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The VERY BEST, MOST PROFOUND critique of Trumpism & our current crisis I’ve EVER seen!!!

December 23, 2018 GlenAnderson 0

Chris Hedges is an amazingly knowledgeable and insightful journalist who writes thought-provoking — and sometimes disturbing — articles about our nation and the world we live in. Just before the November 2018 election, Chris Hedges spoke to an audience.  He provided BY FAR THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE and MOST PROFOUND analysis of Trumpism and the U.S.’s current crisis that I have EVER seen! What we’re experiencing is far from “politics as usual,” so merely electing Democrats is NOT anywhere near what we need. Chris Hedges’ speech begins by explaining how economic elites have severed social relationships and social sustainability in order to […]

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In January, urge Congress to pass HR 1 to get Big Money out of politics.

December 20, 2018 GlenAnderson 0

You have probably read information supporting HR 1, legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would push Big Money out of politics.  Many non-profit organizations that support democracy and other good things (environment, energy, peace, nuclear weapons, workers’ rights, human rights, the gun lobby, etc.) recognize that BIG MONEY CORRUPTION PREVENTS CONGRESS FROM ACCOMPLISHING WHAT WE WANT IT TO DO. HR 1 is a tremendously positive step forward for ALL of the issues we care about! Public Citizen (www.citizen.org), the non-profit org that Ralph Nader started in 1971, says the following in support of HR 1, and urges people […]

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Why the U.S. House must push for VERY BOLD changes, not merely bi-partisan deals

December 19, 2018 GlenAnderson 0

In the November 2018 election American voters gave a STRONG MANDATE for VERY PROGRESSIVE ACTION by the U.S. House.  Our Representatives must deliver!!! Moderates want House Democrats to settle for bi-partisan deals with the Republican-dominated Senate. If the House Democrats do that, they will be rebuffing the voters who gave them a mandate for VERY BOLD changes. They also will FAIL TO IDENTIFY how progressive Democrats are much better than conservative Republicans. Even if the Senate fails to pass VERY BOLD House legislation, the points will be made, and 2020’s voters will see who is really on their side, vs. […]

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A new book calls for impeaching Trump

December 18, 2018 GlenAnderson 0

A non-profit organization has published a new book that calls for impeaching Trump.  Its title is The Constitution Demands It: The Case for the Impeachment of Donald Trump.  The non-profit organization is Free Speech for People, www.freespeechforpeople.org Entrenched politicians are failing to protect the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law from Trump’s repeated abuses, so ORDINARY PEOPLE must build a strong GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT to promote impeachment.          

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Here are SOLID REASONS to START IMMEDIATELY to impeach Trump

December 18, 2018 GlenAnderson 0

Mainstream Democrats want to avoid taking action now, but this article makes a POWERFUL and SMART case for the U.S. House to START IMMEDIATELY to impeach Trump.  Starting impeachment proceedings NOW makes very smart sense. We need a strong GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT to push Congress to IMMEDIATELY start doing what is necessary. https://www.alternet.org/case-immediate-impeachment-proceedings-remove-trump-office?src=newsletter1098801    

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Chris Hedges lambastes Trump in our age when the fake, the fraudulent, the fabricated and the theatrical supplant reality.

December 18, 2018 GlenAnderson 0

Chris Hedges is one of the savviest, most perceptive, most insightful writers about public affairs.  In mid-December 2018 he wrote the following article, which lambastes Trump in our age when the fake, the fraudulent, the fabricated and the theatrical supplant reality. Trump is a “confidence man” who has lied and cheated all his life.  His ignorance and narcissism endanger our nation.  But many Americans are WILLING TO BE FOOLED while Trump entertains them.  This actually hurts people and it is hurting our nation.  This article is full of information and insights: https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/12/17/trump-quintessential-american            

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Despite praise for the late George H.W. Bush, he did MANY BAD things.

December 18, 2018 GlenAnderson 0

When the older Bush (George H.W.) died recently, many people were praising him for all sorts of things. Actually, he did MANY BAD things, including using the racist Willie Horton ad during his presidential campaign and starting unnecessary wars and making a lot of money through his business selling military weapons, and on and on. Here are three articles that were excluded from mainstream news media:   His “war for oil” in Iraq — the FIRST Gulf War — was totally unnecessary and extremely cruel.  See this: https://www.alternet.org/george-herbert-walker-bush-and-myth-good-gulf-war?src=newsletter1098436   He really was a WAR CRIMINAL.  See this: https://theintercept.com/2018/12/05/george-h-w-bush-1924-2018-american-war-criminal/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=0c17c70c-da4f-491c-b967-6efd540d1ace   Also, […]

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How to get the new House majority of Democrats to do good things …

December 16, 2018 GlenAnderson 0

The Indivisible movement produced a guide to pushing Democrats in the U.S. House to do good things now that they have a big majority. The Indivisible movement created the Indivisible on Offense Guide ( https://indivisible.org/campaign/indivisible-whats-next?akid=39837.525969.W9lTlS&rd=1&t=11 ) to lead you through some of the new powers of the Democratically-controlled House. Our goal, as Indivisibles, is that we want them to use their power to actively fight for us. Even our friendly Democratic Members of Congress need a nudge from time to time. To make sure they listen and follow through, we need to tell our House members exactly what we expect […]

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PART 2 of “Choose a Better Worldview to Build a Better World”

November 30, 2018 GlenAnderson 0

Our nation and world are in a horrible mess.  The December 2018 episode of “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” TV series examines how to solve the problems. A person or an entire society has a “worldview” — a way of seeing reality — that strongly directs their behavior and public policy.  The worldview that currently dominates the U.S. government and society has caused escalating greed, corruption, cruelty, oppression, war, and other bad things.  Instead, we need to replace that worldview with its opposite — a worldview that is humane, compassionate, peaceful, fair to everyone, and environmentally sustainable. An unjust society seeks to […]

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Labor should stop letting Democrats abuse us. Labor should return to vigorous grassroots organizing.

November 25, 2018 GlenAnderson 0

The U.S.’s labor movement is suffering very badly, with a steep decades-long decline in membership and power. This article explains a bold remedy: http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/21580/forget_elections_labor_needs_to_get_back_to_its_roots?link_id=8&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&source=email-the-illegitimacy-of-the-ruling-class-the-key-to-how-tammy-baldwin-won-re-election&email_referrer=email_458360&email_subject=the-illegitimacy-of-the-ruling-class-how-tammy-baldwin-won-re-election   Here is one excerpt from early in this article: At this point, betting our future on the next brutal mating ritual of Republicans and Democrats is not a bet most workers are willing to take. Since the 1950s, union membership decline has been a straight line downward, regardless of which political party is in power.   Another excerpt: [O]rganized labor has become so marginal Donald Trump has been able to usurp its role as the […]

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We Can Empower Ourselves to Replace the Current Cruelty and Corruption with Truth, Compassion, Fairness and Democracy

November 4, 2018 GlenAnderson 0

Instead of the Cruelty and Corruption Being Dumped upon Our Nation, What Better Values and Policies Do We Want the U.S. to Affirm? Let’s Actively Work to Restore Truth, Compassion, Fairness and Democracy! Glen Anderson wrote this article in the spring of 2017, a few months into the Trump regime. Its message is still valid. Hard realities are settling upon us. It’s not just the new Executive Branch filled with ignorant and corrupt people who want to destroy the government’s ability to serve the broad public interest. It’s also most of Congress, which is fully complicit. And it’s the mainstream […]

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A blistering critique of U.S. politics! PART 1: “Choose a Better Worldview to Build a Better World”

October 30, 2018 GlenAnderson 0

You can watch the November 2018 episode of the TV program for my series “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” through a link on this blog post — or on TCTV cable channel 22 in Thurston County. (See info below.) This is PART 1 of a 2-part topic, “Choose a Better Worldview to Build a Better World.” It focuses mostly on the problems. PART 2, the December 2018 program, will focus more on solutions. SEE THE LINK BELOW for a VERY THOROUGH, BLISTERING CRITIQUE of the worldview that has increasingly dominated U.S. politics. Parts 1 and 2 of this program explains that the […]

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Vote for Tye Menser. The Republican-funded postcard is a LIE trying to deceive you.

October 23, 2018 GlenAnderson 0

On Friday and Saturday October 19 and 20 many thousands of Thurston County residents received in the mail a slick postcard that is TRYING TO DECEIVE AND TRICK YOU into opposing Tye Menser, the excellent Democrat running to replace Bud Blake as a County Commissioner in Thurston County. The postcard scam was devised by a right-wing extremist (Glen Morgan), who has a long history of lying and deceiving the public in electoral matters.  He created a phony organization that claims to be “progressive,” when it is actually a front for right-wing dirty tricks intended to trick voters here and in […]