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Arise for Social Justice
http://ariseforsocialjustice.blogspot.com
Arise is a Western MA low-income rights organization which believes we have the right to speak for ourselves. Our members are poor, homeless or at-risk, working, unemployed and people who have been pushed to the side by society. We organize around voting rights, housing, homelessness, health care, family rights and criminal injustice.
Recent Posts
Hidden pockets of elderly said to be in poverty
By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer Hope Yen, Associated Press Writer – 16 mins ago WASHINGTON – The poverty rate among older Americans could be nearly twice as high as the tr...
Counting Spoons
Once again I see in the news the latest round of arrest of our politicians, government officials and religious elders in corruption probes. Money laundering , tax evasion, selling human body parts etc.Mayors, city officials, Rabbi's; a hundred and th...
DESIDERATA
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others , even the dull and ignorant; th...
After thought
It's easy to deceive people; just tell them the country was attacked and start waving the flag. Josef Gobbels: Nazi Propaganda Minister...
9/11 Investigation
I will go on record today in support of the 9/11 families, first responders, survivors and over 80,000 other New Yorkers who have endorsed a new 9/11 investigation and the countless American citizens around the country who support opening this new in...
JUST A THOUGHT
No matter what a man's past might have been, his future is spotless....

