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An Easy Test of Whether Democrats Are Faking It
When Democrats were handed the U.S. Congress in 2006 to end the war on Iraq, and they escalated it in order to “oppose” it in the 2008 elections, it’s possible some of them were not being completely forthright and respectful toward you, their loyal supporters. By David Swanson When the… »
Necessary trouble
Released from jail, Fr. Steve Kelly insists no one is truly free under the threat of nuclear omnicide By Leonard Eiger When Father Steve Kelly, a nuclear resister and Jesuit priest, walked out of a Tacoma, Washington courthouse on April 13, 2021, he was still wearing his prison… »
‘Let This Be a Turning Point’: Chauvin Conviction Sparks Calls for ‘True Justice’
“This verdict is not a substitute for policy change.” This is accountability, but not justice—that was a widely shared sentiment after a jury in Minnesota on Tuesday found Derek Chauvin, a white former police officer, guilty of murdering George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, in Minneapolis last year. Chauvin was charged with second-degree… »
Face 2 Face with Willa France
LIVE SHOW: Wednesday, April 21st at 6:30 PM EST On this show we are speaking with Willa France, a transwoman with careers in naval architecture, marine engineering and then law. The discussion will revolve around Scientists engaged to find a biological explanation for the existence of trans, and, more generally, LGBTQ and the Humanist… »
Why Xinjiang Is Emerging as the Epicenter of the U.S. Cold War on China
On March 22, 2021, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken authorized sanctions against Wang Junzheng, the secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Committee of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), and Chen Mingguo, director of the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau (XPSB). These sanctions, Blinken said, have been put… »
Biden’s Drone Wars
By Brian Terrell On Thursday, April 15, the New York Times posted an article headed, “How the U.S. Plans to Fight From Afar After Troops Exit Afghanistan,” just in case anyone misunderstood the previous day’s headline, “Biden, Setting Afghanistan Withdrawal, Says ‘It Is Time to End the Forever War’” as indicating… »
Listening to the quiet
NARRATIVE by Trudi Richards When my brother and sisters and I were little and we got too rowdy, our mother used to suddenly say, “let’s listen to the quiet!” Then we would all hunker down and listen, curious, puzzled, for what cannot be heard. Since then,… »
Will the World Ever Know Peace?
Even though FBI data has indicated that violent crime rates in the United States declined between 1993 and 2019, violence continues to be a pressing issue in this country (https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/20/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s/). In fact, according to TIME magazine, 2020 was one of the most violent years in the United States in… »
From George Floyd to a Cultural Reconciliation Process
Daunte Wright’s death Sunday night, April 11, in Brooklyn Center, 10 miles south of Minneapolis, came as the city already was on edge, in the middle of the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd last May. In remarks to the nation, US President… »
Hate Taxes But Love WWII? You Obviously Don’t Know Where Taxes Came From
The United States excels at hating taxes, and for good reason. The U.S. government gives you damn near nothing in return for them. You pay them at a higher rate than do billionaires or corporations. Cheating is permitted only if at a sufficiently large scale. And once you’ve paid your… »
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