On MANY, MANY issues, the American people want to solve problems, but Senate Republicans (and “Democrats” Manchin and Sinema) keep using the filibuster to PREVENT the Senate from solving them!!!
I remember the 1960s when racist Southern Democrats used the filibuster to prevent passing Civil Rights legislation. In the late 1960s the parties flipped, and now it is the Republican Party that is extremely racist.
Now Republican senators use the filibuster to PREVENT solving problems related to the environment, climate, poverty, racial justice, voting rights, health care, gun violence, economic justice, and many other issues.
EXAMPLE: GUN VIOLENCE: Republicans keep REFUSING to pass laws to stop mass murders and other gun violence. After the tragic Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, Democrats in the Senate were ready to pass gun reform legislation, but Republicans and the filibuster stopped them. THE FILIBUSTER ALLOWS MASS MURDERS TO CONTINUE. We must ABOLISH THE FILIBUSTER and pass desperately needed gun legislation!
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
