Injustice to One is Injustice to All
December 2024 Issue
We are an artistic community that recognizes the intersectionality of all injustices
and believes that art is essential to social change and more justice.
Sing/Scream, 2024
12x12” Woodblock print on Japanese paper - By Jeffrey Dreiblatt
Sing/Scream is the latest in a series of woodcuts based on opera singers I have been making for the last few years.
It was completed in the days just before the November 2024 presidential election. I hope the viewer can hear the power of her voice break through, whether it is an aria of triumph or madness or a call to waken us.
Jeffrey Dreiblatt is a visual artist, poet and volunteer firefighter. His work has appeared in numerous publications across the English-speaking world including Breathe, The Main Street Rag, Cathexis Northwest Press and others. He lives in Copake, in the Hudson Valley of New York. He is a board member of El Porvenir, an organization committed to increasing access to clean water, reforestation and sanitation in rural Nicaragua.
By Cheryl Caesar
On the first day our Facebook pages went black.
We drove to work through a film of tears
and hugged each other in the hallways, unashamed,
and in the women’s room. We talked about renewing passports,
and families in Canada. We avoided referring
to the beginning of The Handmaid’s Tale. We went
on to meet our classes, or conference with students
who complained, “I didn’t know
this assignment would be so evidence-based.”
We kept our blurry eyes front, and flowed
through the day on a current of work and love.