election reflection

November 6th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

election reflection

I want to try to draw some cohesive analysis from the election results, but it’s so difficult.  I’m just going to post some things that come across my radar that I responded to.
Folks talking about voting for McKinney/Clemente made me think long and hard about third party candidates.  I was so sick of hearing people [...]


radical votes

October 30th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

radical votes

Two days ago, I voted early in Bloomington, Indiana. It took me around forty minutes and was a pretty great experience. I want to encourage everyone who is registered to vote, to do so, but even if you aren’t registered to vote, can’t vote, or choose not to, please go to a polling [...]


Black masculinity, white patriarchy, 50, and Barack

October 16th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

Black masculinity, white patriarchy, 50, and Barack

Via racewire, I can’t believe how much thoughtful analysis Byron Hurt was able to cram into 10 minutes.  It’s a great example of criticism without over-simplified condemnation.   Damn.


reason #4 to vote: the myth of America vs. the reality

September 12th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

reason #4 to vote: the myth of America vs. the reality

I’ve been posting on the Defiance, Ohio website about why I’m voting for Barack Obama in the upcoming presidential election and why I think that people who connect with the content of Defiance, Ohio songs should vote, and vote for Obama.  I think there are limits to the power of voting, but I think punk [...]


Election

September 2nd, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | 2 Comments

Election

Reported from the Defiance, Ohio site:
Two nights ago, at our show in Bloomington, I talked about why I’m voting in this election and why I’m frustrated that many of my punk and activist friends feel like not voting somehow changes all the things that are wrong in our world and all the things that are [...]


MED on Obama, Rev. Jeremiah Write

April 28th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

MED on Obama, Rev. Jeremiah Write

I’ve been interested in Michael Eric Dyson since seeing him speak at IU over the winter.  An NPR news blog wrote this about a recent interview where MED linked Obama and his pastor with the different phases of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life:
Obama is the pre-1965 King. The one the holiday is named for, said [...]