Barbara Lee Speaks For Me Daily

The violent crackdown by federal officers in Portland is un-American. This is a democracy, not a dictatorship. We can never allow this to happen in our country. #HR7719https://t.co/ZNrPqZ9fsP

— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) July 26, 2020

Teaching

Last discussion session of the term tonight -- next week, the last week of this summer intensive, is given over to an office hour marathon, followed by an online Symposium in which they will present their final projects. I've appreciated the mild distraction from Nazis and plaguetime afforded by teaching, but I will not deny the demands of an intensive taught remotely have made the last weeks rather fraught. Having an income through all this so far has been appealing, to say the least. Confronting the existential oblivion of unemployment upon the conclusion of the course is really weighing on me, as I know millions of others are also suffering the same. SFAI has turned a corner, it would seem, thank the billion billion goddesses, but there seems little prospect for adjuncts like me. Let's see what happens.   

Barbara Lee Speaks For Me Daily

28 million people could face eviction at the end of July.

This is a dire situation. We must extend the moratorium on evictions NOW.

— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) July 20, 2020

John Lewis and Good Trouble

“My philosophy is very simple: When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to stand up and just say something. You have to do something. I got into good trouble, necessary trouble. Even today, I tell people, ‘We need to get in good trouble.’” -- Rep. John Lewis, 1940-2020

About John Lewis: “He loved this country so much that he risked his life and his blood so that it might live up to its promise. And through the decades, he not only gave all of himself to the cause of freedom and justice, but inspired generations that followed to try to live up to his example.” -- Barack Obama

Barbara Lee Speaks For Me Daily

We are in a pandemic that has killed over 130,000 people and our defense budget is STILL 90 times the CDC’s budget. We cannot allow this to continue. Read my latest with @repmarkpocan on ending wasteful defense spending.https://t.co/VYrKWCQpJi

— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) July 13, 2020

Teaching

Grading mid-terms, listening to Sibelius symphonies, feels like old times.