On Friday, July 30, actions took place across the country to mark the 100th day of the gulf oil disaster, to express our outrage at this crime against the environment and the people, and to say loud and clear, “this crisis is not over.”
If you haven’t sent your report or contribution, do so – it’s not too late!
100 Days of Outrage Collective Piece
Over 80 poets contributed to this 260 stanza piece for the 100 Days of Outrage. Read this at poetry readings and events; far and wide. Spread its influence by helping to get it out there!
100 Days of Outrage: Collective Piece
I.
Black blood spewing from her womb
covetous children frolicking in corporate toxins
her ocean blue breast milk
curdled in clots of afterbirth.
I.
Black blood spewing from her womb
covetous children frolicking in corporate toxins
her ocean blue breast milk
curdled in clots of afterbirth.
Poetry Dedicated to the 100 Days of Outrage - Connecticut
100 days of desperation
100 days of despair
100 days of destruction
100 days declared
100 days of disgust
100 days of defeat
100 days of distrust
100 days of deceit
100 days of corporate greed
100 days of abuse declared
100 days caused our shores disease
100 days of our children scared
100 days my 1000 years
100 days we had to bare
100 days our 1000 fears
100 days could take us 1000 years to repair
Petrolia, California - Nathan and Kathy
Hi, I'm Kathy and I live in Petrolia, CA. It is a small town. My friend Nathan and I run a group called Youth Defending Youth, it is meant to save the future. We knew we had to help and even though we can't do much from where we are, we cou...ld still do something. I'm 14 and Nathan is 11. If kids can do it, anyone can.We made a sign that said "FISH DIED, FISHERS CRIED, BP LIED, OUR EARTH IS FRIED" and used it to stop cars on the road. If they stopped we gave them a list of BP brands, urging them to boycott all of them.
Houston, Texas - Distributors of Revolution
Gulf Oil Disaster: System Not Fit to be Caretaker of the Planet
Chicago, IL: Action report from Nancy, a dancer from New York
A dancer from New York, I am in Chicago for a long weekend, staying in a suburb without a car and not in charge of my own schedule. I knew there was an action in Chicago, but I could not get to it, so I decided to take what action I could manage in the circumstances. I distributed flyers that I downloaded from the website at the local commuter train station just before a train was to arrive. Rather to my surprise, almost everyone took a flyer and most people thanked me. The railway officials did not chase me away either. When the train pulled out, I moved to a large supermarket. There, I had a very different experience. Almost no one took a flyer and before long an employee of the market came out to me and said, "We do not allow soliciting here; you have to leave." -Nancy, AMERICAN CREATIVE DANCE
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