Part 1 of 2, published Friday April 21, courtesy of The Real News Network.
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Public Event, Trump
Live March for Science Earth Day 2017 Coverage
by Christopher Fisher •
via The Earth Day Network This Earth Day, April 22, Earth Day Network and the March for Science are co-organizing a rally and teach-in on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The day’s program will include speeches and trainings with scientists and civic organizers, musical performances, and a march through the streets of Washington, D.C.…
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Human Rights
Bernie Sanders: The Time for Medicare for All is Now
by Christopher Fisher •
Adequate health care is a human right. The push for universal, single payer Medicare for All is on. This speech was given atthe first stop in the Democratic Party unity tour that DNC Chair Tom Perez and Sen. Bernie Sanders have embarked upon. For more on this effort to unite a deeply fractured party behind…
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Toons
Goose Step by Goose Step
by Christopher Fisher •
Petaluma, Public Event
Petaluma Community Engagement Fair – May 7
by Christopher Fisher •
You Are Invited to Join Us For The First Annual Petaluma Community Engagement Fair: Where Do You Want to Make a Difference? In late January, the North Bay Community Engagement Fair in Santa Rosa drew over 100 exhibiting groups and 4000 attendees. The “Where Do We Go From Here” event at Aqus Café in…
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Petaluma, Public Event
La Union Hace La Fuerza/Unity Makes Us Strong – April 24 at St. Vincent de Paul
by Christopher Fisher •
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Imperialism, Middle East, Uncategorized, United Nations
Bolivian UN Rep Sacha Llorenti Blasts U.S. for Attacking Syria, Educates Nikki Haley on Iraq, UN & U.S. History
by Christopher Fisher •
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley – president of the UN Security Council for the month of April – denied Bolivia’s urgent, early morning request for a closed session of the UNSC on Friday, April 7, and did so in a spectacularly public fashion, tweeting her reply: pic.twitter.com/Tbch23H79T — Nikki Haley (@nikkihaley) April…
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Toons
Miner Key
by Christopher Fisher •
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Corporate Crime & Misbehavior, Trump
Wallace Global Fund Fires Trump Lawyer for Enabling ‘Unprecedented Invitation to Corruption’
by Christopher Fisher •
Wallace Global Fund letter to Trump lawyer. Read about it at Slate.
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Military Industrial Complex, Terror Inc., War
Time to Cut the Military Budget – Congressman John Conyers
by Christopher Fisher •
This week, longtime civil rights activist Congressman John Lewis and more than 50 Members of Congress joined me to introduce my new resolution, H.Res. 246, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the April 4, 1967 “Beyond Vietnam” sermon given by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Riverside Church in Harlem, New York.
In the sermon, Dr. King declared his opposition to the U.S. war in Vietnam. He also gave an important warning to our nation, one that still rings true today. Dr. King said: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
Since I recorded this message, President Trump unilaterally decided, without approval from Congress or the United Nations, to bomb a sovereign nation. Those 59 Tomahawk missiles alone cost taxpayers more than $50 million. I will continue do to everything in my power to stop Trump from wasting our tax money bombing people abroad, when we have so much important nation-building to do right here at home. There is no question that the United States must do more to relieve the suffering of the civilians trapped in Syria’s civil war. If President Trump wants to help the Syrian people, he should start by welcoming those seeking refuge from this terrible civil war.
