in his account of the world’s final judgment
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Poetry, November 2010
Who Would Believe
by Claire J. Baker
Who would believe that all
week at a slick Senior Center
in a
A Poet’s Deep Compassion for Life
Vinograd’s deep-rooted compassion for life makes her portrayals of suffering, death, and destruction overwhelmingly poignant.
Short Fiction: The Greek Couple; Turn and Burn
The Greek Couple— Fiction by George Wynn
When Tito came back home to Boston, where his father and mother were dead, he’d always screw up. Nostalgia for his parents drove him to the bottle. He was persona non grata with his two married sisters on the South Shore.
/—/Turn and Burn— Fiction by Joan Clair
“You need to think of it as a business,” one of the property managers said. “It’s not about his humanity or yours, even though, of course, none of us likes to put anyone out on the street.”
Short Fiction and Poetry – October 2010
REFLECTION
by Joan Clair
A friend tells me she no longer has much or as much sympathy and compassion
Lessons Learned from The Greening of America
With hopes for immediate change fading, some have become disenchanted with organizing. Yet, retreating from activism to seek personal liberation leaves us powerless to resist war, economic injustice, and corporate tyranny.
Poetry September 2010
Hope’s nothing but right,/
like the justice of star shine/
on river breezing midnights....
Poetry, August 2010
Resurrection/
by Claire J. Baker/
May you/
arrive at/
resurrection/
not by dying/
but by LIVING./
May the end/
begin a/
beginning.
Oral History from the Seniors of St. Mary's Center
The following oral histories of seniors Joe Batiste, Darlene Thomas, Milas Hackett, David Fobroy, Henry Thompson, and Richard Mingus were compiled by Trena Cleland to document the inspiring life stories of poor and homeless seniors who have been helped by St. Mary's Center in downtown Oakland.
Mad In America: An Indictment of Psychiatric Abuse and Brain Damage
One lone author bears moral witness to the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people abused, tortured and damaged by the psychiatric establishment.