Pine and Roses

Two great LA lit blogs. I’m looking for a novel to translate into English. If you have recommendations, please let me know.

Busco una novela para traducir en Inglés, si tienes ideas, por favor dímelas.

Leyandolatam.com

Northernlauren.com

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https://pineandroses.org/featured/jane-is-calling-maine-dsa-rallies-for-reproductive-rights/

Jane is calling: Maine DSA rallies for reproductive rights Today we are here for bodily autonomy. We are here for solidarity in protecting, saving, and revitalizing human rights that have been taken away from us and our loved ones. It is past the point of posting something on social media and emailing someone who tells you anything you want to hear for a vo...

https://pineandroses.org/opinion/putin-must-not-destroy-odessa/

Putin must not destroy Odessa The seizure of Odessa would solidify President Vladimir Putin’s control of Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. Russian troops have already captured several smaller port cities, shelling civilians and destroying infrastructure along the way. An assault on this city of 1,000,000 people will place Putin’s...

https://pineandroses.org/featured/portland-charter-commission-to-finalize-governance-proposal/

Portland Charter Commission to Finalize Governance Proposal - Pine & Roses If you haven’t been paying close attention lately to the Portland Charter Commission’s work, now is the time to tune in. Several weeks ago, two proposals for a new power structure in City Hall were passed out of the Governance Committee for the full Commission to discuss.

https://pineandroses.org/featured/can-a-good-samaritan-law-reduce-overdoses-in-maine/

Can a Good Samaritan law reduce overdoses in Maine? - Pine & Roses More than 600 Mainers died from drug overdoses in 2021, the highest number ever. On February 9, the State Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee held a 4-hour public hearing on LD 1862, An Act to Strengthen Maine’s Good Samaritan Laws that would shield anyone trying to save t...

https://pineandroses.org/anti-racism/review-farming-while-black/

Review: Farming While Black - Pine & Roses Leah Penniman’s Farming While Black is a groundbreaking contribution to the fight for social justice in the United States. Part political manifesto, part how-to guide for new Black and Brown farmers, part meditation on the meaning of solidarity, Penniman shines a light on two central questions in ...

https://pineandroses.org/anti-racism/august-mulls-new-museum-to-white-supremacy/

August mulls new white supremacy museum - Pine & Roses You may have recently heard about the Governor of Louisiana issuing a pardon to one Homer Plessy, an African American activist who dared challenge Jim Crow segregation in the 1890s in the Deep South. And you may have also read my previous article about the statue erected and still standing in August...

Pine and Roses reports on 2022 Maine DSA state-wide convention.

Maine DSA Holds 2022 Statewide Convention - Pine & Roses How do we organize a campaign to democratize the entirety of Maine’s energy grid? Engage with local debates about national flashpoints like teaching racism in schools? Unite renters at risk of eviction at a time when neighbors talk less and less? And how does the state-wide socialist organization ...

Fresh Pine and Roses from Isreal Mosley.

On hypocritical MLK Day observances - Pine & Roses Last week, we celebrated a spectacle of historic proportions. Politicians and leading figures around the country in every state did their best to go a whole 24 hours without mentioning a racist policy they’ve endorsed or supported. And the most powerful liberal and conservative politicians alike f...

Fresh Pine and Roses from Sharkey, aka Paul Padillo.

Review: Cohen's magnificent The Tragedy of MacBeth - Pine & Roses Sharky (AKA G. Paul Padillo) is a Maineiac from Portland rambling about all things art, and music of every stripe, including rock, progressive, jazz, symphonic, Lieder… and food, too. He writes regularly at Shark on Arts. There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that Joel Coen’s magnificent a...