Literary Vato Loco, retired teacher, word muralist in search of a better world that includes peace, equality, equity, respect for earth and social justice for all people.https://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mvsoyujq6s2vChildren in Palestine are routinely brutally murdered. But people feel sorry for the brutal murderers.18 Sep 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsoyujq6s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mvll5atxks2eA focused united front15 Sep 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvll5atxks2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mvhcmtdwds26Rally at Hayward, CA city council meeting to ban data center. Tuesday July 15, 2026. https://join.haycocoa.org/dcban?r=ZSR2zvjr14 Sep 2026 04:48 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhcmtdwds26https://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mrzufryies2301 Aug 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzufryies23https://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mqxidery4s23No Ice #poem #poetry19 Jul 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxidery4s23https://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mqpl56m64c2fAncestors #poem #poetry15 Jul 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpl56m64c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mpov2kfqdk2xNo matter if it was left out of the curriculum we still live in occupied Mexican and indigenous land. Stolen is still stolen.02 Jul 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpov2kfqdk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mpmqvpluwk2vThe only reason Israel has able to sustain launching unlimited weapons into Gaza, Lebanon and Iran is because of US funding.02 Jul 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmqvpluwk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mpmqrl4qlk2vThe six member majority of SCOTUS doesn’t weigh the law: no blind justice. Just Trump and his hand picked “just us” policies. There is no rest of us, only a three branch monopoly serving an oligarchy. We are in deep trouble. If you believe in freedom work for democracy.02 Jul 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmqrl4qlk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mpmqozofbc2vNow with Trump at the helm white supremacists have become increasingly brazen (not to be confused with brave) knowing that state power protects them. Not a day goes by without outright racist attacks.02 Jul 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmqozofbc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3motqon772c2gI am always evolving as a father and grandfather because I want to be a good example of fatherhood. When I see a blank unfilled space…that was my father. My mother filled in just fine.22 Jun 2026 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3motqon772c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3motqncyq7c2gThe significance of Father’s Day to me is that I am blessed to be the father of three wonderful daughters.22 Jun 2026 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3motqncyq7c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mojkv5fmwc25Fascism didn’t start with Mussolini or Hitler18 Jun 2026 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mojkv5fmwc25https://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mojktfza4s25Defend democracy!18 Jun 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mojktfza4s25https://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3moelf6x7rc22The World Cup (FIFA) games prove that anyone can be the best when the playing field is even. Former colonial empires find themselves losing in a fair game to peoples that had been subjected to invasions, genocide and disease.16 Jun 2026 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3moelf6x7rc22https://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mo7dobt3qs2iI don’t like cleaning with bleach because it feels like a social science project while it whitens and sanitizes everything.13 Jun 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo7dobt3qs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mo4jguph7s2cThe Wall Grew/El muro creció #poem #poema12 Jun 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4jguph7s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mnvo3vv6hc2kI don’t want to join the cult that runs this nation. Does that mean I will be in danger?10 Jun 2026 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnvo3vv6hc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mnvdpmifuk2eThere Are Moments #poem #poetry #humanity09 Jun 2026 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnvdpmifuk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mnsiockndc2oConducting fair, accessible elections and carefully counting ballots is considered cheating and fake.08 Jun 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsiockndc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mnqd7ibzt225Lying often and frequently doesn’t make something true.07 Jun 2026 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnqd7ibzt225https://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mmwnhtw7u22eFeeling today With family and friends Instead of waiting For tomorrow Which may or May not come For either of you Better to say I think of you today Not thought of You yesterday In a memorial sense Those you love Those you treasure By any measure Should hear you today #poem #poetry28 May 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwnhtw7u22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mlumnv5dkk2iXocoatl/Xocolatl/Chocolate (cho-co-la-te)15 May 2026 05:40 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlumnv5dkk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mlui5qs7mc2bSo, you want to be California governor.15 May 2026 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlui5qs7mc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mltuwknr622kI keep telling people, we’re not the foreigners. My ancestors have been here since the beginning of time: before New Spain; before Mexico; before USA. Mexicans are indigenous people, no matter what our citizenship status is. #poem #poetry https://substack.com/@joenavarro2/note/c-259184883?r=3i0zy0&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action14 May 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltuwknr622khttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mk2ccy5c722xActs of human compassion are the most profound revolutionary acts.22 Apr 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2ccy5c722xhttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mjuw3csq5s2rSaturday April 25th, Oakland Public Library Branch, near Fruitvale Ave. https://substack.com/@joenavarro2/note/c-246031425?r=3i0zy0&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action19 Apr 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuw3csq5s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mjuj2pndx22sThe Truth Is… Democracy Would have remained In infancy If it hadn’t been For Black voices In the streets and courts Challenging Jim Crow fascism Everywhere South and North East and West Causing a tremor Where everyone Saw the potential Humanity for all Darker shades Of the human Rainbow19 Apr 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuj2pndx22shttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mjsnyo25qk2yFamilia, Gente #poem #poetry #familia https://substack.com/@joenavarro2/note/c-245620508?r=3i0zy0&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action19 Apr 2026 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsnyo25qk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/poetajoe.bsky.social/post/3mjsnogshyk2yAs I Walk Out the Door #poem #poetry https://substack.com/profile/211678200-joe-navarro/note/c-245617618?r=3i0zy0&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action19 Apr 2026 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:cncf4tmrvl6ug7efjnqi2p2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsnogshyk2y