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February 15, 2019
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The Uprising, June 29, 2018

June 29, 2018 Steve Ahlquist

“My Senator… wouldn’t give me an answer on how he would vote on the Reproductive Health Care Act because he felt like he didn’t have …

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The Uprising, June 15, 2018

June 15, 2018 Steve Ahlquist

“I do this in part because someday my grandchildren will read about this in the history books and be distraught over the travesty and inhumanity …

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The Uprising, June 8, 2018

June 8, 2018 Steve Ahlquist

“We will not be a petty and cruel people…” Reverend Liz Lerner Maclay, First Unitarian Church of Providence

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The Uprising, May 31, 2018

June 1, 2018 Steve Ahlquist

“A not-insignificant percentage of the population has so decisively internalized the values of the market for their labor that the act of re-sculpting themselves to …

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The Uprising, May 24, 2018

May 25, 2018 Steve Ahlquist

“So young, loaded gun “Oblivious to what the trigger does “Will ya wake up, never gonna make up “Got ammunition on a mission gonna shoot …

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The Uprising, May 18, 2018

May 18, 2018 Steve Ahlquist

“Without freedom, law is merely the expression of one person’s will over another. Without just and appropriate laws, freedom is just a license for chaos.” …

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The Uprising, May 11, 2018

May 11, 2018 Steve Ahlquist

“Keep your mouth shut, you’re squawking like a pink monkey bird And I’m busting up my brains for the words…” –David Bowie

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The Uprising, May 4, 2018

May 4, 2018 Steve Ahlquist

“I live my life on birth control, I lost my mind to rock and roll,” –Janelle Monae

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The Uprising, April 27, 2018

April 27, 2018 Steve Ahlquist

“…I know I’m asking a lot. The price of freedom is high, it always has been. And it’s a price I’m willing to pay. And …

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The Uprising April 20, 2018

April 20, 2018 Steve Ahlquist

The mechanisms, i.e. political parties, that we have that are supposed to organize and express discontent are, of course, precisely the organs that require the …

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