Category: equity

Stein will shut down corporate wars!

In the words of Alice Walker, ‘the biggest way people give up power is by not knowing they have it.’ We have it.”

Manufacturing Consent: … or why Chomsky endorses voting

– the other 80% of the population — are marginalized, diverted from political awareness and participation in self-governing, and reduced to apathy so they don’t vote or take charge

Dr. Jill Stein offers better choices… She sees Snowden as a hero.

in the world we deserve, I would welcome Edward Snowden home a hero, and release Chelsea Manning, Jeffrey Sterling, Julian Assange and other courageous truth tellers with praise and reparations. Their actions are essential for preserving our imperiled democracy in the face of secretive, unaccountable corporate government.

Do peace, justice and freedom matter?

“Those who insist on pretending we only can choose between Democrats and Republicans must learn how to think outside the corporate box. We have 36 years of evidence that unending war is not the answer. “

Join us in Atlanta 9/25-9/27 to End the Occupation!

The Rasmea Odeh Defense Committee is calling on people across the country to join in the Week of Justice for Rasmea! September 8-14. This week of action will build and help mobilize for Rasmea’s court appeal in Cincinnati, OH.

The Cons on both sides of the corporate aisle are not on your side.

“A vote for Clinton is a vote for austerity, for imperialism, and for the augmented perpetual war regime established under her tenure as Secretary of State.”

Lawsuit Against Phony Debate Commission Filed

Note: The Commission on Presidential Debates is a charade. It may have a name that sounds official but in fact it is a corporation created by Democratic and Republican political operatives and funded by big business interests to keep independent parties like the Green and Libertatian Party as well as independent candidates out of the presidential debates.

Supporting Sanders sends the wrong message

“In 2016, we need to make sure there is a ballot line for any independent left or socialist candidate to contest the corporate party lackeys running for office.”

The right-wing record of Bernie Sanders

Last fall, when members of Code Pink and Occupy confronted him about his failure to oppose Israel’s attack on the Gaza civilian population, Bernie took an evasive liberal position, criticizing the Palestinians who were resisting as much or more than the Zionists. He then called the police on us.

Black Lives Matter to Jill Stein!

“Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated.” ― Kofi Annan

Regime Change for the corporate bottom line is a bad idea

The problem in Syria is the United States bombing a variety of targets, creating more enemies and making life more … More

President Jill Stein

Under a Stein presidency, the military economy will transition into a green economy, with decreased dependence on fossil fuels and an end to subsidies for military contractors We will shut down the wars,
rebuild the nation and export knowledge, technology and peace instead of terror, munitions and war.
And it is about time.

Love Notes: faith, truth, science and fiction

“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”
―James A. Baldwin

What Lily said…

No matter how cynical I become, I just can’t keep up.”
– Lily Thomlin

Stop Drilling in the Arctic! Obama betrayed us Again…

Oil companies like Shell, which recently received the green light from the Obama administration to begin drilling in the Chukchi Sea as soon as this summer, have been trying to gain access to the Arctic for years. Now Obama has allowed it.

Anonymous Says ‘Sandra Bland Was Murdered’, Calls For National ‘Day of Rage’

Since Sandra Bland was killed in police custody, a number of theories have arisen regarding how she died and why. Few believe that she committed suicide, and the investigation into her death has now shifted gears from a suicide investigation, to a homicide.

No Surrender to fear: embrace Courage

Dr. Jill Stein has a plan for revolutionary change. She will put everyday people back in charge.

https://thepeaceresource.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/why-jill-stein-is-the-only-logical-choice-in-2016/

Power to the People: A Green New Deal

“The minute we stand up, we are unstoppable. It’s time to forget the lesser evil and fight for the greater good. The clock is ticking. It’s in our hands.”

~Dr. Jill Stein

The July 2015 Portland Alliance!

The July 2015 Portland Alliance! Join us to honor Keaton Otis July 12!

Vol. XXXIV, Number 7 July 2015

http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2015/July

Bernie Sanders has no answers. He is invested in endless war, regardless of the costs…

“Sanders not only defends military contracts that benefit his constituents in Vermont, he also joined the 100 to 0 vote in the Senate to give unalloyed moral and political support to the state of Israel during its most recent bombing campaign against Gaza.”