Freedom of Religion Does NOT Give Permission to Hurt Other People
In 1993 the U.S. Congress — with broad support by congressional members of both big political parties and much grassroots support across the political spectrum […]
Examples of Parallax Views
Avoid the anti-Russia hype that promotes a new Cold War.
Both of the big political parties — Republicans and Democrats – are stuck in their own agendas. Neither of the big party really supports peace. […]
Smart insights to distinguish “conflict” from “abuse.”
Someone sent me an e-mail expressing support for “Conflict is Not Abuse” from Sarah Schulman. I searched for information about the book and found this […]
Obama ALSO broke up immigrant families and deported many. Democrats failed to object.
Nowadays Democrats and decent people strongly object to Trump’s cruelty in breaking up immigrant families and deporting many family members. Actually, Obama did that too […]
Universal Single-Payer health care is the real solution! Debunk the myths and lies about it.
The U.S. is virtually alone among rich modern democracies in failing to provide decent health care for all of its people. The U.S. ranks low […]
U.S. needs immigrant workers because we disable our troops and underfund education
Savvy people have been recognizing that the U.S. economy really needs immigrant workers. We do not have enough native-born workers for many jobs. And I […]
U.S. Militarism Promotes Gun Violence. To reduce gun violence here, reduce military violence worldwide.
“Climate deniers” refuse to acknowledge the human causes of the climate crisis. Likewise some people try to blame gun violence on far-fetched causes such as […]
To protect immigrants, let’s de-polarize the U.S.’s political culture.
Many problems that are plaguing the U.S. are rooted in various kinds of polarizations. Oppressors use a “divide-and-conquer” strategy to disempower ordinary people so the […]
Great home-made signs from immigrant rights rally
On Saturday June 30 a huge crowd — certainly more than one thousand, and perhaps two thousand — attended the immigrant rights rally at the […]
Abolishing nuclear weapons would help immigrants’ rights.
To protect immigrants, STOP POLARIZING PEOPLE IN ANY WAY: Stop dividing people by nationality, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, economic class, etc. The problems […]
To Achieve Social Justice, We Must De-Polarize Our Society
Oppressors often use a “divide-and-conquer” strategy to keep populations divided so the oppressors can dominate them. This has been happening in the U.S., as it […]
COMING SOON: “Base Public Policy on Honest Science”
Last Thursday night we taped the July 2018 episode of “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” TV program. It will air on TCTV cable channel 22 three times […]
Better than defeating Trump’s supporters, let’s heal them and convert them to better values. And let’s heal ourselves too.
In the past few decades the U.S. has become increasingly polarized — and increasingly rigid — and mutually hateful to the people on the “wrong” […]
Visualize — and create — a government “of the people, by the people, for the people.”
On June 4, 2018, Trump tweeted, “I have the absolute right to PARDON myself.” His statement and statements by Rudy Giuliani and some other extreme […]
Several ways to vigorously reform our criminal justice system
The U.S.’s criminal justice system — like so many other aspects of American society — is profoundly dysfunctional, cruel, and wasteful. Thoughtful people have been […]
