Author Archives: Andrew Gray

A word on advocacy for emancipation

I was reading an article from the Revolution Newspaper website recently and came across the following snippet: This gets us to the third objective of this campaign—bringing forward a core of dedicated, ardent fighters who are going to passionately advocate for this revolution and make it a driving dynamic force in society and the world. [...]

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An articulation

I wrote the following on the bus yesterday. I like it. You know what people don’t like? They don’t like it when the very words they say—and mean—are said back to them. They don’t like it when logical and practical contradictions in their words and actions are shown to them. They don’t like it when [...]

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Do I consider myself a communist?

Recently, a fellow comrade in the Revolutionary Communist Party asked me the following question: “Do you consider yourself to be a communist?” I took a moment to ponder the question before answering, and here’s my answer: The question at this point isn’t so much “Am I a communist?”, as much as it is, “What can [...]

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Nicene Creed, part 2

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, Let’s look up the definition of “Lord” in Webster’s shall we? 1. One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor. … 4. A husband. “My lord being old also.” –Gen. xviii. [...]

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The Nicene Creed: Perpetuating patriarchal autocracy

I’m working on a long post relating the Party slogans in Orwell’s 1984 to practices and doctrine of Christianity, but in the meantime, I’m going to have a go at the Nicene Creed. I attended a Catholic mass for the first time in years yesterday, and the recitation of this creed really got me thinking. [...]

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SB1070 protest with the RCP

On Saturday (July 24th), I took part in a protest on Capitol Hill in Seattle with the Revolutionary Communist Party against Arizona’s SB1070. The RCP has an excellent article concerning the issue that tries to look at the whole picture of the immigration issue instead of the media’s “sound bite” portrayal. I’ve just started getting [...]

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Liz is freed

Continuing the general theme of this blog, I’m pleased to report that Liz Phair has made a statement on her official site which made my year: You were never supposed to hear these songs. These songs lost me my management, my record deal and a lot of nights of sleep. Yes, I rapped one of [...]

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A “Phair” Appraisal

I’ve been browsing the blogosphere and twitter feeds to find that the universe is making a very serious mistake. I decided to make a diagram explaining this mistake as clearly as possible. As you can see, Liz Phair’s awesomeness is clearly much bigger than you are or ever will be. Not only that, but it’s [...]

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Liz Phair’s “Funstyle”

Well it has finally happened. I’ve been waiting years for Liz Phair to release a new album, and a few days ago she released an album titled Funstyle on her website. That’s right, she is NOT releasing this through a greedy label as she has in the past. The album is available for only $5.99 [...]

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Feminist reading from some amazing authors

I’ve read a few books recently, and I’d like to comment on them. The first two books I read were written by Jessica Valenti, founder of the Feministing blog. They cover basic feminism and are written with young women in mind. Despite being male, I found them very enlightening and interesting, as well as very [...]

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