More articles from larger sources at bottom of this post, but check this out first: Here's an op ed in "INDaily: Adelaide's Independent News" (Adelaide is the 5th largest city in Australia). The op ed is entitled: "Neoliberalism: Goodbye & Thanks for Nothing" " It took eight years after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) …
ONE POLICY (championed by leaders of both parties) leads to poverty, pollution, racism, severe inequality, loss of good jobs, unnecessary wars & many of the other serious problems we face. **But there's GOOD NEWS: We can end this one policy & prioritize people & the planet. Unbeknownst to most of us, REPUBLICAN & DEMOCRATIC …
Continue reading THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE POLICY YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF
A fascinating read. . . “I do think there is a fear of freedom – a fear among the powerful that people might find something better to do than create profits for capitalism.” “The end of work as we know it will seem unthinkable – until it has happened.” https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/19/post-work-the-radical-idea-of-a-world-without-jobs?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
I agree wholeheartedly with those who say that we need to get great democrats to run and we need to get out and vote for them. There are two additional points, though, that many people across the country seem to be missing. Millions of Democrats are trying to communicate these to other other Democrats. If …
Continue reading IF WE COULD JUST GET THESE TWO POINTS, WE COULD UNIFY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND WIN!
"The elites face an unpleasant choice. They could impose harsh controls to protect the status quo or veer leftward toward socialism to ameliorate the mounting economic and political injustices endured by most of the population. But a move leftward, essentially reinstating and expanding the New Deal programs they have destroyed, would impede corporate power and …
Continue reading PULITZER PRIZE WINNER CHRIS HEDGES DESCRIBES THE CROSSROADS WE HAVE REACHED
(Please see two short videos below. They're very sharp and you'll be surprised how crisply they define our problem and a potential solution -- one that 500,000 people are already working on). As it stands, Congress does not represent the interest of most of the people in this country. Members of Congress really only …
Governor Scott will stand up there and warn everyone to board up their windows and evacuate. But as the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic begins to bear down on Florida, Scott still won't allow any state officials to discuss climate change. This insane position is the result of a major campaign …
"This Is the New Normal": How Climate Change Is Fueling Massive Storms like Harvey | Democracy Now! https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/28/this_is_the_new_normal_inside
When we allow unbridled growth, don't invest wisely in infrastructure and just suck all the profits out of a region for a small number of corporate and wealthy beneficiaries (who live elsewhere), human beings lose. And people die. Harvey Wasn’t Just Bad Weather. It Was Bad City Planning - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-08-31/a-hard-rain-and-a-hard-lesson-for-houston
THE GUARDIAN: "Why are the crucial questions about Hurricane Harvey not being asked?" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/29/hurricane-harvey-manmade-climate-disaster-world-catastrophe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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