The Second Awakening

At SUNY Purchase earlier this week, I gave a talk on the history of student organizing in New York State, and how students got the SUNY system to divest from the South African apartheid government in 1985. It’s more interesting than you may think. Dear Friend and Reader: OR THOSE WONDERING why I’m jumping up … Read more

Planet Waves Weekly for May 16, 2024 by Eric Francis

Aries (March 20-April 19) — Take the next few days to design an expansion of your financial plan. Think creatively and you will discover many new ways to enhance your income — they are there. Some of these may include ideas that you thought were possible at one time but gave up on because they … Read more

Of Sophomores and Storm Troopers

Teach your parents well Their children’s hell will slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they pick’s the one you’ll know by… — c.s.n.y. Dear Friend and Reader: ARS IS NOW IN ARIES, which has been the scene of so much drama the past few months. The total solar eclipse conjunct … Read more

Planet Waves Weekly for May 9, 2024 by Eric Francis

Aries (March 20-April 19) — Mars in your sign is serving as a confidence-building exercise. How that might develop is being shown all the ways that you fall short on faith in yourself and in your abilities. You might have missed these otherwise, as you do a great job of faking it when you have … Read more

Planet Waves Weekly for May 2, 2024 by Eric Francis

Aries (March 20-April 19) — Orient your psychic state around what you think people think of you and you’ll discover a formula for misery. State that in a succinct and original way, you can get a patent and make a lot of money. However, you’ve got something much better going on, which is a formula … Read more