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Poor People’s Campaign — WATCH and/or READ powerful interview

February 1, 2024 GlenAnderson 0

You can WATCH this through the blog link below and/or READ what we said during the interview at a different link below. The February 2024 interview on “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” TV series provides information, insights, and enthusiasm for supporting social and economic justice through the Poor People’s Campaign. You might know that the Campaign had existed in the late 1960s.  Well, it is back and organizing vigorously for the original purposes – and for making progress on related issues. Glen said today he is interviewing one of the tri-chairs for Washington State’s Poor People’s Campaign.   Anyone anywhere can watch […]

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“No room at the inn” — U.S. policies provoke immigration but refuses to accommodate the victims

December 25, 2023 GlenAnderson 0

The Christmas story highlights a young family — Joseph and Mary who was 9 months pregnant — who were forced by the oppressive undemocratic government that ruled over them to travel to a distant place.  But there was “no room at the inn,” so they had no choice but to stay in a stable, where Mary gave birth to Jesus. This iconic story of gross injustice keeps playing out nowadays with different characters and new ironies. For many decades the U.S. has supported brutal right-wing governments (sometimes overthrowing democracies in order to install those oppressive regimes) in Latin America and […]

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More info on COP28’s failures to take strong actions to protect the climate

December 17, 2023 GlenAnderson 0

COP28 results: Good Cop, Bad Cop: Breaking Down the UN’s New Climate Resolution:  https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/cop28-historic-final-resolution-decision-text-explained-fossil-fuels/   Negotiators @COP28 Agree to Historic UAE Consensus With “A Litany of Loopholes”:  https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/13/2211489/-Negotiators-COP28-Agree-to-Historic-UAE-Deal-With-A-Litany-of-Loopholes?detail=emaildkg&pm_source=DKRE&pm_medium=email   Phase Down, Not Phase Out: COP28 Deal on Fossil Fuels Disappoints Activists & Vulnerable States: https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/13/cop28_fossil_fuel_phaseout   Gore: COP28 on “Verge of Complete Failure” as Pact Omits Fossil Fuel Phaseout:  “[T]his obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word,” the former vice president wrote.  https://truthout.org/articles/gore-cop28-on-verge-of-complete-failure-as-pact-omits-fossil-fuel-phase-out/   “Big Oil Wins Big at COP28 in Dubai” By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan:  https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/14/big_oil_wins_big_at_cop28   Greenfaith offers its reflections on COP28:  […]

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Fossil Fuel Industry Hijacks Global Climate COP Summits

December 7, 2023 GlenAnderson 0

Al Gore Says Fossil Fuel Industry Has “Captured the COP Process.”  The article linked here — https://www.commondreams.org/news/al-gore-cop28 — says this:  “The former U.S. vice president accused the United Arab Emirates of ‘abusing the public’s trust’ by naming the CEO of its national oil company as president of COP28.  Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said Sunday that fossil fuel interests have effectively seized the reins of the United Nations climate summit process, preventing the kind of ambitious action that scientists say is necessary to prevent catastrophic warming and all of its cascading impacts.”   COP28: Amy Goodman Attempts to Question […]

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Protect honest science from attacks and declining public trust!

December 3, 2023 GlenAnderson 0

At federal, state and local levels, right-wingers and businesses are applying pressures to hurt honest science. Fewer Americans now understand and respect science. Here are some recent articles:   Americans’ trust in science is declining:  Americans’ Trust in Scientists, Positive Views of Science Continue to Decline   Why Don’t Americans Believe in Science?  https://www.thenation.com/article/society/anti-science-is-a-systematic-issueand-its-not-going-away/   The psychology behind right-wing authoritarians’ denial of science:   https://www.alternet.org/2021/09/right-wing-science-denial/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=7868&recip_id=22838&list_id=2   Don’t Let Them Fool You: Disinformation Is Not an Accident. – Union of Concerned Scientists (ucsusa.org):   https://blog.ucsusa.org/astrid-caldas/dont-let-them-fool-you-disinformation-is-not-an-accident?utm_campaign=email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=email&emci=dc1183fa-a9ad-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&emdi=839e82ea-72b2-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&ceid=702115   Politically motivated bullies want to “tear down the fabric of science.”  https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/23/2194654/-Overnight-Science-News-Politically-motivated-bullies-want-to-tear-down-the-fabric-of-science?detail=emaildkg&pm_source=DKRE&pm_medium=email   State and Local […]

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Biden violates 2020 campaign promises by BUILDING TRUMP’S WALL, despite 26 laws

November 28, 2023 GlenAnderson 0

Biden said border walls do not work, but he is waiving 26 laws to build more of Trump’s Wall. These two articles were posted October 5, 2023: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-border-wall_n_651f5354e4b091a3dc26bf23?email_hash=d82661dbaf9d922be74896a49d247c55ffc55d54   and https://truthout.org/articles/biden-administration-waives-26-laws-to-speed-construction-on-trumps-border-wall/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=e340eb2861-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_3_20_2023_13_41_COPY_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-e340eb2861-652572905&mc_cid=e340eb2861&mc_eid=d635d5c1bf   Also, in order to continue building Trump’s Wall, Biden waived these two laws among the 26:  the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act .  Biden took his cruel action without seeking any input from local communities. His Department of Homeland Security is FAST-TRACKING the border wall construction and VIOLATING TREATIES.  Biden’s wall will go through a […]

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Young People’s Bold Lawsuits to Protect the Climate

October 12, 2023 GlenAnderson 0

Young People’s Bold Lawsuits to Protect the Climate   Europe:  2021 to September 2023: 6 Portuguese Youth Are Suing 33 Countries to Speed Up Climate Action:  The European Human Rights Court will hear the suit, which aims to hasten climate action by governments.  Published September 27, 2023:  https://truthout.org/articles/6-portuguese-youth-are-suing-33-countries-to-speed-up-climate-action/?mc_cid=d615a7e6b4&mc_eid=d635d5c1bf United Nations Strengthens Children’s Rights To Fight Climate Change In Court:  Posted in September 2023:  https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-children-rights-united-nations.html and https://popularresistance.org/un-strengthens-childrens-rights-to-fight-climate-change-in-court/ These Youth Climate Activists Are Taking Europe to Court:  “It’s a human rights issue.”  https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/08/these-youth-climate-activists-are-taking-europe-to-court/ December 2021:  Portuguese Teenagers Take 33 European Governments to Court:  https://worldwarzero.com/magazine/2021/12/portuguese-teenagers-take-33-european-governments-to-court/?emci=ae328da0-8657-ec11-94f6-0050f2e65e9b&emdi=864dd9c6-8c57-ec11-94f6-0050f2e65e9b&ceid=1661441   U.S.:  2023: Biden Administration Tried to Block […]

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Bad news about the war against science

August 22, 2023 GlenAnderson 0

Montana Governor Signs Bill Banning State Agencies From Analyzing Climate Impacts:  https://www.ecowatch.com/montana-governor-climate-impacts-analysis-ban.html   Texas Education Officials Weaken Climate Science in Textbooks:  https://www.ecowatch.com/texas-school-board-climate-science.html   This alarming news occurred in 2021:  University of Florida researchers destroyed data on COVID-19 to avoid offending Ron DeSantis:  https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/12/8/2068226/-Florida-academics-live-in-fear-of-DeSantis-resulting-in-censored-results-destroyed-data?detail=emaildkre   In July 2021 — during Biden’s tenure — this alarming news came out:  EPA scientists allege in letter that the ‘war on science’ has continued under the Biden administration:   https://www.alternet.org/2021/07/biden-science/   Trump’s EPA significantly sabotaged honest science.  Biden has not done enough to restore scientific integrity and eliminate corruption in the EPA. BOTH Trump and […]

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What’s Wrong with the Debt Ceiling Deal — Watch TV program here and/or read the transcript

June 29, 2023 GlenAnderson 0

The July 2023 episode of “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” TV series examines the recent bi-partisan bill to increase the national debt ceiling.  I provide much fresh information – and many fresh insights – that counter what politicians and mainstream media have been saying: I explain the “debt ceiling” as a phony baloney scam that Republicans have been abusing. I explain why President Biden should not have caved into House Republicans’ bullying. I explain the very bad parts of this bi-partisan bill. I explain what Biden and Democrats should have done instead. I explain the remedies that would have been better than […]

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These savvy, practical insights can reach and convince the public about our issues

March 21, 2023 GlenAnderson 0

I’ve been working with some people who want to “nationalize” an industry that has been owned by capitalists for many decades.  Several members of that group pointed out that calling for “nationalizing” it can leave us open to accusations of being “socialists” or “communists.”  They said that INSTEAD we should call for “public ownership,” which sounds more democratic and practical. I agree that it is crucially important to frame this issue with the appealing term “public ownership.” I wrote an article about the overall concept of how to choose our terminology to reach out effectively to the public and bring […]

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Now the news media are IGNORING the climate crisis, so WE MUST ORGANIZE a big, strategically savvy GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT!

March 4, 2023 GlenAnderson 0

Does the climate crisis still exist?  Has it gone away? It is NOT in the news now. In order to solve the climate crisis, WE MUST MAKE IT A HOT ISSUE AGAIN!!!  WE MUST ORGANIZE A SAVVY GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT to expose the problems and propose solutions!!!   Page 62 of the February-March 2023 issue of The Progressive Magazine (www.progressive.org) reported this: “Only one independent news source, Truthout, reported on a Media Matters for America study that found that morning TV shows gave almost as much air-time to Bezos’s 2021 space launch as they did to all climate crisis news in […]

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Extreme weather keeps pointing to climate disruption as the cause

March 1, 2023 GlenAnderson 0

The old term “global warming” falls short of what is really happening to the climate.  The term “global warming” is misleading because — although on the AVERAGE, temperatures are rising — actually the climate is DISRUPTED in a variety of ways that cause EXTREME WEATHER in every part of the world. Some areas get heat waves.  Some areas get extremely cold weather.  We have droughts along with record-high rainfalls.  The jet stream is disrupted, so high-level atmospheric conditions that traditionally have gone through some areas go through other areas instead.  Likewise, ocean chemistry and ocean currents are shifting, which causes […]

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To solve political-social-economic problems, we must organize PEOPLE-POWER grassroots movements

February 28, 2023 GlenAnderson 0

Several years ago, a guest on one of my TV programs said that only 5% of democracy is about voting, while 95% of democracy is about organizing grassroots movements.  I agree. People who have official power (politicians, big businesses, etc.) want ordinary people to feel powerless and get out of the way, so they themselves can make all of the important decisions. Alice Walker said, “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” If ordinary people actually did recognize our power — and our huge potential to organize strategically from the grassroots […]

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Nonviolent Ways to Heal Our Society’s Dysfunction — Watch Glen’s TV program online or on cable

February 2, 2023 GlenAnderson 0

The February 2023 program on “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” TV series provides insights and inspiration to help people solve problems that have been getting worse in our society. After mentioning some serious problems, we pivot toward proposing some smart nonviolent ways to solve the problems.  This TV interview is positive, upbeat, creative and practical. Rivera Sun is the expert guest who helps us explore these topics.  Rivera Sun is an author, activist, and the Programs Coordinator for Pace e Bene / Campaign Nonviolence. People in Thurston County WA who have cable TV can watch it on channel 22 three times a […]