Category: Peace

MORE ON VENEZUELA – OPEN LETTER TO AOC

The motive behind neoliberalism is perpetuation of ruling class power and American international power, and the mechanics are fourfold: capture competitor nations in an American-dominated system, exploit the markets of weaker nations, ensure net flows of wealth from peripheral nations to sustain US consumption, and lock peripheral nations into debt and dependency as leverage to …

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GETTING THE RIGHT NEWS OUT TO THE MANY WHO CARE

Here is another take on the Venezuela crisis with some historical perspective.  This might become a valuable alternative news source.     The Fire This Time in the Americas

ABBY MARTIN ON VENEZUELA

Finding the alternative news on this latest coup being delivered right before our eyes.  

REGIME CHANGE AGAIN

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/2/22/this_is_not_humanitarian_aid_a?fbclid=IwAR1cVTvxyr8JVc5O1eMfka0Ru3qU4s649kka8qP3xElVLaRBKFL9Z-yOxi8 Commentary by Dianne Foster: So, we have to confront this supposedly humanitarian aid, which is not humanitarian aid. It’s just direct intervention in order to have regime change, which has been the purpose of the Trump government from the very beginning. And we know what regime change has meant in other places. We know …

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OUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE

This is just in from Davos by this young person.  She is a miracle.   Write, Call, Email your elected officials at all levels with the following OCCUPY demands. OCCUPY BELLINGHAM demands that our elected officials at all levels: Tell citizens the truth via their web sites, tweets, town halls, social media about the looming global climate …

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WORKING LOCALLY

Can we do this in Whatcom County?  Well, we already are but we are siloed into our own working/affinity groups.  Can we all come together into a cooperative group?  I am calling it, for now, The Community Development Cooperative.  The Public Market on Cornwall has space where we could come together and begin this work, …

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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.  

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!    

PEOPLE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!   WE JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE IN IT!   This Company Develops Edible Eating Utensils This company makes 'edible utensils' to limit plastic waste Posted by NowThis on Thursday, March 24, 2016