This expert exposes Putin’s brazen manipulation of language as a perfect example of Orwellian doublespeak
https://www.alternet.org/2022/03/putin-2656995507/?utm_source=123456&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10102&recip_id=22838&list_id=2
Month: May 2022
Let’s use this clever strategy to oppose the housing development at the Sundberg Gravel Pit site.
We keep seeing new housing developments named after the environmental reality that had been existing at that site before the housing development was built. So, for example, a forest of cedar trees is clear-cut and replaced by a housing development called “Cedar Park.” This happens a lot. So, we can use that strategy to oppose the housing development that is planned for the NW Olympia location where the Sundberg Gravel Pit, a Weyerhaeuser log yard, and a toxic waste site have existed. Let’s start now to publicly – and repeatedly – refer to the proposed housing development as “Toxic Waste […]
Wow! What great satire of the conspiracy theorists!
This article deserves being read all the way to the end: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/14/the-lunacy-is-getting-more-intense-how-birds-arent-real-took-on-the-conspiracy-theorists
Republicans like to SAY they are “the party of Lincoln,” but they DO THEY OPPOSITE!
Republicans like to SAY they are “the party of Lincoln, but actually they DO THE OPPOSITE! Lincoln freed the slaves and fought the Civil War to end slavery, BUT: Republicans allow their party members to bring Confederate flags to Republican Party events. Republicans pass laws to prevent teaching school children about racial discrimination in U.S. history. Republicans have prevented immigrants from African nations. Republicans vigorously oppose efforts to reduce gun violence, even though Lincoln himself was murdered by a gun. If Republicans REALLY were “the party of Lincoln, they would STRONGLY SUPPORT: Black Pride Black Lives Matter Teaching […]
Mainstream media get their expert info from companies that profit by making military weapons
Here is an excellent video on how the media consults “experts” who have ties to major weapons manufacturers BAE, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin. See this: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-gentlemens-agreement-when-tv?s=r
We CAN’T abolish nuclear weapons until we MAKE THE PUBLIC FACE THE PROBLEM!
In 1962 James Baldwin wrote an essay for The New York Times titled, “As Much Truth As One Can Bear.” He wrote, “Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” In 1962 Baldwin was writing about the U.S.’s extremely serious problem about pervasive and persistent racial injustice. Baldwin’s insight is still true, and it pertains also to nuclear weapons. Since 1945 nuclear weapons have been a persistent – but largely ignored – part of the status quo. Government propaganda fooled the American public into accepting nuclear weapons as an ongoing reality. […]
Big Money in Elections Corrupts Our Government
While this TV series – “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” – deals with a wide variety of issues related to peace, social justice, economics, the environment, and so forth, the June 2022 interview focuses on a strategically smart way to help us SOLVE ANY public policy problem you care about. This month’s interview shows how we could solve big problems if we would get Big Money out of politics! Huge amounts of money corrupt election campaigns. Huge amounts of money corrupt all levels of government – our nation, states, and local governments – and prevent them from solving problems. Certainly, an honest […]
Workshop #4 — Sunday May 15, 2022: LINKS for Zoom and three simple handouts we will use
I’m looking forward to Workshop #4 NEXT SUNDAY MAY 15, 2022. Workshop #43 is titled, “Using Three Models to Devise Strategies to Make Progress on any Issue You Care About.” YOU WILL DO MOST OF THE TALKING during this workshop, because YOU WILL BE BRAINSTORMING smart, effective strategies for three practical models you can use. Participants in the MULTI-ISSUE workshop (1:30 pm Pacific Time) will choose which issue(s) to work on. The NUCLEAR WEAPONS workshop (5:00 pm Pacific Time will focus all three models on strategizing how to build the movement to abolish nuclear weapons. Please read all three of […]
Workshop #3 — Sunday May 8, 2022: LINKS for Zoom and the handouts
I’m looking forward to Workshop #3 NEXT SUNDAY MAY 8, 2022. Workshop #3 is titled, “Organizing 101: Basic Nuts & Bolts of Grassroots Organizing.” Besides a lot of practical suggestions to make your organizing more effective, this workshop also helps you understand interconnections among issues and some other useful insights. The 1:30 (Pacific Time) session will pertain to a variety of issues. The 5:00 (Pacific Time) session will ESPECIALLY FOCUS ON BUILDING A MOVEMENT TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS. Each 2-hour workshop in this 6-part series (“Nonviolent Grassroots Organizing”) includes a lot of substantive information, inspiration, and practical usefulness. Each workshop […]