20 years in prison, $250,000 fine for boycotting Israel in protest of policies that are decimating Gaza and subjecting 2 million residents to hell on earth. No matter how you feel about the Palestinian conflict, banning protest in any form is a very slippery slope. What is next? A felony for boycotting mega banks for…
Between the LEAP Manifesto outlined in Naomi Klein’s No Is Not Enough and Progressive Democrats of America’s People’s Platform, a progressive platform around which we can rally is emerging to hold the Democrats accountable and to galvanize our nation. Seattle has passed a city income tax on incomes over $250K generating $175M a year. Details.
We can’t continue to grow indefinitely. The planet has said no. Growth creates too much waste and too much pollution. For capitalism to succeed, it requires growth and profit. If that is not sustainable, what then? This post begins a journey, a deep exploration into the need for a no-growth, sustainable economy and what might…
Two reader views on addressing gentrification in Santa Fe and in other urban communities and an encouragement to continue contacting City Councilors about Ranked Choice Voting.
It may be worse, but as this post describes, it is frighteningly close to passing, in part, due to an entirely transparent bribe included in the bill to sway what may be the deciding vote. There is no level too low for the GOP to stoop. I conclude the post with my growing sense that…
Dark money was behind Michael Sanchez being defeated in 2016, was a source of significant misinformation in the Soda Tax, and is a key strategy to advance a range of ALEC/KOCH-initiatives, something the SOS is seeking to at least disclose.
The City Council has agreed to reconsider its vote to delay Ranked Choice Voting. This post also offers a preview of Saturday’s post, an eye opening look at land theft, high-powered development and the need for fierce advocacy: Santolina, in ABQ–Also provided is a link to analysis of the latest GOP Senate Healthcare plan. This…
An interesting perspective on an overlooked factor in gentrification: zoning. Interesting article from Market Urbanism finds that gentrification is caused more by affluent communities with political clout maintaining tight zoning to prevent development in their neighborhoods, forcing development in less affluent communities and….and an interesting conversation with our Mayor.
Bernie spoke at the People’s Summit in Chicago, rails against Trump and warns the Democratic Party that the mainstream, status quo politics and allegiance to corporate America is not going to yield better results than in 2016. Also, call to action for Wednesday on Ranked Choice Voting.
In her new book, No Is Not Enough, Naomi Klein asserts we must reflect back on the past and understand how we wound up with Trump and to learn from our mistakes if we are to not repeat them. This post tries to do that at a national and state level.
When our friends at New Energy Economy ask for our support, we provide it and they are raising the alarm. And on another environmental front, the Sierra Club and our friends at Global Warming Express are launching a local after school program to educate kids about climate change and counter alt science education being foisted…
There are many culprits including the usual suspects: pharma, insurance companies, for-profit health plans, but even Democratic Party leadership at the national level are at fault. And here in NM, with a Democratic controlled Roundhouse, the Health Security Act didn’t get to the Governor’s desk. Will it in 2019 when we may have a Dem.…
For many, the morning of last Nov. 9 was surreal, it was as if we had woken in a foreign land, but as John Pavlovitz describes below, the land we nostalgically thought we’d lost is a land that never was. With Trump, we have made explicit the implicit injustice that has been our history.
New study projects huge costs due to climate change, with most of the impact in the southwest, midwest, and Arizona, i.e. mostly GOP states. Map identifies impacts throughout the country. Chainbreaker launches Equity Summer. Details and actions you can take today!
A brief post today with links to the Healthcare poll and a study showing that thousands of Americans would die if TrumpCare is implemented. Plus at the end of the post both a New Mexican report on the City Council’s vote to stall Ranked Choice Voting and my impressions gleaned from attending the meeting.
