Adam Cornford

Oakland, CA

I'm a (widely published) poet, essayist, journalist, and critic. Today I make my living as a scribe for hire, mostly working for nonprofits. Until my small progressive college died in 2008 because of its leaders' folly and arrogance, eerily similar to those that rule corporate America, I was a professor of English, writing, and drama. I love teaching and opening minds, including my own.

Politically I am a pro-labor small-d democrat who believes that true democracy in both political and economic realms is the only form of society compatible with ecological sustainability and human progress. This means getting over our religious and authoritarian hangups and facing reality. Neither God nor charismatic leaders will save us. We hold the future of our planet in our hands and must individually and socially take on that responsibility. Now is not the time for cautious measures. It is a time for deep transformation.

http://www.precision-english.com

Adam commented on the petition | 2 days ago

Please help: A Judge found our Mom to be Innocent but she might have to go back to prison!!

For an innocent person to be sent back to prison on a technicality is a travesty of justice and a moral obscenity. Following an impartial examination of the evidence, she has been cleared of the charges that sent her away from her family for two decades. Let her go free!
Adam signed the petition | 2 days ago

Please help: A Judge found our Mom to be Innocent but she might have to go back to prison!!
Adam signed the petition | 2 days ago

Save Austin's Trees
Adam signed the petition | 9 days ago

Give Safeway employee Ryan Young his job back with back pay
Adam commented on the petition | 11 days ago

TED: Post the Income Inequality TED talk already

Cowardice is never a solution, and that is what TED is displaying here. The rich need to pay more in taxes because our country is falling apart--both figuratively and literally. Grow some backbone, TED, and publish this talk!
Adam signed the petition | 11 days ago

TED: Post the Income Inequality TED talk already
Adam signed the petition | 15 days ago

End Solitary Confinement of Kids in California
Adam signed the petition | 21 days ago

Greyhound: Stop Racial Profiling on your buses
Adam signed the petition | 21 days ago

Walmart: End the Corruption and the Cover-Up
Adam commented on the petition | 22 days ago

Judge Rotenberg Educational Center: Please Stop Painful Electric Shocks on Your Students

Torturing children is a criminal obscenity, and all those involved should be prosecuted.