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How did the Venezuelan economy get so messed…

- May 23, 2019 | November 20, 2019 - Laura Wells 2 Comments

Venezuela is facing significant difficulties, and one of the worst is the widespread misinformation spread by governments and media. Here is a list of 13 basics to help shed light on this complicated situation. There…

Venezuela - Latin America

Why did both Obama and Trump sanction Venezuela?

- May 1, 2019 | September 27, 2019 - Laura Wells 2 Comments

This question has deep relevance. In my first BLOG after returning from the Alliance for Global Justice "End Venezuela Sanctions" delegation, my goal was to provide the most fundamental information possible about what we can…

Venezuela - Latin America

What is really happening in Venezuela?

- April 18, 2019 | September 27, 2019 - Laura Wells comment

I just returned from 11 days in Venezuela, my sixth trip there since 2005. Plaza Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela Many people have asked me how they can understand what’s really happening in Venezuela based on…

Venezuela - Latin America

Why I am going to Venezuela

- March 19, 2019 | September 27, 2019 - Laura Wells 1 Comment

Hope. That’s it, in one word. And there’s more! I am writing this because many people have been asking - and have been worried - about my planned trip to Venezuela. The political delegation -…

Congress / Politics - Better World

District 13’s Wish List for Congress

- October 24, 2018 | September 27, 2019 - Nicole Raglin 2 Comments

DISTRICT 13's WISH LIST FOR CONGRESS WHAT WE WANT: OUR DEMOCRACY IS IN PERIL Corporate money out of campaigning Endorsements of candidates Improve democracy and elections THE VERY BASICS WE NEED Improved and expanded Medicare…

Politics - Better World

Healthcare For You and Me

- September 13, 2018 | September 27, 2019 - Laura Wells comment

I received many different reactions from people when they first heard I had won the June primary write-in campaign and would be facing Barbara Lee in November. As you can imagine, some people were shocked that anyone…

Politics - Better World

Green New Deal

- August 7, 2018 | September 28, 2019 - Laura Wells 1 Comment

A platform of integrated policies Why was there a New Deal in the Great Depression of the 1930s and none in the Great Recession that started in 2008, the year Obama was elected president? In…

Politics - Better World

Corporate-Free Politics

- August 5, 2018 | November 20, 2019 - Laura Wells comment

Serve the People Not Corporations How do you get the government to serve people and not corporations? One way is to change the laws. Grassroots organizations “left and right” have been working for years to…

Politics - Better World

Eco-Socialism

- August 4, 2018 | September 28, 2019 - Laura Wells comment

System Change Not Climate Change On a personal level, it seems I have always been reluctant to characterize myself as anything ending in “ist”. In my twenties, I’m sure everyone could tell I was a…

Politics - Better World

There Are Solutions

- August 4, 2018 | September 27, 2019 - Laura Wells comment

Tax the Rich and End the Wars There are solutions to the problems we face, and they often cost money. Right up front, however, we need to say real solutions donotalways cost more. Look at…