There were hundreds of people inside and hundreds lined up to get in to testify against the obscene ALEC-inspired revisions to national science standards. You have til 5pm for formally contact PED with input. But this post also includes links to contact info for PED Commissioners and map of districts.
Last week, I blogged that to achieve its aspirations, Democrats needed to look beyond differences and unify. But unity is meaningless if it is not focused on shared principles. Today, I ask: What should Democrats do when their leaders do not advance Democratic principles?
A Most Important Blog: Tshoki Zangmo from Bhutan, made the point that every time you build a prison, you increase GDP. What kind of measure is GDP? And if “you get what you measure,” what if we measured collective happiness instead of productivity? What if?
IATSE, DPNM, Retake and others are sponsoring a rally to protest NM’s new science standards that omit evolution and climate change. The post also includes a look at the general state of public K-12 education in the US as well as background on the proposed NM Science Standards. Not a pretty picture.
While Marley’s charges were dropped, charges against other protesters stand. Chainbreaker, Common Cause, Santa Fe Dreamers each won Santa Fe Community Foundation Pinon Awards. The blog includes video from the Awards ceremony focusing on Chainbreaker.
Festering mistrust and resentment between DPNM newcomers and long-time Dems is perfectly understandable. But unless we want Pearce as Governor, and another four years of Trump, we need to heal this breach and quickly. There is a path.
Roxanne and I attended the Red Nation Native Liberation Conference last week in Gallup and the ever-present Andy Fertal videotaped the opening statement of Jennifer Marley and three closing speeches by Brandon Benallie, Nick Estes, and Melanie Yazzie. They were extraordinarily moving. Pour a cup of coffee and spend 30 minutes on these compelling talks…
Puerto Rico: textbook convergence of Globalism, Colonialism, Capitalism, and Racism. This post explores that converge and discusses strategies to counter US policies at a local and state level through localism, sustainability, permaculture, and collective activism. You can learn more about these strategies at the extraordinary Economics of Happiness Conference in Santa Fe, Oct 12-14. Details…
News on a two-day Kingian Non-Violence Civil Disobedience Training led by Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr., American Civil Rights Leader and recipient of the Gandhi International Humanitarian Award. Limited tickets available. Also news on: this Saturday’s special KSFR show, a house party for Chainbreaker Collective, and a very good video describing just how bad the Trump Tax…
So much fake news and so much pablum. Retake was going to undertake a massive review of the media to assemble an inventory of publications you can trust and organize them into issue areas, creating a useful inventory of resources. We didn’t do that because Local Futures: The Economics of Happiness had already developed it.…
In addition to analysis of gun violence in the US and why the gun lobby will win again… and again…and again, we provide both discussion of how Australia controlled guns in just 3 months after the Port Arthur mass shooting.
Today we do not discuss any specific actions, but rather we explore how each of us can sustain a sense of hope when every day we face headlines that scream horror. What is a caring person to do in the face of such heartbreak and challenge?
Two articles are referenced to outline how US policy over many years has consigned PR to 2nd class status, crippled it economically, destroyed its infrastructure…all before Maria. Now in unimaginable ruin, it is humiliated by a President who needs to go.
Trump calls it the middle class miracle, but the miracle will be if they buy this theft. Two charts in this post tell a very different story::Huge giveaways to the 1% and corporations, less than 2% tax cut for the poor and middle class. You can’t make this up.
A weekend with Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn has thrown the doors wide open to what is possible. And today we consider how a simple change to the income tax rates could generate $600 billion in additional revenue while eliminating income tax on everyone earning under $77,000. So much possible if we open our eyes.
