I LOVE thinking about the hardest problems in society. I believe the race war between Blacks and Whites is a foundational struggle that is so embedded in American society that it is almost our one great sacred struggle between good and evil. I am nearly obsessed with the Black/White American problem. If we can overcome […]

SAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE PODCAST EPISODE 112The Akron Democratic Primary is May 2, 2023. There is no politics more important than local politics. PLEASE VOTE! If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get them on your favorite podcasting […]

The White Pond Development Debacle in Akron is Far From Over. There is a good chance that city council illegally sold that land. There are 3 facts that have surfaced from this that are important to understand about Akron goverment. FACT 1: Dollar signs matter more than ANYTHING to this current administration. Even when the […]

Today, January 6, commemorates the forced closing of Akron's tent city on my private property on January 6, 2019. I have ALWAYS said, if you don't like my ideas then come up with your own ideas. Our homeless-run tent village ran for almost exactly 2 years. The MetroParks closed a very established homeless camp on […]

Joe Biden has a "new" homeless plan and it's dog shit. If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get them on your favorite podcasting platform. Sage Against The Machine on Spotify Sage Against The Machine on Stitcher Sage […]

I like trying to think of activist direct action ideas that both raise awareness of the humanitarian crimes we impose on our OWN CITIZENS by stealing their tents and belongings and leaving them stranded on freezing streets in the richest, most “Christian” country in the world AND trying to help these people at the same […]

I wanted to remind you that I will be spending Christmas Eve sleeping in a tent at the corner of West Market and Portage Path in Akron Ohio from 6pm to 6am in solidarity with homeless pregnant women. People have slept out with me before. I really wish you wouldn't. It's not safe. And it […]

Last night city council ignored the people and voted to force a half-baked, high-priced rental complex down the throats of citizens who have fought so systematically and respectfully to at least slow down the process. I've been there. We had hundreds of people come in support of the tent village we were running on my […]

In my campaign to try to be the next Ward 8 Council leader I have been to over 1000 Democratic voters so far. (Some I've gotten to speak to and some I've just dropped off literature.) It has been such a wonderful opportunity to get to talk to all these people. I've learned some things […]

I don't typically write these kinds of posts simply because throwing myself a pity party is not really my style. "Suck it up, buttercup" is how I live my life. But I guess there might be some worth in recording that I feel this way from time to time. There was a city-wide camp sweep […]

Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 105 City council member Shammas Malik liked the title of last week's podcast so much that he referenced it in a speech at the city council meeting this past week. So, since he liked it so much, I thought I'd give him a Part 2: All Politicians Are Slime […]

I have debated if the work I'm doing is similar to the Underground Railroad in Slave America or Jewish rescuers in Nazi Germany. The biggest disconnect between slaves and homeless people is that slaves were not being eradicated. They were property that slave holders wanted returned. Nazi extermination only wanted one thing: to wipe Jews […]

"PLEASE SAGE! MAKE FUN OF COPS AGAIN." A Communist friend of mine recently asked me to get back to the energy where I viscously, brutally and vulgarly verbally attacked racist and murdering cops. So, instead, I thought it would be more fun to attack his sacred cow: COMMUNISM. (Everyone loves when I attack their enemies. […]

The people of Akron are why I keep fighting this god-awful system that looks to keep the people under their heel while funneling mountains of cash to corporations. You are SO good and SO hopeful and SO resilient. You deserve SO much better than the crumbs you have been given. I love so many things […]

We are having a pretty intense conversation in my family right now about topics that maybe are better left unsaid. In this case I had mentioned that maybe my son and his cousin (a girl) should get together. Everyone was mortified. (I will admit that I do love a provocative conversation. A good shock to […]

These are the people most closely involved in the murder of Na’Kia Crawford. (Her murder trial is going on right now.) Adarus and Jaion were in the car where one of them pulled the trigger and murdered Na'Kia. Officer Jackson (I think this is him) was the first person on the scene. Lynn is Na'Kia's […]

(I am not a lawyer. Everything I say here could be wrong and misunderstood. The funny thing about the law is that regular people can't understand it. If anyone in the know wants to correct what I have said here please just let me know.) I signed a piece of paper yesterday agreeing to not […]

I'm supporting the candidates The Freedom BLOC supports in this election because they are bad-ass and I love them. The Freedom BLOC | Facebook The Freedom BLOC (@thefreedomBLOC) / Twitter I've put this in a handy PDF that you can download and print and take to the polls. JUST CLICK HERE TO GET IT. The […]

Episode 100 Based on these 4 items I believe we have enough information to determine that Chief Mylett is not the right person for the job of Akron Police Chief and should resign: Ethan Liming - downplaying the gun he used to attack those young Black men and demonizing the Black men. Jayland Walker - […]

September 29 is the day some people in the West celebrate Michaelmas. Basically, because it is near the autumnal equinox, the celebration is about being brave as darkness begins to envelope us. In Waldorf schools they often celebrate this with a story of villagers channeling the bravery of Michaelmas to fight the dragon. At the […]

Today is a bright new day in Akron Ohio You can listen to the audio here: If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you can get them on your favorite podcasting platform. Sage Against The Machine on Spotify Sage Against […]

The Tyrone Brown case might be even more important than the Jayland Walker case in Akron (Who was unarmed and was shot over 40 times by Akron police). There are some BIG claims on both sides. The police are saying they did nothing wrong. Rev. Ray Greene of Akron's Freedom BLOC and Jayland Walker's attorney, […]

Apparently the Akron Police Department has been asking my homeless friends where I get my money. My friends thought it was a strange question to ask and so they let me know the police were asking. It's strange because it sounds a little like an investigation. I mean, who in the government asks that question […]

I'm not sure why I get attracted to one idea or the next. But I woke up today and decided to make a spreadsheet for the Annual budget for Akron city. City Council actually voted to allocate money to put the budget online. But they have not done it. So here is a spreadsheet for […]

The rumor is that Shammas Malik is going to announce his run for Akron mayor next week. I'm going to support him. And then I'm going to run for Ward 8 City Council. That is the Ward he currently holds. Shammas Malik will win because he is a money magnet. He raised about $50,000 for […]

There is so much going on in this Akron Beacon Journal article. The thoughts and feelings it stirs up in me are an overwhelming stew of mess and complication. Let me just vomit some thoughts on you: FIRST: you can't read it unless you pay for it. If you can afford this paper BUY IT! […]

Our mayor did not do his State of the City address this year. So I did one for him. Here is the full transcript if you prefer to read it: 100:00:01,833 --> 00:00:02,399Hi, everybody. 200:00:02,399 --> 00:00:08,499My name is Sage Lewisand I am running for mayor of Akron in the 300:00:09,999 --> 00:00:13,399primary in May […]

Here's an article from our attorneys at Institute for Justice. We are trying to get the Ohio Supreme Court to hear our case to allow us to shelter people that have absolutely nowhere else to take shelter. I try not to talk much about lawsuits simply because I'm not a lawyer and it's truly a […]

In America you are either a Republican or a Democrat. You could be a Tea Party Republican or a Socialist Democrat. But you are still either an R or a D. The number 1 biggest determination if you will win an election is if you have aligned with one of those 2 parties. I am […]

The city is furious with me (again). They want to have an emergency meeting with the magistrate because “Sage is putting tents back on his land.” I’m not doing shit. This is what Akron policies look like. They wanted me to get rid of all the tents on my land. So I did. Then people […]