Another World Is Possible
I’m guessing that in general you agree, right? Tax the rich. If you agree, and you are in California, then please vote YES on Prop 40, the Billionaire Tax. But the billionaires don’t agree. And they are the ones with the resources to get their messages across. They use their “free speech” (in fact it’s […]
The Cherokee and Europeans gathered in Georgia in 1765 to negotiate a treaty. This was before the Trail of Tears began in 1830. Imagine the shock on both sides when the Cherokee peace chief Attakullakulla looked around and asked, “Where are your women?” We could ask that today. In 1992 when my daughter was 8 […]
I wish we had a vaccination against commonly used PROPAGANDA. The term propaganda, by the way, went out of favor due to its negative image after WWI, and instead Freud’s nephew Edward Bernays became the “father of PUBLIC RELATIONS.” Nice bit of propaganda right there. The November 2026 election will have a trio of propositions […]
Why has Venezuela been a problem for the US? It’s not just the oil. It’s that Venezuela was a threat of a good example. When I ran for state office as a Green Party candidate, I wanted desperately to show some hope, that things can turn around, in the areas of healthcare, education, housing, citizen […]
An early subject and intro to this monthly blog was: The SYSTEM is the Loser — Not You — Not Us — Not Them. By “them” I mean the people the oligarchs use as scapegoats. Over the years scapegoats have been immigrants, welfare mothers, youth gangs, people of a certain ethnicity, LGBTQIA people. How do […]
MAY 1 – No Work, No School, No Shopping Let’s do it! As a strong follow-up to No King’s Day, we have many hundreds of actions across the USA. See the map at May Day Strong. Something you can do now is follow this link to show your support for CodePink’s reasonable demands: Health Care […]
Mark your calendar for May Day. It’s happening on Friday, May 1, 2026. Look for updates on this No Kings website and other websites as plans develop. No Kings Day gave me some hope. Yes, Trump as an individual was a major focus, but not the only focus. There were many clever signs about Trump’s […]
Don’t we wish the US oligarchy were ancient history instead of daily reality? The term “oligarchy” applies to the US because of the military-industrial-congressional-insurance-incarceration-MEDIA-complex in our country. Too few people have too much money which creates too much power over our lives and those of our children and communities and planet. Change is coming, however, […]
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Venezuela. I think the most concise and yet complete and useful statement I can make about Venezuela is this: Whatever the source,if the information you get about Venezueladoes not mention US sanctions,then immediately doubt all of their accusationsagainst Venezuela and its government. US sanctions (“unilateral coercive measures” prohibited by […]
Image by kalhh from Pixabay My wish for the new year is that we might … What might get in the way? “El pueblo unido jamás será vencido.”“The people united will never be defeated.” BUT, the people divided WILL be defeated. This haiku came to me last week: Divide and conquer,a device that hurts us […]