Amen, Ashé and So Must It Be!
27.02.2026 03:14
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Amen, Ashé and So Must It Be!
Everything‘s gotta change from the roots up and from the leaves down, then water it with the rain of justice.
Love my city so! Thanks for this story, BB.
Yes! An apology means nothing if it isn’t backed up by a commitment to do better and actions that show the commitment.
This is great. And even better if you take one of the MANY online or in-person legal observer workshops created and sponsored by activist groups like Indivisible, Immigrant Defense Fund, Witness Media Lab, etc
Yes. This.
Really really mean
This!
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… are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony. Therefore, I feel an obligation to withdraw this Symphony premiere from the Kennedy Center under its current leadership.
Signature
Philip Glass
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Photo of a letter part one:
After thoughtful consideration, I have decided to withdraw my Symphony No. 15 "Lincoln" from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today (cont)
Philip Glass withdrew his symphony’s premiere on the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s heartbreaking and impassioned Lyceum address in 1838. It’s worth the read:
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
“Friction works.”
Grateful for your compassion towards those of us who are struggling against this regime.
Concise and accurate.
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Absolutely!
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.
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Simpsons don't make mental the sign meme where the sign says "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984"
Amazing!
Hoping this good news gets the attention it deserves – i.e., at least a fraction of the press that went to all of the anticipatory nay-saying your plan faced during your campaign.
Can’t wait to see what you and your team do next!
This. Normalizing the horror is one of the greatest dangers.
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“Replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” (I’m with Zohran)
Such an incredible performance. Thanks for posting this, so I could see it again. The first time I saw it, I cried for pure joy - this time the tears were more complicated.
So many Hollywood movies could be described as “the one about the pisher who thinks he’s a big shot!”😂
This is the way
“George Washington, at the close of the Constitutional Convention, said he did not expect the Constitution to last more than twenty years. The Father of the Country signed a document he fully expected his grandchildren to replace.”
open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
Lordy that is some insane shite in that article!
Great article - should be given to every student. And I’m delighted to learn about this publication. I love librarians SO much.
