Category: Democracy

ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND- JANUARY 20-21

It was a good weekend for progressive people and those who want to resist the agenda of the current administration and work toward supporting and helping those most vulnerable and marginalized.  On Saturday we saw the second women’s march, in Bellingham called March On Bellingham.   The attendance rivaled  last year’s numbers only slightly fewer.  The signs …

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WHITE WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA

Many lessons we can learn from others.  Many white people in the USA are supporting the  causes of the marginalized,  vulnerable and oppressed.  It is happening everywhere – this is a good example and perhaps a model to follow.  

NEIL YOUNG COMES THROUGH AGAIN!

This is so right on!  Good for today!    

TELLING TRUTH TO POWER

There is no better than Chris Hedges  

CELEBRATE OCCUPY

Occupy.com was born on April 1, 2012, with the publication of the Declaration of the Occupation, a document originally written and distributed by the New York City General Assembly at Occupy Wall Street in September 2011. Since the days of the Occupy movement, our media organization has continued to cover national and global issues through the …

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Help Create a Community Bill of Rights

Learn how communities across the country are protecting the rights of nature, preserving their environment and guiding their own futures.    Don’t Miss the Last Local Screening of….. We the People 2.0 – The Second American Revolution  Thursday March 16th, 2017  6 PM Pickford Theater You must buy your tickets online HERE We’re almost sold out, so …

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A JUST TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY

ONE ANSWER LIES IN THE CREATION OF  SOLUTIONARY RAIL.  A CLEAN ENERGY PROPOSAL TO BRING CLEAN SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY FROM RURAL AREAS TO POWER RAILROADS AND BRING THIS POWER INTO CITIES. Come and hear about it on Wednesday, Feb 8th at Village Books in Fairhaven, Bellingham   On Wednesday, Feb 8th at Village Books …

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EUGENE DEBS 1917

Tim Robbins reading what got Eugene Debs into prison for 10 years.     Tim Robbins performs Eugene V. Debs Canton, Ohio speech June 1918 Tim Robbins performed this excerpt of Eugene V. Debs' 1918 speech at a May 2009 performance at the 92Y in New York City, as part of a celebration of the …

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WHAT WOULD OBAMA SAY?

THIS WORKS!   Seriously – Sara Bareilles and Leslie Odom, Jr. We asked Sara Bareilles to imagine what President Obama might be thinking about this election and Donald Trump. She wrote this song, which Leslie Odom Jr. sings. Posted by This American Life on Friday, October 28, 2016  

WE ARE ONE

BELIEVE IT!