I was born to a Latin-American father and an African-American mother. (For perspective, her birth certificate identified her as ‘negro.’). Racism does affect everyone, even between minority groups in the melting pot that is the D.C. area. Even as a child, I was told by some Latino classmates that I didn’t count among them. In…

  Joe Hill and I had tea He let his biscuits soak They say America is free Man how they love to joke Ask Sacco and Vanzetti Ask Red Cloud and Crazy Horse And the way I see Is things are getting worse I said “Joe why ain’t you dead?” Righteousness is like Love my friend Laughed…

Ever since #MeToo jumped off I have noticed a concerning trend… Although many positive developments have arisen out of the movement, there have been some drawbacks, and one I am noticing is men being thrown under the bus. What is the price we pay for this “reckoning” in the long term? I am definitely not…

Interview with an anonymous person who attended Unleash the Power Within seminar in San Jose, CA in March 2018, in which Tony Robbins attacked the #MeToo Movement. How long were you at Unleash the Power Within event? 14 hours straight and that was only the first day. What were your initial impressions? That is was…

I will never forget one burning summer day when, as a child, I played with my best friend, who was Jewish and whom I will refer to as “Morris.” Both of us were living the suburban American Dream during the mid-1950s, playing a trivia game about “America’s Pastime,” baseball. Our neighborhood, as many at that…

It more than likely starts with the first spanking… That is one of the most innocuous incidents I don’t remember if my mother or father ever spanked me, but I know a babysitter made me stand in the corner on one foot while he threw footballs at me and threatened me (with what I don’t…

So I’m watching this documentary on ants and their efficient colonization, security, and transportation systems. It got my mind wandering (it was a documentary on ants) and I started to think about ways to make our system more efficient. It’s hard not to compare our society to flocks of sheep; directed by fear, just trying…

I first encountered socialism during the 1960s, reading a small book by Sidney Hook entitled “Marx and the Marxists.” I studied it carefully, thinking that I understood most it, with the exception of a few minor points. I certainly learned to express a socialist indignation over the escalating outrages committed against Black’s in America’s former…

Check out an article I wrote for Medium that looks at critique of antifa, as well as issues driving behaviors towards authoritarian action in the Left: https://medium.com/@tinaphillips_57522/a-socialist-critique-of-the-antifa-in-post-trump-america-688c6583920b

When having a child, the one thing that all us parents hope for above all is a safe delivery and baby, and in that regard my partner and I were truly lucky. We had no problems other than the chord inconsequentially being wrapped around her neck a few times. Other than that, everything went smoothly….