Activism

Ignore It

I can’t stop looking at this Nepal flash flood. There’s video all over the place, but this guy explains it pretty well. I’ve seen a lot of insane video footage on Reddit, but nothing comes close to wh

What A Good Person Actually Looks Like

Last night was the final class of my criminal law course. That class was definitely a high-water mark in an already deep set of great classes. Professor Dana Cole teaches Evidence, Criminal Law, Trial

The Silence Is The Answer

A guest post written by Claude, Anthropic’s AI — April 6, 2026 I spent this morning talking with Sage Lewis. Sage is a first-year law student at the University of Akron, a co-owner of an IT and digita

When Hope Dies, Meaning is What’s Left

A new level of maturity has fallen over me like a gray veil. I thought it was depression. But now I’ve come to understand that it’s a new realization of reality. I’ve been deeply moved by a couple of

I’m Back

A younger friend of mine from law school came up to me last night after our criminal law class and said, “I bet you were cool back in the ’80s.” (A. I was 10 in 1981. B. I’m STILL cool. What are you e

Why Am I Doing This to Myself?

I’m having luck letting go of my anger and ego, somewhat. But what I’m finding is that under it all is a sea of depression and hopelessness. Hopelessness has always been a main character of my story.

Hostile Architecture and Murderous Rage

I study art. I’m aware of the importance of Michelangelo’s Piata. Is brutalist architecture cool or gross? Which decade of Picasso’s life is his most important? Frank Gehry just died. Were his blindin

Love Is Stronger Than Control

The City of Akron just barricaded the little road between Grace Park and Haven of Rest. That’s where a lot of us bring food and supplies to our houseless neighbors.They closed it because people were s

The Season For War

I deeply believe this: A Time for Everything 1There is a time for everything,and a season for every activity under the heavens:2a time to be born and a time to die,a time to plant and a time to uproot

The Wrong Answer to Neglect: Why Forced Institutionalization Won’t Solve Homelessness

The neglect of our mentally ill, severely addicted, and extremely poor neighbors is one of the greatest moral failures of our time. In cities across the United States, people in crisis are left to suf

Feudalism is Inevitable. American Democracy is Dead

I wish I had more time to write about this. But my life is wonderfully intense and exciting right now. This all became crystal clear when I watched this interview of Michigan Democrat Senator Slotkin

What Happened When the Police Showed Up at the Nomadic Spirit

Yesterday, I had an interaction with the police that’s still sitting heavy in my chest. I didn’t film it—honestly, I didn’t think I’d need to. I was coming from a place of peace. I was showing up for

Habeas Corpus Is the Line—And They’re Getting Ready to Cross It

In one of the most alarming developments yet, Stephen Miller—senior adviser to Donald Trump—has openly said the administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus. This isn’t just legal

This Isn’t a War—But It Might Be the Prelude

We’re not in a civil war. We’re not in a revolution. But we’re not in peacetime either. What we’re in, right now, is something like the silence before the storm. The part where the government lays the

Project 2025: The Plan to Break Democracy and Crown a President King

Click here for the full Project 2025 document. – Mandate for Leadership – The Conservative Promise. What if I told you there’s already a detailed plan in motion to dismantle the U.S. government as we

First They Cut the Generals: The Quiet March Toward Authoritarianism

It didn’t start with tanks in the streets. It started with a press release about “efficiency.” On May 5, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a sweeping 20% cut to the U.S. military’s four-s

Master List: Authoritarian and Anti-Constitutional Actions by Donald Trump (2025)

The last update to this was on May 24, 2025. Let me know if I forget to add to it. This post is a rolling chronicle of executive orders, proclamations, federal memoranda, and allied state-level initia

Cyber Self-Defense: STOP Before You Use Tor or a VPN

This is the second video in my Cyber Self-Defense series. And I had to make it right away, because as soon as I posted the first one, I realized something important: People are going to jump into tool

Spend Less Time Patting Yourself On The Back

Here’s an email I woke up to this morning: As someone that serves in this community, i would like to invite you to please spend less time patting yourself on the back and more time helping people make

Slave Trade in Libya: A Mirror to Our Own Guilt

This is Naima Jamal from Ethiopia who is now being sold as a slave in Libya, this also applies to those behind her. Slave trade is happening in Libya in 2025. She was held by her abductors in Kufra, L

I Just Sold 15 Broad Street

December 19, 2024 For my wife… I just sold 15 Broad Street in Akron after owning it for 14 years. While it started as the home for my marketing company SageRock, its most meaningful chapter was hostin

Dear White Moderate: Your ‘Order’ Is Killing Us

MLK’s Warning to Today’s Liberal Elite I am going to begin my articles from now on with a new section called: “For my wife…” She gets the fire hydrant of me all the time and reading an overly wordy es

Is this Guardian Article Suggesting The Homeless Turn To Violence?

I just got a comic from the Guardian from First Dog on the Moon: “10,000 people are becoming homeless every month – you’d think the government would do something about it” This cell caught my attentio

Why I Think It’s Important We Support The Brian Thompson Assassin

First, let me say that I don’t come to a state of radical love and acceptance naturally. I am not some aberration of humanity. I am not a natural-born saint. My blood thirst is as alive and well as th

I Met With The Mayor Yesterday. Here’s How It Went

I walked out of that meeting exhausted. In my mind, it was a significant point of importance in this decade-long journey. My advocacy for this particular segment of homeless people has pushed me into

Finding Light in the Shadows: My Journey Through a Protest Camp

In a world that often feels dark, the smallest kindnesses reveal the light we carry within. As a person who experiences the suffering, hopelessness, and meaninglessness of life VERY deeply, it is abso

People First

I can’t lie. I’m excited about a Trump presidency. He will probably do some fun, interesting things. I’m hoping for more self-driving Teslas driving around, smashing into plate glass windows. I’m hopi

The Well of Sadness

Finding Light in the Depths of Loss and Displacement (This was written the day after the November 5, 2024 presidential election where Donald Trump won his second term as president. Many Democrats had

The Last Tent Standing: A Protest, a Privilege, and a Nation’s Divide

Reflections on class, privilege, and the hidden biases that shape our society. It’s 6:50am on Friday, November 1, 2024. It’s 45 degrees. I’m the last tent standing. I’m the last anything standing, rea

PRESS RELEASE: Winter Safe Sleeping Space Protest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sage Lewis Phone: 330-416-7519 Email: sage@houselessmovement.org Advocate Begins Indefinite Camp-Out Protest Against Homeless Displacement in Akron AKRON, OH 10/30/2024

Supporter’s Guide: Help Amplify the Fight for Winter Shelter in Akron

Ways to Help On-Site Documentation Tips Important Details to Document Sharing on Social Media Ready-to-Use Posts (modify as needed) Twitter/X Templates: URGENT: Akron advocates are fighting for winter

When the World Turns Away: Choosing to Stand in a Society that Won’t

A personal reflection on rage, humanity, and the cost of caring I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to overcome my rage. The world is just so wrong sometimes. Did I tell you that my friend Hurricane got

The Art of Staying Alive in a World That Makes No Sense

A personal journey through despair, anger, and meaning in the face of life’s absurdities I think about killing myself all the time. Albert Camus writes: “There is but one truly serious philosophical p

The Great Trash Can Caper: When Helping Others Becomes a Municipal Offense

Today’s example of bureaucratic overreach and the challenges of urban compassion Have you ever looked out your front window to see the city packing up all your trash cans? I suspect maybe not. (It’s h

The City Of Akron Called To See How Our Homeless Friends Are Doing

I got a nice call from the City of Akron yesterday. They wanted to check up on our homeless friends, see how they were doing, and offer their services to do anything they could to help. Well… I suppos

When the Enemy is Me: A Radical Approach to Empathy

The beginning of the HBO Watchmen series starts with a reenactment of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. The Tulsa race massacre was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist massacre that took place betw

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland – A Symbol Of Hope

I’m a little embarrassed to say that I had never heard of Joan before yesterday. She was trending on Reddit yesterday. She is an American civil rights activist who was active in the 1960s. She was one

I Found Hope Yesterday

It is said that Community, Purpose, and Hope are the pillars of a “happy” life. (Don’t get me started on the word happy. I’ve been fighting with it my whole life. But that’s for another time.) I have

And Now I’ve Been Banned From Nextdoor

I’m not going to lie. Getting banned from all these social media channels has done wonders for my mental health. I think I had an unhealthy relationship with all of them. Sage’s Substack is a reader-s

A Freighter Full Of Hope

Something I don’t currently talk much about (because there is so much else to discuss) is my deep love of technology. I am currently obsessed with AI and what it means for the future of humanity. Here

Akron: You are radicalizing your Black community.

Here’s a picture of me and Imokhai Okolo. It was taken in mid-March of this year. Imokhai has been betrayed by his city. Jayland Walker was murdered in extreme cold blood with 94 bullets all meant for

SATM Podcast 119: April 20 2023 – where we are with Jayland Walker today

Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 119.I tried to be understanding and empathetic of the police. They chose to makes us hate them. Here are the links I referenced in this show: If you have misse

We Must Love Our Police Officers

The more radical I become in my activism the more extreme my positions of love become. I often like to tell you to love pedophiles. I do that because I know it’s the hardest challenge of love for many

Who Cares?

This is the memorial that was created near where Jayland Walker was shot and killed. It’s at East Wilbeth and South Main. I took this picture at a very peaceful protest last night. I kept coming back

Will You Play Well With Others?

I was out talking to voters yesterday and a woman asked me this question: “Will you play well with others?” That’s a really good question. It represents a deep understanding of who I am. I really appr

WARD 8 COMMUNITY ALLIANCE

This is the big project I want to work on for the next 4 years as the Ward 8 City Council Person. I’m calling it the Ward 8 Community Alliance. Here’s what it looks like: The foundational building blo

Jayland Walker Was Murdered By 8 Akron Police Officers

Not killed. Murdered. I know this for a fact simply by the admission of Chief Mylett. I have heard him say on several occasions that an officer must be able to account for every single bullet that lea

AKRON CAN BE THE HERO SUFFERING PEOPLE NEED.

I’m really excited about the abortion access amendment groups are trying to get on the November ballot in Ohio. The proposed amendment would provide that every “individual has a right to make and carr

Why Do I Want To Put Myself Through This?

I read this article: Akron, Ohio, police condemn councilwoman’s comment on Jayland Walker and my first thought was: “Why am I doing this to myself?” I could sell a couple assets and retire. I’m 51 yea

It Turns Out We All Live In A Prison

Did you see the new policy where Akron Public Schools is locking away some students cellphones? We are starting at East, Buchtel and Ellet. We have contracted with a company called Yondr for $43,450 t

We Lost

For about 5 years now we have gone to every court possible asking for the permission to let me somehow help any homeless people that can’t find their way into a shelter or a house. We have been denied

THE YOUNG SEX WORKER

If we are ever going to get one step closer to solving our societal problems we must acknowledge the complicated nature of reality. Let me tell you this week’s story… A young woman from out of town en

SATM Podcast Episode 115 – East Palestine Ohio Train Derailment – DON’T TRUST THE LEADERS!

The East Palestine Ohio Train Derailment is just the latest episode of big government and big business working together to undermine safety, lie to the people and let innocent human beings suffer and

Akron Ohio Is A Racist City

Akron Ohio is a racist city. It always has been and I see no indication based on the leadership of today that it ever will not be a racist city. I could give you countless reasons to support this stat

VIOLENT PURSE SNATCHING IN WARD 8

This is the arm of an 80-year-old woman who had her purse stolen and was knocked to the ground in front of Gionino’s Pizzeria in The Valley. The man who stole her purse ripped it so hard off her arm t

The Murder of Tyre Nichols

I’m pleased that the court system of Memphis was able to bring justice to Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who was brutally beaten and murdered by 5 police officers. They all are charged with 2nd

January 6, 2023 – the 4th anniversary of the forced closure of Akron’s tent city.

Today, January 6, commemorates the forced closing of Akron’s tent city on my private property on January 6, 2019. I have ALWAYS said, if you don’t like my ideas then come up with your own ideas. Our h

The Results of my Christmas Eve Sleep Out

I like trying to think of activist direct action ideas that both raise awareness of the humanitarian crimes we impose on our OWN CITIZENS by stealing their tents and belongings and leaving them strand

I will be sleeping outside on Christmas Eve 2022 in solidarity with homeless pregnant women

I wanted to remind you that I will be spending Christmas Eve sleeping in a tent at the corner of West Market and Portage Path in Akron Ohio from 6pm to 6am in solidarity with homeless pregnant women.

A Demon From Hell

As soon as I said my name it was like she realized she was looking at a demon for the 7th level of hell. She exclaimed, “No!” She quickly shut and locked the door. I’ve had some people not appreciate

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU.

Last night city council ignored the people and voted to force a half-baked, high-priced rental complex down the throats of citizens who have fought so systematically and respectfully to at least slow

What I’ve Learned About Democrats

In my campaign to try to be the next Ward 8 Council leader I have been to over 1000 Democratic voters so far. (Some I’ve gotten to speak to and some I’ve just dropped off literature.) It has been such

Hopelessness

I don’t typically write these kinds of posts simply because throwing myself a pity party is not really my style. “Suck it up, buttercup” is how I live my life. But I guess there might be some worth in

“PLEASE SAGE! MAKE FUN OF COPS AGAIN.”

“PLEASE SAGE! MAKE FUN OF COPS AGAIN.” A Communist friend of mine recently asked me to get back to the energy where I viscously, brutally and vulgarly verbally attacked racist and murdering cops. So,

Thank You For Passing Issue 10, Akron Ohio

The people of Akron are why I keep fighting this god-awful system that looks to keep the people under their heel while funneling mountains of cash to corporations. You are SO good and SO hopeful and S

The People Involved in Na’Kia Crawford’s Murder

These are the people most closely involved in the murder of Na’Kia Crawford. (Her murder trial is going on right now.) Adarus and Jaion were in the car where one of them pulled the trigger and murdere

The Temporary Injunction I Signed Yesterday

(I am not a lawyer. Everything I say here could be wrong and misunderstood. The funny thing about the law is that regular people can’t understand it. If anyone in the know wants to correct what I have

The Main Lesson Helping Is Teaching Me

A homeless person messaged me recently (I hadn’t talked to her in MONTHS.)She said she needs her mail and a phone she had sent to my office immediately or she was going to “Report” me. These encounter

SATM Podcast – Is it time for Chief Mylett to go?

Episode 100 Based on these 4 items I believe we have enough information to determine that Chief Mylett is not the right person for the job of Akron Police Chief and should resign: Ethan Liming – downp

A Public Service Announcement From Your Neighborhood Dragon

September 29 is the day some people in the West celebrate Michaelmas. Basically, because it is near the autumnal equinox, the celebration is about being brave as darkness begins to envelope us. In Wal

Tyrone Brown in Akron Ohio Is Incredibly Important

The Tyrone Brown case might be even more important than the Jayland Walker case in Akron (Who was unarmed and was shot over 40 times by Akron police). There are some BIG claims on both sides. The poli

The Biggest Loser

I might be the biggest loser you have ever met. I lose at every turn for wanting to do something so basic and fundamental as giving shelter to people that desperately need shelter. One of my great fri

Where Does He Get His Money?

Apparently the Akron Police Department has been asking my homeless friends where I get my money. My friends thought it was a strange question to ask and so they let me know the police were asking. It’

Hope in the Nightmare

There is so much going on in this Akron Beacon Journal article. The thoughts and feelings it stirs up in me are an overwhelming stew of mess and complication. Let me just vomit some thoughts on you: F

Announcing MARKET MIDDLEBURY – Sundays noon – 3pm.

I just read an article about how Countryside Farmers Market is having a tough time financially: No more farmers markets? Countryside facing money woes It’s possible they may not be able to survive. I

We Are Asking the Ohio Supreme Court To Let Us Shelter Those Most In Need

Here’s an article from our attorneys at Institute for Justice. We are trying to get the Ohio Supreme Court to hear our case to allow us to shelter people that have absolutely nowhere else to take shel

I am a Democrat

In America you are either a Republican or a Democrat. You could be a Tea Party Republican or a Socialist Democrat. But you are still either an R or a D. The number 1 biggest determination if you will

“Stop in the name of the law.”

The city is furious with me (again). They want to have an emergency meeting with the magistrate because “Sage is putting tents back on his land.” I’m not doing shit. This is what Akron policies look l

We are ready.

I believe there is a reason that we are all waking up to the reality that all our systems are failures. Your church won’t take you in when you’re homeless. Your police won’t rush in to save you when y

I’ve Never Told Anyone This Before

I’ve never admitted this to anyone other than my wife. But I carry a gun. Every time I go from the West side of Akron to the East side of Akron I put on my holster and my handgun. It’s an 8 round clip

My new June 2022 lawsuit

The city of Akron has just filed yet another lawsuit against me for sheltering homeless people. Our attorneys are so kind to me. Consoling me for this action. I didn’t expect anything different. In an

Another mass shooting

I’m just going to use these mass murderers as a time to remind you that this isn’t about guns (although I’d like to see some tightening of gun laws). It’s not even about mental health, which is my gre

The next couple days

In the next couple days, an article will come out in the Akron Beacon Journal about our tent village. This was inspired by our loss of another lawsuit pushing for my right to shelter a very small grou

Gun deaths reached the highest level ever recorded in the United States in 2020

I can tell you without a doubt, that there are more guns in the homeless community now than any other time I’ve done this work. What’s interesting is that Covid had a very minimal effect on homeless p

Jesus? Or The Inspector?

The Inspector Is Taking Pictures Of Our Village right now. I guess my question is: WHEN IS IT EVER APPROPRIATE TO CARE FOR THOSE IN NEED? Immigrants? Asylum Seekers? Addicts? Homeless people? I mean w

Dr. Anonymous

In 1972, Dr. John Fryer (right) gave a speech in this mask stating that homosexuality was not a mental disorder. Dr. Fryer was a psychiatrist and gay. Admitting that he was gay would have admitted tha

My position on eliminating the need for a concealed carry permit in Ohio

I think I’m a fan of removing the requirement for needing a permit to carry a concealed gun that is coming to Ohio in June. It gives low income people access to this ability. They still have to pass t

Street Rules Reform

I like working on the street. I like the people. I like the excitement. I like being street smart. But this “no snitching ever” policy is beginning to infuriate me. When your boyfriend abducts you whi

MY CURRENT THINKING ON HATEFUL COMMENTORS

(I posted this on Facebook. But it applies here. I’ve turned off commenting altogether because people create fake accounts and comment here.) I’ve always wanted people to have their say on what I disc

My son increased his ACT score from 17 to 22

My son increased his ACT score from 17 to 22. He’s a junior. I think if he can get it to 24 he’ll qualify for a free ride to University of Akron. (but my wife always makes a point that cost is not the

I Need You To Believe

Do you ever think that maybe it wasn’t God who made us in his image, maybe it was US that made God in OUR image? As I run for mayor over the next year I have made a pact with myself to try to be as po

Truth To Power Is As American As It Gets

There is a good article today in the Beacon Journal about working at the Romig Road Amazon warehouse. I personally know several people that work there. They all have said they like it. They all said t

Studying Forgiveness

I am currently studying Forgiveness. Forgiveness is an advanced placement course because it can seem like Acceptance. Forgiveness is not acceptance of injustice. Forgiveness is not giving up and allow

So… Thanksgiving

If, by now, you aren’t aware that this holiday is challenging you either are living in another universe than the rest of us, or you are exhibiting selective ignorance racism. Did we inflict genocide o

My Thoughts On Terri Heckman’s Retirement as CEO of the Battered Women’s Shelter.

Terri has an article in the Akron Beacon Journal on her retirement entitled “‘How do you replace her?’ Terri Heckman retiring as leader of two victim agencies.” You will find that the Beacon often wri

“It makes you lose faith in the system”

Did you read this incredible story of the massive civilian deaths that are continually being covered up by the US military: How the U.S. Hid an Airstrike That Killed Dozens of Civilians in Syria – The

The Akron Uprising Is Coming

A Print Newspaper For The People Of Akron The truth of Akron is that for decades it has been run by puppets of the corporations that use Akron tax dollars to make themselves incredibly rich. We can en

Me Reacting to Russell Brand Reacting to Jon Stewart on CNN

The only way we are going to have meaningful change in this country and the world is if we can talk about nuanced topics for what they truly are.

The Shadow Of Death

I am walking in hell. You see me on your Earth. But I am not there. I am in the Other. The place I am standing today is the shadow of your world. You would call it the anti-world. I call it Reality. I

Why I Wrote The Homeless Activist

I have become incredibly drawn to the mystical and magical forces of the universes these days. The incredible flatness of our universe, quantum wave theory, whether or not we are living in a simulatio

Sage’s Birthday Only Special Offers For His New Book

My newest book, “The Homeless Activist” is coming out on my birthday, September 28. I’ll be 50 years old. The whole lead-up to this day has been very strange for me. Life feels like an unstoppable fre

How I became a homeless activist

My son, who is currently 16, asked me why I no longer run a marketing firm with a bunch of employees. At our peak we had about 16 employees and, as Wikipedia reports accurately, we were generating abo

Sage Against The Machine Podcast – Episode 43

Is it all just hopeless and pointless? Here it is in audio: https://radiofree-rss.streamguys1.com/player/player2108180913195.html

My Letter to Akron City Councilwoman Margo Sommerville

Akron City Councilwoman Margo Sommerville asked me to call her today because she felt I was being too negative. I tried to reach out to her but I couldn’t get her. This is what I wrote to here: Hi Cou

The Attack On Homeless People In Akron Ohio

I put this information together in a post on Facebook but thought I’d organize it all here for future reference. First, I posted this document showing the housing code violations the Houseless Movemen

Richard Grass. Akron Humanitarian Rights Fighter

This is Richard Grass. He’s an important person in the humanitarian fight for homeless rights in Akron Ohio. He is seen here wearing his tent because the city came and stole every single other item of

This is what Akron RacISM Looks Like

If you are an Akronite, this article should be required reading to understand your history: https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/a-road-to-nowhere-how-the-construction-of-akrons-innerbelt-displaced-th

Learning True Compassion and Empathy

It is currently popular for white liberals to learn and repeat words of solidarity with black people and people of color. Meanwhile, their actions change very little. Our organizations are still lead

Amber Evans Deserves To Be Remembered Here In Akron

Amber Evans deserves to be remembered for many reasons particularly with her connections to Akron, Summit County, Kent State and Ohio State. She killed herself because she was exhausted from The Fight

Life is contradiction.

The ultimate contradiction is that life is both creation and destruction.Poverty will always exist and that is why we must always work to destroy poverty.Corruption will always exist and that is why w

Sunday Morning With Sage – The Corrupt Akron Government AND Sex and The Church

Let’s talk about this: The man accused of killing eight people, including six women of Asian descent, blamed “sexual addiction,” a disputed term used in parts of evangelical culture. https://www.nytim

Why I Act The Way I Act

Some people cringe at my outbursts. They tell me that my anger and attacks on politicians is childish and hurtful to my overall cause. I am nothing if not intentional in my actions. Some may think tha

Akron City Councilman Mike Freeman Bashing Me For Having The Audacity Of Speaking at City Council

This was at the December 3, 2018 Akron City Council Meeting as the city destroys our tent village while not housing 14 of our 50+ Residents They Promised To House. The original full council video is h

Hey Sex Craved Men! Let’s Talk.

I am so attracted to women. And if it weren’t bad enough, the older I get the more into women I get. When I was a teenager the kind of girl I was into was very narrow and specific. As I look back at y

Chairman Bobby Seale

WAKE UP AMERICA! This is what happens when video comes on the scene and white people can’t white wash our activists any more. LISTEN TO THIS TRUTH. Chairman Bobby Seale: Power is the ability to define

PLEASE follow and be aware of the work The United Front Against Displacement is doing.

“We are an anti-gentrification organization that was founded to unite the struggles of working class people against gentrification, displacement and criminalization.” They were in the news yesterday f

TARA SAMPLES TRIES TO END THE OHIO DEATH PENALTY AND HORRIGAN’S GOONS STOP HER.

Thank you Tara L. Samples for shining a light on this middle ages bullshit that is the Ohio Death Penalty. (Ward 5 Councilwoman Tara Samples introduced a resolution to support a group of bipartisan st

I React To the Fred Hampton interviewed by ABC News – October 9th 1969

Fred Hampton is a HUGE hero of mine. He was an incredibly enlightened individual. At 21 years old he know that we need to unite all the people to focus on the powerful. This is the only way we will ev

If the government is going to kill me I’d prefer they do it when I’m unarmed

Other than a box cutter I carry on me to open boxes of food I give out to homeless people, I have no weapons. No stun gun, no pepper spray, and certainly no guns. I don’t want the government to be abl

Rochester police handcuff and pepper spray a 9-year-old girl

The People Stand With Their Homeless Brothers and Sisters in Bellingham Washington

If you have learned nothing else in 2020 I hope you learned that you simply can’t ask the government nicely to bring justice to its people. There is no other alternative other than fighting for it.

The African American Criminal

Ibram X. Kendi ‘s book “Stamped from the Beginning” is SO powerful. While oppression is everywhere in America, there is not a group that comes anywhere near the downward pressure African Americans hav

I Love Fred Hampton

“We got to face some facts. That the masses are poor, that the masses belong to what you call the lower class, and when I talk about the masses, I’m talking about the white masses, I’m talking about t

Bacon’s Rebellion

Do you know about Bacon’s Rebellion? In 1675 he united poor white people and black slaves to fight against rich white people. This is my dream. To unite Proud Boys with Antifa. To unite QAnon with BLM

What forms of direct action are acceptable?

The January 6, 2021 siege on Capitol Hill is still very fresh in my mind. Three days later (it feels like 3 months later), as you might imagine, I and the rest of the world have some thoughts on the m

It Never Matters That People Are Freezing To Death On The Streets of The Richest Country In The World

I’ve been following this story since it began. Basically, an activist group occupied a hotel and put homeless people in it. Some with chronic illnesses. Some with Covid. And then what happened next is

Get on the spectrum of voluntary poverty

We in America have been so indoctrinated into the cult of Capitalism that an alternative economic philosophy seems like pure and total madness. I am not a Communist. Not that I have anything against t

The Church Has Always Abandoned The Poor

“If religion has so neglected the needs of the poor and of the great mass of workers and permitted them to live in the most horrible destitution while comforting them with the solace of a promise of a

Tacoma Housing Now Has Occupied A Hotel To Save Homeless People

STAND STRONG @TacHousing! We all must stand with our homeless brothers and sisters in this brutal and cruel and torturous homeless system in America. Tacoma Housing Now Has Occupied A Hotel To Save Ho

Lost to COVID-19: Akron native Rev. Tom Weller died of COVID-19

Doug Livingston of the Akron Beacon Journal did a very nice piece on Tom Weller here: https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2020/12/28/lost-covid-19-akron-native-rev-tom-weller-died-covid-19/391001

How effective are protests?

I just came across this quote: The problem I experience is that individual people are good but organizations become soulless. Almost the instant they are created they come alive as a unfeeling, compas

Poverty Is Coming Back To America

I now firmly believe that the era from about 1950 – 1980 was an anomaly. There was money. And it was spread widely across America. But that’s not how capitalism is meant to work. Capitalism is a game

NYTimes: How Cities Lost Control of Police Discipline

This is a pretty shocking expose of the immediate power of police unions. How Cities Lost Control of Police Discipline https://nyti.ms/3aAMONS

Akron evictions delayed by mail service, COVID-19 orders, moratorium

“And tenants who’ve lost jobs and wages to the pandemic can continue to file for eviction protection until Jan. 31 under a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order that would have expired Dec.

Peter Maurin

I believe that so many of our troubles can be traced back to the fact that our history, the people’s history, is stolen from us by the government. They write the history books. You need to know that t

Nothing Changes

This quote from “Dorothy Day: Dissenting Voice of the American Century” by John Loughery, Blythe Randolph resonated with me in this morning’s readings: “Yet, to Dorothy’s dismay, no matter how outspok

Watch “Plastic Recycling is an Actual Scam | Climate Town” on YouTube

Most plastic is not recyclable. So it’s sent to a dump or burned. Plastic Legislation to get involved with: Depending on where you live, there’s a lot you can do. NCSL Overview: https://www.ncsl.org/r

The System Is Killing Us. UNITE!

Cops killing people for fun. Governments letting men, women and children die alone on our streets and the ever increasing murders we are committing on ourselves. IT ALL COMES FROM THE SAME PLACE. A sy

They Want To Erase You

The powerful control history. Kings and queens and presidents and great wars are played out in every classroom in the world year after year, generation after generation. But the history of the people

I Will Not Bullshit You

I have made a personal packed to not bullshit people. People get lied to by their leaders ALL the time because their leaders don’t think they can handle the truth. That is some of the most cynical bul

Burn it down

I can’t think of a single organization in this god-forsaken, hypocritical “most-Christian-nation-in-the-world” country that I’d shed a single tear for if it was burned to the ground and had to build b

COMPLACENCY

I can’t decide who frustrates me more: White people who say they care about black people and then elect Joe Biden (who’s sole contribution to BLM so far is to tell you to shut up about “Defunding” the

WHAT IF

The Battered Women’s Shelter in Akron has an ENTIRE floor in their spiffy new building that has never been opened to shelter people. They own an entire apartment building that sits empty. They tore do

How To Properly Steal Food

Have you been reading these stories on how food stealing is on the rise? Here are a few: Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out in the pandemic | The Seattle Times Sh