Another World Is Possible
People want the world to be a better place. We ask each other questions like, “If you were ruler of the universe, what would you do?” FOLLOW THE MONEY When I’m asked what I would do, I find myself going back to slogans I’ve used in Green Party campaigns. The first was “Follow the Money.” […]
When the phrase “CAN’T WIN” is applied to a candidate whose values you basically agree with, what is really being said is “YOU CAN’T WIN!” This is a system problem, not a problem of you as an individual. Those who want to concentrate money and power in their own hands spend a lot of energy […]
A friend and I have been debating Ukraine, and struggling to be respectful of our differing opinions. He asked me, “What would the Green Party — or you yourself — do about Ukraine if you were in power?” I’ll present this as my own perspective, which has certainly been clarified during three decades of Green […]
I’ve made a commitment — to myself really — to do a monthly blog. It started almost 4 years ago because things had gotten pretty bad in the US, across the board: peace, environment, justice, education, healthcare, and democracy. People’s expectations about what beneficial changes were even possible in the US were low, even though […]
Divide and conquer seems to be in full force in the United States. It reminds me of the stance taken after 9/11 when George W. Bush said, “Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” Rather than adopt that attitude, are […]
The US is the oligarch of the world. We know it, and statistics show it. Of countries with the highest military spending in 2022, the US spends more than the next nine countries combined (chart should say “9” instead of “10” countries). Even worse, US military spending is $2,219 per person, more than twelve times […]
It’s in our names! That’s probably the simplest answer to the question of “How do these two political parties survive, despite the two Titanic Parties trying to kill us since the day we were born?” Values people hold dear are in our names: Green Party and Peace and Freedom Party. Add Justice to the list, […]
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Florence Nightingale, social reformer, statistician (!), and the founder of modern nursing, said, “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.” Her “no excuses” policy seems like a great lesson for everyone, but don’t get me wrong. I know very well there are reasons — systemic reasons — that affect […]
Billions of people want to “Go Green.”The confusion is, just what does that mean? What can we do? It’s not hard to deduce:we can reuse and recycle but the key is REDUCE! We’ve heard from Thoreau, “As you simplify your life,”you’ll undoubtedly have less toil and strife. But can we be happy, and still “save […]