Many of my friends urged me to watch this powerfully inspiring short video.
Finally I watched it.
Now I’m sharing it with you and hope it will “go viral.”
The Green New Deal would protect our nation far more effectively than militarism does. The Green New Deal is a proactive way to deal realistically with the serious threats of climate disruption, unemployment, deteriorating infrastructure, depressed local communities, etc. We should slash the Pentagon budget and generously fund the Green New Deal.
The Green New Deal has great power to inspire, educate, motivate, and employ many young people along with current workers who have been losing their jobs for various reasons. It is a great way to restore our nation — to TRULY “make America great” — by actually solving problems instead of provoking hatred and greed.
In several ways, the Green New Deal could fulfill some of the purposes Mohandas (“the Mahatma”) Gandhi had proposed for his “Constructive Program” — practical, grassroots efforts to mobilize people to improve their everyday lives in radical ways consistent with the revolutionary values he promoted.
Since the late 1960s Glen Anderson has devoted his life to working as a volunteer for peace, nonviolence, social justice, and progressive political issues. He has worked through many existing organizations and started several. Over the years he has worked especially for such wide-ranging goals as making peace with Vietnam, eliminating nuclear weapons, converting from a military economy to a peacetime economy, abolishing the death penalty, promoting nonviolence at all levels throughout society, and helping people organize and strategize for grassroots movements to solve many kinds of problems. He writes, speaks, and conducts training workshops on a wide variety of topics. Since 1987 he has produced and hosted a one-hour cable TV interview program on many kinds of issues. Since 2017 he has blogged at https://parallaxperspectives.org He lives in Lacey near Olympia WA. You can reach him at (360) 491-9093 glen@parallaxperspectives.org
