Robert Gumpert
@ragumpert
Documentary audio and photography. robertgumpert.com. Author of "Division Street" photos of living unhoused on the streets of San Francisco with words and stories. Published by Dewi Lewis. Co-Editor the Stansbury Forum ()
1/3: "My very first ship - everybody don't like to go to wars. It was Iran and Iraq war. I take the job immediately because that's my first job and I want to go onboard. I didn't know that the vessel would go to the war zone area - Strait of Hormuz Nassal Surian, AB robertgumpert.com/from-the-sea...
""Art World Feminist" takes us from the repressive atmosphere of the 1950s in which the boundaries of women’s lives were, for the most part, narrowly proscribed, through the explosions of the 1960s and 70s and on up to our present.” Kurt Stand’s review of “Art Work Feminist” At: stansburyforum.com
Frida Kahlo in 5 portraits, Wartime connections in quilts, Indigenous resistance paintings, shipping needs officers, and more images, more links. Today on Maybe This Week, Maybe Next Week robertgumpert.com/blog/maybe-t...
“F. Christophe “Chris” Silvera, the longtime leader of Teamsters Local 808 is the closest you will probably ever come to an actual revolutionary in the Teamsters union. Today on the Stansbury Forum, a remembrance of Chris Silvera, by Patrick D. Kelley. stansburyforum.com
A reminder: A great story and music show is coming to the Bay area this coming Monday.
Photography Was Frederick Douglass’ Most Powerful Tool for Abolition petapixel.com/2026/06/29/p...
“We all come back to this place after going to sea, and time hasn't passed because for us it hasn’t. It’s a community and home when you come back.” Brittany Pinzon, 3rd Mate MM&P Now up at “From the Seafarers’ Hiring Halls" robertgumpert.com/from-the-sea...
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It’s getting worse again. Plus a Desert Inland Discs episode, housing in Vancouver, political cartoons, and photos from me and others. Now on Maybe This Week, Maybe Next Week robertgumpert.com/blog/maybe-t...
It’s getting worse again. Plus a Desert Inland Discs episode, housing in Vancouver, political cartoons, and photos from me and others. Now on Maybe This Week, Maybe Next Week robertgumpert.com/blog/maybe-t...
Get a good take on the issues around CA 2 progressive taxes with Fred Glass’ "The Rise (and Fall?) of the Billionaire Tax" now on the Stansbury Forum stansburyforum.com
"The US remains a nation dependent on ocean commerce. However, our maritime industry and its small fleet of U.S.-flag ocean-going merchant vessels is threatened with extinction", by Trump policy - Capt. Don Marcus, President Emeritus MM&P. Today's Stansbury Forum stansburyforum.com
Today on the Stansbury Forum, Mariana Mcdonald writes of birthdays, colonization, the power of culture and the joys of a certain Bad Bunny, a super bowl, and “A Place Called LOVE” Read it now at: stansburyforum.com
“I think I'll keep sailing three, four years more. I try to, you know, but the time is soon. But I can’t stop now, we got a lot of disbursements. We got family, we got kids.” Muthana Koraish, Able-Bodied Seaman (SUP) Read his story at: robertgumpert.com/from-the-sea...
Daido Moriyama interview, Colonizing earth, Paul Graham Thatcher’s legacy, some new images from Robert Gumpert and a bit more. robertgumpert.com/blog/maybe-t...
“The transition that western governments insist will take decades, that the auto industry calls impractical, and that most right-wing politicians treat as utopian fantasy — China has already mostly done it.” Today on the Stansbury Forum stansburyforum.com
Today, the 7th of June on Maybe This Week Maybe Next Week A few of Allen Ginsberg’s photos; a podcast on “Brave New World’ (not that it’s timely or anything); McSweeney’s takes on boast insurance; plus MORE. And a few images from me. robertgumpert.com/blog/nbspmay...
"The original SF federal prosecutorial approach was a mass subpoena to Chinatown organizations for all membership records. A Chinese community mobilization followed, and …” From “Thought Crime in the Land of the Free” by John Hayakawa Torok stansburyforum.com
“... when I was young, I didn't really understand my father when he shipped out. But now that I’ve shipped out I give him a whole new respect. We wanted to sail. That's what we did. We sailed on ships” robertgumpert.com/from-the-sea...
The Stansbury Forum is republishing an important piece on veteran’s healthcare by Suzanne Gordon that first ran in Barn Raiser. For 161 years, America has taken care of veterans but the draft dodger who sees veterans as suckers and losers want to change that. Stansbury Forum stansburyforum.com
A triptych, a hanging Rothko, observations on Raghu Rai, August Sander before WWll, community grocery store, a a bit more Today on Maybe This Week, Maybe Next Week robertgumpert.com
New on “Maybe This Week, Maybe Next Week” today: The 3rd Man, The Potato - Super Food, The sea, Lucinda Williams, and women of WVA. PLUS more and some photography. And checkout “At The Water’s Edge” while you wonder around robertgumpert.com/blog/24-may-...
New on “Maybe This Week, Maybe Next Week” today: The 3rd Man, The Potato - Super Food, The sea, Lucinda Williams, and women of WVA. PLUS more and some photography. And checkout “At The Water’s Edge” while you wonder around robertgumpert.com/blog/24-may-...
Perhaps Trump, who was president on that date, was doing some sort of COS play with himself
“I sail East Coast and West Coast. There's a total different vibe East Coast to West Coast. West Coast is much more ... ” Brian Bernard, Chief Mate (MM&P) From the Hiring Halls of Seafarers. Now up on "From the hiring halls of seafarers. robertgumpert.com/from-the-sea...
Rand Wilson remembers his mentor, Tony Mazzocchi "Tony had a powerful influence on my life in the labor movement. He eventually became a mentor and close family friend. Below is my recollection of when I first met him, and how … “ stansburyforum.com
"Although Democrats in office were an improvement on Republicans, the fact is that Democratic weakness — the gap between promises & actions enabled Republican ... From Kurt Stand’s piece on Jesse Jackson, the Rainbow Coalition, and the path forward. stansburyforum.com
“We have ships on our wall, kind of like you would have pictures of your family on your walls at home.” robertgumpert.com/from-the-sea... And a few pictures of ships have been added here: robertgumpert.com/coastline