COMING EVENTS + ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES — Early May 2021 and beyond The attached document was created on May 7, 2021. See the attached document for many events and opportunities on a wide variety of issues. Live links can connect you with more information. CALENDAR — Early May 2021 and beyond
Finally — after many decades of trying to raise the issue — the general public (including a majority of white people) finally understands that our traditional methods of policing are ENDANGERING rather than protecting public safety. The systemic racial injustices have become so obvious that the public is willing to consider alternatives to the long-standing status quo. Some localities have been experimenting successfully with fresh, humane, sensible, and cost-saving alternatives. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES AND OTHER RESOURCES: This substantive proposal came from the National Urban League: On April 26, 2021, the National Urban League released a comprehensive framework for criminal […]
Many non-profit organizations are urging President Biden to take smart actions. I have collected some recent ones here. You might want to provide your own name and contact information and click to send. For a few of these you may remove my name and contact information and substitute your own. Also, you can contact President Biden through the White House website — www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ — or through the White House phone switchboard — (202) 456-1414 Grassroots pressure has produced positive governmental actions on some issues. Let’s keep it going! HEALTH CARE: When Joe Biden was campaigning to be elected President, he promised to […]
NEW YORK (April 26, 2021) — The National Urban League today released a comprehensive framework for criminal justice advocacy that takes a holistic approach to public safety, the restoration of trust between communities and law enforcement, and a path forward for meaningful change. 21 Pillars for Redefining Public Safety and Restoring Community Trust centers on five key themes that are fundamental to the protection and preservation of life, dignity, and trust, while also building safer communities. “For too long the lives, safety, and freedom of communities around the nation, particularly Black communities, have been threatened by discriminatory and violent policing,” National Urban […]
Let’s pay attention to hot issues that need our attention. Let’s take actions online and in other ways. Here are some recent “action alerts” from non-profit organizations I respect and trust. For some of them you can simply add your own name and contact information and click to send. For others, you’ll need to remove my name and contact information before you add your own. While there are many ways we can organize for issues we care about, these “clictivist” activist opportunities are quick and easy. Topics are listed in random order here with one or more “ACTION ALERT” opportunity […]
See the attached document for many events and opportunities. Live links can connect you with more information. CALENDAR — Late April 2021 and beyond
Many non-profit organizations are urging President Biden to take smart actions. I have collected some recent ones here. You might want to provide your own name and contact information and click to send. For a few of these you may remove my name and contact information and substitute your own. Also, you can contact President Biden through the White House website — www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ — or through the White House phone switchboard — (202) 456-1414 Grassroots pressure has produced positive governmental actions on some issues. Let’s keep it going! Human rights, democracy, and peace for Myanmar (traditionally known as Burma): On […]
See the attached document for many events and opportunities. Live links can connect you with more information. BLOG CALENDAR — Mid-April 2021 and beyond
In the U.S., hate crimes against Asian Americans have skyrocketed in the past few years. Several reasons include Trump’s hateful rhetoric (e.g., calling Coronavirus the “Chinese flu” and blaming China for taking jobs away from Americans, when really it was U.S. businesses that closed American factories and moved the jobs to other countries). Other reasons include the new Cold War and anti-Chinese rhetoric and threats against China from BOTH political parties. Racists have felt free to commit hate crimes against Asian Americans who are not in any way responsible. American nationalism — and “American exceptionalism” — allow the U.S. […]
It’s Time to Demilitarize Our Democracy. The national security state has come to dominate our ostensibly “civilian” government. See this February 1, 2021, article by Mandy Smithberger and William D. Hartung https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/military-pentagon-democracy/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%2002.01.2021&utm_term=daily It was also posted here on January 29, 2021: Demilitarizing Our Democracy: How the National Security State Has Come to Dominate a “Civilian” Government https://www.juancole.com/2021/01/demilitarizing-democracy-government.html
In the U.S., the South has been executing more people than any other part of the nation. But the big news now is that in early February 2021 Virginia became the first Southern state to abolish the death penalty. Here are two articles about this: Both chambers of the Virginia state legislature voted to abolish the state’s death penalty in early February 2021. Virginia has committed the most executions of any state other than Texas – a total of 113 since 1976, and hundreds more in the centuries prior. The links here were written shortly before Gov. Ralph Northam […]
On March 10, 2021, I spoke to a worldwide audience (about 1/3 in the U.S. and Canada, about 1/3 in Europe, and about 1/3 in other continents) as the featured speaker for their organization’s speaker series. I spoke about “Re-Thinking National Security.” They recorded this Zoom event. You can watch it at this link: https://ubiverse.org/documents/humanity-rising-day-201—recording Also, I am attaching an essay I wrote that is that is similar to what I said during the speaking engagement. You can read my essay at this link: Re-Thinking ‘National Security’ — An Essay in 3 Parts
Most of us receive many e-mails urging us to take online actions to tell a governmental or business entity what to do. These are especially urgent now in late February 2021 about several different issues. Urge Biden to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal: The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, commonly known as the “Iran nuclear deal:) was working well until Trump pulled the U.S. out of it and escalated his bullying against Iran — including escalating threats of war against Iran. Instead of getting “leverage” to force Iran to yield to Trump’s demands, Trump’s scheme backfired. The Iranian […]
The March 2021 interview on “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” TV series features two teenagers discussing the climate crisis, sharing their experiences and insights, and urging smart actions. The March 2021 episode of “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” TV series (also watchable on your computer) helps us move ahead toward solving the climate crisis. It helps people of all ages understand why young people are so deeply concerned – and it informs us of some of the positive ways teenagers are taking action. Our guests are two juniors at Capital High School in Olympia, Washington. Both have been climate activists for perhaps two years […]
Most of us receive many e-mails urging us to take online actions to tell a governmental or business entity what to do. These are especially urgent now in early February 2021 about several different issues. IMMIGRANTS: Nearly two million immigrants arrived in the U.S. as children when their parents immigrated here without documentation. They grew up and became adults in the U.S., but they are still at risk of deportation. Please urge Congress to pass the DREAM Act, which has been re-introduced in the new 2021 Congress. This would protect these immigrants from deportation and allow them to work […]
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