They Shouldn't Have Been Silenced

Frederick Joseph
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Frederick Joseph, poet and activist from Yonkers, has written cogently today about the shortcomings of the DNC platfom and presences allowed. Joseph noted that Palestinian pain was missing from the speeches, although an Israeli mother was allowed to speak.  He noted the same old same old heavy on the rah-rah rhetoric and light on doing something about substantive issues. Poduct placement pollies squawked: Obama about the dangers of wealth. Mmm-mmm-mmm.

For those interested, I reviewed Joseph's excellent book of poetry and ran a short version of my interview with him, here and here.