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Musings from the Sonoran Desert and elsewhere
Amy McMullen
- Location
- Gold Canyon, Arizona, USA
- Birthday
- January 01
- Bio
- Amy McMullen is an activist for human rights, social and economic justice and a blogger and political essayist currently residing in Arizona. Her main interests are anti-racism, immigrant rights, LBGTQ equality, health justice and women's rights. She has worked to remove the worst of the anti-immigrant, Tea Party politicians from office in Arizona and advocates to get progressives elected.
Amy's former incarnations include back-to-the-land counter culturist in the 70s, small business entrepreneur, Bed and Breakfast proprietor, charter boat captain, EMT, medical assistant and rehabber of distressed homes.. She currently volunteers for the Phoenix Urban Health Collective as a street medic and is on the board of a new nonprofit devoted to providing free medical care for the uninsured and under-insured in Phoenix.
Amy's writings on social justice and other subjects appear in Truthout, Salon, Addicting Info, The Tucson Sentinel, The Pragmatic Progressive and on her blog at Open Salon.
MY RECENT POSTS
- A Political Junkie’s Guide
to Facebook
July 06, 2012 01:20PM - Border Vigilante With
Political Ties Dead in
Murder/Suicide
May 04, 2012 09:52AM - Inside The Matrix: My Night In
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Jail
May 01, 2012 09:33AM - Inmates Running the Asylum in
Arizona
February 02, 2012 09:58AM - Dropping Out of School Lunches
January 23, 2012 10:07AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Very nice piece. White
privilege can manifest in so
many
ways, including
getting…”
May 07, 2012 02:13PM - “Lisa Medero, Ready's
girlfriend, was white. Her ex
husband is
Latino and her
dau…”
May 06, 2012 11:19AM - “Nicely done Robert! Yes,
words do matter.”
May 04, 2012 02:47PM - “Interesting commentary,
but I should remind everyone
that the
worst anti-women
bi…”
May 04, 2012 02:15PM - “It most certainly is
racism when you say people
from certain
lighter-skinned
coun…”
February 03, 2012 12:46PM
Amy McMullen's Links
- MY LINKS
- Shopping Amazon.com
- Tucson Sentinel--Birthright madness: Anti-immigrant sentiment at fever pitch
- Truthout--Arizona's SB 1070 Isn't Racist ... Is It?
- Tucson Sentinel--Opinion: On anchor babies and nativist pretzel logic
- Salon--Malcolm Gladwell is wrong about the revolution
- Truthout--One More Vote: My Day of Registering Latino Voters
- Tucson Sentinel--Threat of voter suppression rears ugly head in Arizona
- Truthout--Arizona Politics: You Have Now Entered the Twilight Zone
Amy McMullen's Favorites
The Bucking Jenny
Robert Haasch
Latinattack78
Steven Rockford
Jimmy Zuma
Caitlin KellyUpdates
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Amend the 2nd Amendment (Repost)
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Existential
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TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN....
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Open Letter To Candidate Romney
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Thanks for the memories...
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Pence Compares Dental Hygiene With Nazi Death Camps
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SB1070 Supposedly Gutted While Politicians Play It Safe
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A political game of Chess and the man who makes the moves.
Salon.com