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On Christmas Day 1914, British & German soldiers practiced PEACE during World War I

December 24, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Some people know this story, but many people do not. It is indeed possible for soldiers fighting a brutal war to STOP — AND PRACTICE PEACE — even for one day.  On Christmas Day, 1914, British and German soldiers fighting brutal trench warfare during World War I stopped, laid down their weapons, got out of their trenches, and joined together face-to-face to enjoy human solidarity. If they can do it for one day, why can’t we do that EVERY day — and STOP WAR ALTOGETHER?     Read this article:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce   I RECOMMEND THIS SONG VERY HIGHLY!!!  “Christmas in […]

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“State and Local Efforts to Protect Immigrants’ Rights”

December 23, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

The January 2020 episode of “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” TV series (also watchable anytime through Glen Anderson’s blog — SEE BELOW) brings you up to date on what has been happening to immigrants – and what people at the state and local levels are doing to solve the problems. If you are a little fuzzy on understanding the problems and solutions, this program is for you. And if you are already well informed people will learn more. Also, everyone will be inspired and encouraged by the positive work that’s being done statewide and here in our local community. Two knowledgeable guests […]

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This smart strategy could help REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE

December 22, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Public opinion polls keep showing OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT for several kinds of strong, common-sense laws and policies to reduce gun violence.  The laws propose such remedies as: • Restricting access to high-capacity magazines • Requiring background checks for ammunition sales • Addressing the intersection of alcohol abuse and gun violence • Keeping kids safe from guns where they learn and play • Supporting community-based violence prevention programs All of those are good ways to reduce gun violence.  But all of those focus on THE GUNS THEMSELVES and IGNORE THE LARGER CONTEXT in which the U.S. government PERSISTENTLY SUPPORTS SHOOTING! The […]

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International organization of doctors says billions of people are at risk of nuclear war

December 22, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

One of the world’s great organizations opposing nuclear weapons is International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).  Several years ago they won the Nobel Peace Prize. Now IPPNW has issued a second edition of their report about how an exchange of nuclear weapons could cause a global famine (“nuclear famine”). The report is titled, “Nuclear Famine: Two Billion People at Risk?—Global Impacts of Limited Nuclear War on Agriculture, Food Supplies, and Human Nutrition.”  It is at this link:  https://www.ippnw.org/nuclear-famine.html The report explains how even the relatively small nuclear arsenals of countries such as India and Pakistan could cause […]

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Trump and the right wing have built him a cult of fanatic “true believers” who reject truth and democracy — and might become violent anarchists if he loses in 2020

December 22, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Since 2017 I have posted a number of items to this blog explaining the amazing rise of Trumpism and his fanatic “true believers” in the extreme right wing and the Religious Right. The Republican Party has purged its moderates and replaced them with grossly ignorant and cruel people who reject truth and reject democracy in order to blindly, ignorantly support the Great Leader who trusts his “gut” about the climate instead of respecting honest science. The list goes on and on.  Who could have imagined such extremism just a few years ago? Kidnapping thousands of immigrant children and imprisoning them […]

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Here is a solid case for REAL “Medicare for All” — UNIVERSAL SINGLE-PAYER!

December 22, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Now politicians are finally talking about “Medicare for All,” but SOME politicians are weakening the concept by pretending that a “public option” would suffice, or by protecting the health insurance companies’ role in the system. Obama’s Affordable Care Act still left many millions of people with NO health care, and the ACA gave MORE POWER AND CONTROL to insurance companies.  The ACA also PROHIBITED the government from negotiating with Big Pharma for lower prices. Now is a good time to understand what REAL “Medicare for All” would be.  It is UNIVERSAL SINGLE-PAYER! My December 2015 TV program explained it very […]

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Do not let Trump fool Democrats and labor into supporting NAFTA 2.0 or his China trade deal.

December 18, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

On December 116, 2019, The American Prospect (www.prospect.org) posted this article by Robert Kuttner that explains a problem with Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 and the Democratic Party’s leadership in Congress. I could not find the article on their website, so I copied and pasted it here: DECEMBER 16, 2019 Kuttner on TAP How Trump Became a Fake Champion of Mexican Labor Rights (Of All Things). The NAFTA deal has hit a last-minute snag because one key provision in the House bill negotiated between the Democrats and Trump trade officials was not cleared with the Mexicans. This is the all-important provision giving […]

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Support the Mar-a-Lago Dump for Fossil Fuel Sludge and Nuclear Waste

December 15, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Trump is persisting with his OBSESSION to massively increase oil drilling, coal mining, nuclear power, and nuclear weapons. All of these would MASSIIVELYL INCREASE the amounts of sludge and wastes from those nuclear and fossil fuel operations. The wastes will need to go somewhere. Since Trump is so enthusiastic about those, I’m proposing a gigantic toxic waste dump right next door to his Mar-a-Lago luxury resort in Florida. Before the Trump era, the Environmental Protection Agency would have prevented such a project. But Trump and the Environmental Protection Agency — which now under Trump PUSHES TO ABUSE THE ENVIRONMENT — […]

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Congress funds recklessly provocative “low-yield” nuclear weapons that make it easier to start an all-out nuclear war!

December 15, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Since the 1940s the nuclear weapons industry and nuclear war-fighting strategies have relied on HIDING INFORMATION from the public and actually DECEIVING us about the dangerous realities.  These abuses have always been BI-PARTISAN.  The crisis continues — and has been escalating recently with bi-partisan support. The Pentagon has wanted to make it easier to start a nuclear war.  One recent deception is some people’s claim that “low-yield” (Hiroshima-sized) nuclear weapons are a step toward peace.  Actually, they make an all-out nuclear war more likely by creating the illusion that we’re launching merely a “low-yield” nuclear missile.  But these will be […]

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How to achieve peace and true security

December 13, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

People keep worrying about “national security.”  But that is a dead end — and a misleading distraction — unless we understand that MILITARISM ITSELF IS THE PROBLEM and that our nation can be secure ONLY if we help the rest of the world to be secure in more profound ways than mere militarism can accomplish. See the insightful article I wrote at this link: Article on peace and true security            

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In December 2017 Trump and Republicans in Congress RIPPED US OFF by letting EXTREMELY RICH people and corporations avoid paying their fair share of taxes. They SHIFTED tax responsibility onto us.

December 11, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

In an honest democracy, every person would have rights and responsibilities based on their appropriate situations.  Poor people would be helped.  Rich people would pay their fair share of taxes to pay for the political and economic systems that made them rich. But — as you know — economic inequality has been widening horribly ever since the mid-1970s.  This is true regardless of which party runs the Congress or the Executive Branch. But it is getting radically worse under Trump and the Republicans who dominated the U.S. House and Senate in 2017.  In December 2017 they passed a GIGANTIC piece […]

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Impeach Trump for MANY, MANY reasons!

December 11, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

For nearly half a century Common Cause (www.commoncause.org) has been working for honest, accountable government. They support impeaching trump for MORE REASONS than merely his crimes related to his Ukraine scandal. See their report at this link: https://www.commoncause.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/PatternsofDeception_Report_WEBBlanks.pdf Urge House members to impeach Trump for MANY REASONS, including these. Limiting the Articles of Impeachment to Trump’s attempt to get dirt on Joe Biden can be dismissed as mere partisanship (in some people’s simplistic view), because House Democrats have been EXONERATING Trump on all of his MANY, MANY violations of federal law and MANY, MANY violations of the Constitution. House Democrats […]

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House Democrats helped COVER UP Trump’s many crimes and violations of the Constitution!

December 11, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats allowed Trump to ESCALATE his crimes and his violations of the Constitution for almost three years.  Trump is a bully, so he recognized the Democrats’ timidity as EXONERATION and an opportunity to ESCALATE into doing worse and worse things. From Trump’s VERY FIRST DAY IN OFFICE he was using his presidential power to enrich himself.  This BLATANTLY VIOLATES the Constitution’s explicit prohibition against “emoluments” (a late-1700s word for this kind of corruption), both for enriching himself from domestic sources and from foreign sources by exploiting his powers as President of the […]

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A new online course — “War Abolition 101” — begins on January 13, 2020. SIGN UP NOW.

December 8, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

One of the great peace organizations that is not very well known is “World BEYOND War.”  They organize by bringing together to understand and educate other people that WAR IS NOT NECESSARY.  WE CAN INDEED ABOLISH WAR.  They are a global network of volunteers, activists, and allied organizations advocating for actually abolishing the very institution of war.  See much information at www.worldbeyondwar.org.  Sign up for their fascinating e-mail list. Many people do not even know that WE CAN ABOLISH WAR.  But even many peace supporters do not know how to change from the war-making that is embedded into our government, […]

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Impeach Trump for MANY, MANY reasons besides his Ukraine-related crimes

December 8, 2019 GlenAnderson 0

Trump has committed MANY, MANY federal crimes. Trump has violated the Constitution in MANY, MANY ways. The Constitution EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS using the power of the presidency to enrich oneself.  The Constitution’s term “emoluments” means exactly that, and the Constitution EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS both foreign and domestic “emoluments. Trump has been violating those parts of the Constitution CONSISTENTLY — EVERY DAY — since his first day in office.  But the House Democrats have refused to impeach him for those constitutional violations. Trump has REPEATEDLY violated the Constitution’s explicit “separation of power” that authorize the Congress to do certain things.  But Trump has […]