“…in really scary societies all public conversation is an exercise in using words to mean their opposites —”
Tag: freedom
Small Truths and Big Lies
In the short or long run, isms isn’t the point. Revolution is the cure…
Way past time to dump the chump and move on down the road.
Contact your representatives and tell them racism, misogyny and hate are not acceptable to the 82% who did not vote for the chump.
https://thepeaceresource.com/2013/09/16/stand-up-speak-out-take-action-contact-elected-officials/
Sexual Predator in the White House
“…By the end of October, twenty women had gone on the record to describe Trump’s sexual misconduct.”
Obama’s Legacy: Rule of Law Suspended
“Obama said his rule without law gave him the right to murder at will. Trump agrees. ”
Permalink: https://thepeaceresource.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/there-is-no-rule-of-law-in-america/
Fidel Castro: An International Hero
“A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past,” Fidel once memorably said. Though the man has died, the ideas for which he struggled and to which he dedicated his life will undoubtedly live on, not just in Cuba but anywhere imperialism and the exploitation of the weak by the strong is a fact of life.”
We are in a heap of trouble…
Today’s explosive increase in human CO2 emissions and warming of the oceans are recreating the conditions of the great Permian extinction 300 million years ago
Peace and Progress or Unending Wars
“We cannot continue fighting 30 simultaneous, unprovoked, expanding and unwinnable wars. ”
We must vote our values
Corporate wars and profiteering have already bankrupted the nation.
Religion
Some people are so afraid they can’t find courage to debunk the junk and face facts.
Supreme court rules American police bureaus are above the law.
“Some people are so afraid they cannot find the courage to debunk the junk and face facts. And increasing numbers don’t want to know truths too terrible to bear.”
The Rise & Fall of American Empire
American foreign policy under Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, when considered by the non-partisan observer, has a sense of continuity – and escalating and expanding aggressiveness.
Bernie, Hillary, Trump and Obama support avoidable corporate wars
“Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton… have endorsed, encouraged, enabled and funded unnecessary wars and avoidable profiteering for the corporate elite.”
Nothin’ but the Truth…
The truth is powerful.
All current American conflicts (including the West Bank and Gaza) … involve CIA destabilization, attacks, bombings, invasions and/or occupations for exploitation, extraction and extortion.
The United States sells munitions to both sides of conflicts we create and sustain.
It’s not pretty.
For 36 years we have attacked smaller and less powerful nations who have not attacked us. We have murdered millions and delivered death, destruction and disaster. But mainstream American media tells us wars-for-profit are here to stay
Portland Police Bureau Calling the Shots
So far, PDX Police Bureau officers have been provided with a license to kill at will, even unarmed citizens, without accountability. This is the signal that various mayors and PDX City Councils have delivered over the last 20 years.
Bernie talks the Socialist talk, but…
“Despite his own claims, Sanders has not been an antiwar leader. Ever since he won election to the House, he has taken either equivocal positions on U.S. wars or outright supported them. ”
Hillary Clinton and the Syrian Bloodbath
…Clinton has been much more than a bit player in the Syrian crisis. Her diplomat Ambassador Christopher Stevens in Benghazi was killed as he was running a CIA operation to ship Libyan heavy weapons to Syria. Clinton herself took the lead role in organizing the so-called “Friends of Syria” to back the CIA-led insurgency.
The U.S. policy was a massive, horrific failure.
February 2016 Portland Alliance
“Critiquing Bernie Sanders from the left can be a lonely project. There is a “hope”-powered hysteria surrounding his campaign, and bursting the “hope” bubble can produce a fierce backlash. The Sanders “hope” explosion is so fierce because capitalism has become a hopeless place.”
Shamus Cooke
Forever and Eternally…..
“We can flood our years with sunshine — with the divine climate of kindness, and we can drain to the last drop the golden cup of joy.”
Devolution vs Revolution
renderings for torture, rape and murder continue… while Sanders, Chump and Clinton battle over who gets to accelerate the expansion of our ugly imperial Demokracy.
… Sometimes history screams.
