The public discourse — and politicians and media — are full of glib baloney and bogus assumptions.
Do not let them fool is.
THREE EXAMPLES:
The recurring rhetoric about “sustainable growth” is convenient baloney for those who profit from hurting the environment. But the baloney rhetoric of “sustainable growth” is so pervasive that we must explicitly debunk it.
Nuclear weapons do NOT protect us. Actually they endanger us because if anything goes wrong, we’d all be dead and the USA would become a radioactive ash heap.
The private sector is lying when they say they can manage itself just fine without governmental oversight and regulations.
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
