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Protest, Don’t Sin by Silence

By Robin Bates | Published: October 27, 2020

Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s “Protest” was written in 1914 but it might just as well have been written today given its relevance.

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In Support of Today’s Anti-NRA Marchers

By Robin Bates | Published: March 24, 2018

In support of today’s march against the NRA and in support of sensible gun control, I post a powerful anti-NRA poem by Scott Bates.

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Fighting Back against the Program

By Robin Bates | Published: August 20, 2014

In this Scott Bates parable, one can get pushed around only so much before turning to rebellion.

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Bartleby, A Story of (Occupy) Wall Street

By Robin Bates | Published: November 23, 2011

Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener” has been adopted by a number of the Occupy Wall Street protesters but, according to one commentator, the story works as an ironic commentary on the movement.

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