tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94215902009-12-11T23:25:44.894-05:00Sunsara Taylor's BlogBlog about and sometimes by Sunsara TaylorSunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-35694224337801128812009-12-02T06:44:00.005-05:002009-12-11T23:25:44.905-05:00Abortion On the Line – A Time for Rage, Not for Lobbying!
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In May of this year, Dr. George Tiller, one of the most courageous abortion doctors in the country, was assassinated. Two weeks ago, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a version of health care reform that includes an amendment, Stupak-Pitts, that would deprive women of health care that covers abortion if they Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-47323164287759337992009-11-18T00:43:00.005-05:002009-11-18T14:35:56.617-05:00Send a message to the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago
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Lotta criticized current scholarship on revolutions in Russia and China, and presented a favorable analysis of Chairman Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution.By Aviva Rosman
Published: November 13th, 2009
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var addthis_options = 'favorites, digg, Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-76302926394533507022009-11-11T14:59:00.001-05:002009-11-11T15:01:02.473-05:00Watch Miles Solay spit this piece -- [click this title bar]Dear Basement,
On October the 24th
Jen walked to the dance.
Was blood on her mind?
Not even a chance.
They mangled her body,
Life crushed down inside.
In the dirt, in the leaves, in the darkness,
Laughing, those jolly twenty guys.
Every third minute it happens again.
Just like Sally, Jen asks,
"When will this end?"
A soul-singer, her voice is,
One in a million.
Like a slave, her Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-13921687687633862322009-11-09T17:19:00.000-05:002009-11-09T17:19:50.069-05:00From the Hellholes of Incarceration to a Future of EmancipationNew special issue of Revolution Newspaper -- analysis of the exponentially mushrooming prison system in this country, exposure of the wide-spread use of rape by prison guards to control prisoners, coverage of the growth of Christian fundamentalist indoctrination behind bars, and voices of the revolutionary prisoners who struggle through all this to set their sights on something much higher.
TakeSunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-77165956863507199032009-11-07T15:21:00.002-05:002009-11-07T15:43:59.471-05:00Raymond Lotta is Speaking at University of Chicago Wednesday!!Everything You've Been Told About Communism Is Wrong!
Capitalism Is A Failure
Revolution Is the Solution
University of Chicago
7 pm, November 11th
Kent Hall Room 107
Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-65721754694667529582009-11-06T12:52:00.007-05:002009-11-06T13:04:00.440-05:00The truth about Sunsara Taylor and the “Ethical” Humanist SocietyIN THREE PARTS
1. a statement from Sunsara:
On the “Ethical” Humanist Society of Chicago, or... Why I Was Dis-Invited, Why I Did Not Just Shut Up And Go Away, and Why It Still Matters
My invitation to speak at the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago traces back to a talk that I gave on a panel at Columbia College last year entitled, “A Communist, A Buddhist and a Priest Sit Down to Discuss... Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-41167635286085998942009-11-06T10:21:00.010-05:002009-11-06T18:10:19.840-05:00Sunsara Taylor on the “Ethical” Humanist Society of Chicago, or...Why I Was Dis-Invited, Why I Did Not Just Shut Up And Go Away, and Why It Still Matters
The woman who coordinated my speaking engagements in Chicago has written an account of what transpired leading up to and on the day of my cancelled talk, November 1st, 2009. This includes a robust eye-witness defense of my videographer who was brutalized and arrested. Please read her statement here: [http:/Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-56479536344171098742009-11-06T10:13:00.001-05:002009-11-06T11:56:53.091-05:00The True Story of Sunsara Taylor and the “Ethical” Humanist Society of ChicagoFrom Sue B., Volunteer Tour Coordinator for Sunsara Taylor in ChicagoSince the cancellation of Sunsara Taylor's long-scheduled talk at the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago [EHSC] and the subsequent brutal arrest of her videographer on November 1st at the EHSC, there has been an avalanche of lies and distortions spread by members of the EHSC. While there are simply too many lies to refute them Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-20903382654082699782009-11-06T09:54:00.004-05:002009-11-06T13:12:19.302-05:00Statement from Attorney Martha Conrad Regarding November 1st at the EHSCI am a lawyer licensed to practice law in the state of Illinois for the last 23 years.
I was present at the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago [EHSC] on November 1st. I personally witnessed the entire incident leading to the arrest and can lay out the salient facts of what occurred at EHSC that day.
That morning, I entered the building behind Ms. Taylor and others about ten minutes before the Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-8019813005888044972009-11-01T18:29:00.007-05:002009-11-01T18:48:40.912-05:00Newsflash from ChicagoCameraman brutally arrested while filming Sunsara Taylor making a statement Sunday 10:30 a.m. at Ethical Humanist Society of ChicagoOn Sunday, November 1st, plainclothes and uniformed police who had been called in earlier by officials of the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago (EHSC) dragged out, maced and arrested a man for videotaping Sunsara Taylor as she stood near her seat and made a Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-35044230950710881112009-11-01T07:42:00.004-05:002009-11-01T07:47:48.014-05:00Call for Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago to Reverse Their Decision to Dis-Invite Sunsara TaylorSunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-67560776958501580152009-10-31T23:30:00.002-04:002009-10-31T23:38:41.144-04:00Undeterred --Sunsara Taylor will give talk on "Morality Without Gods" Sunday Nov. 1st in ChicagoIt’s still not too late for the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago to do the right thing.Keep sending your letters to EHSC at office@ethicalhuman.org and let them know why you think they should honor their original invitation to Sunsara Taylor to speak on "Morality Without Gods" at 10:30 a.m Sunday morning, Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-61167757122731197752009-10-30T15:07:00.010-04:002009-11-01T19:27:37.322-05:00Sunsara Taylor Open Letter Challenging Her Dis-Invitation from Ethical Humanist Society of ChicagoOctober 29, 2009 To Everyone Concerned About Critical Thought and the State of the World: <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-69766152040964278192009-10-25T18:12:00.014-04:002009-10-31T11:23:14.682-04:00Contact Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago...Stop UNPRECEDENTED effort to cancel Sunsara Taylor talk at Ethical Humanist Society of ChicagoEveryone should know about an unprecedented attempt to cancel Sunsara's Taylor's invitation to speak at the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago (EHSC) on November 1st—a talk which has already been announced publically in the EHSC October Newsletter and promoted in the area.In July, 2009, Sunsara was Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-33950199192118344372009-10-18T09:20:00.000-04:002009-11-06T10:19:09.699-05:00Open Letter from Chicago Tour Coordinator to EHSC 10/18/0910/18/2009An Open Letter to the Ethical Humanist Society.In July, 2009, Sunsara Taylor was formally invited to speak at a November 1, Sunday platform by the Ethical Humanist Society of Greater Chicago (EHS). In spite of an unprincipled attempt this past week by some members of the program committee to prevent her from speaking, Sunsara is still planning to honor this already publicized, Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-11017095089133461222009-09-03T12:47:00.002-04:002009-09-03T12:48:58.260-04:00Imagine... A New Society, by Bob Avakian check out this excerpt from the longer talk, Revolution: Why Its Necessary; Why Its Possible; What Its All About.Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-385217052999594262009-08-21T18:34:00.000-04:002009-08-21T18:35:41.269-04:00Sunsara Taylor speaking against Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn on Women's LiberationSunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-13917361786926539792009-06-06T15:26:00.000-04:002009-06-06T15:27:31.595-04:00After Dr. Tiller's Murder Where to for Abortion Rights? <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } --> Millions of people are deeply agonized and righteously outraged by murder of Dr. George Tiller, a man who provided life-saving and life-enhancing abortions for women even late into their pregnancies. The day after Dr. Tiller was murdered I attended an emergency gathering at Union Square in New Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-25667957551955040362009-06-02T11:08:00.001-04:002009-06-02T12:27:38.175-04:00On Dr. Tiller's Death: “Common Ground” Is a Deadly Illusion; Abortion On Demand and Without Apology!The killing of Dr. George Tiller, the courageous abortion provider from Kansas, has thrown down a moral and a practical challenge to every human being in this country.History has been punctuated. The future will pivot one way or the other depending on what we do.Either this killing will succeed in creating a climate where abortion providers cannot do their work and no one else joins them in thatSunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-43546152283992451872009-05-29T18:14:00.000-04:002009-05-29T18:16:33.918-04:00The Deadly Illusion of “Common Ground” on Abortion; Response to Obama’s speech at Notre Dame on Common ground and abortionBy Sunsara Taylor <!-- ===========PASTE COPY ================= --> In the weeks leading up to Barack Obama’s delivery of the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame, the national eye was drawn once again to the question of women’s right to abortion. Anti-abortion Catholics and Christian fundamentalists, many of whom have been at the heart of some of the most violentSunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-84340592952792308032009-05-20T10:39:00.000-04:002009-05-20T10:41:13.723-04:00On Abortion, Obama and Notre Dame: No “Common Ground” With Fascists and Women-Haters! Abortion on Demand and Without Apology!When it comes to abortion, there is ONLY ONE moral question: Will women be fully emancipated human beings in control of their lives and reproduction OR will we be forced to submit to patriarchal male authority and to breed against our will? A woman who cannot decide for herself, without any shame, judgment or restrictions, when and whether she chooses to have a child, has no more Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-83997656489387363242009-05-17T18:42:00.007-04:002009-05-17T19:10:56.616-04:00Photos from Notre DameThis is us -- Abortion On Demand and Without Apology, Abortion is Not Murder!This is them -- what kind of fucking asshole misogynist thug do you have to be to compare abortion to rape?!?!? They also said abortion is worse than torture, worse than slavery, like the Nazi holocaust. These people have no morality.Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-15060234723542417142009-05-17T16:14:00.001-04:002009-05-17T16:16:18.808-04:00Standing Up for Abortion in Notre Dame!!!Sunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9421590.post-69912325996133599882009-05-17T08:16:00.005-04:002009-05-17T16:58:09.959-04:00Live From Notre Dame -- Abortion on Demand and Without ApologyI got to Notre Dame yesterday to stand up for women's right to abortion. Here is our press release... and some photos from the scene thus far. <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Women are not incubators! Fetuses are not babies! Abortion is not murder! Revolutionary Communists on the scene at Notre Dame Sunsara Taylor and other supporters of the RevolutionarySunsara Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01656828073382670061noreply@blogger.com