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…
Trump just forked over $115B in arms to Saudi Arabia so they could expand their genocide of Yemen. This post describes the historic perspective, the scope of the current crisis and a Democracy Now video interview with Medea Benjamin. This is your tax dollars at work…slaughtering thousand of Yemenis, starving millions including 3.3M children. You are…
Why does North Korea still hate us while Vietnam is an ally? This post explores this question and presents a human side of North Korea, its people, and its culture. It also views the North Korean conflict through the lens of MLK Jr’s historic Beyond Vietnam speech, which puts this conflict in historical context with…
Now that the dust has settled, what do we know? What don’t we know? What can we learn from the US attack on Syria? Several reports and a Keith Olbermann rant provide some answers. The post also includes details on several rallies and marches related to climate, Tax Day, & Syria, and a report on…
Last night at the Interfaith Panel, one question from the audience chilled the room. “I just got a notice on my phone that the US has launched a missile attack on Syria. What do we do?” When the question was read to the audience, you could hear tears, one of the panelists buried his head in…
