IPCC Study: From Dire Warning to Radical Hope
Thanks to Mark Hertsgaard who translated the just-released (20 March 2023) scientific language-laden UN “last warning” on climate change danger here: https://coveringclimatenow.org/climate-beat-story/translating-the-ipcc-report-into-plain-english To which I reply:
Anti-Racism Is Not Enough; It Must Be Anti-Fascism and It Must Be Global
Connecting ourselves across race lines takes dedicated work and practice, intentional focus, self-awareness, other-awareness, radical hospitality, hope, compassion, empathy, and love. (So says the older
Anti-Fascism and Radical Hope: From Magical 2022 to Miracle 2023
Reflecting on the “miracle” year that was and projecting the “magical” year to come, I am most struck by the radical hospitality, hope, and love
From E-Day to Summit; PA to CA to OR to Cuba
By way of update, the last six weeks have been exhilarating, inspiring, exhausting, grounding, settling, astonishing, and challenging. In service to anti-Fascism, pro-Democracy, and personal
Billionaire-fueled Fascism is on the Nov. 8th Ballot
Over and over, I hear people say, and read writers scribe: “democracy is on the ballot this year.” Meaning, in most cases: if GOP 2020
Fascism in America: Can It Happen Here?
The following video captures the 10/20/22 Battle of Homestead Foundation webinar discussion on American Fascism — its definition, psychology, history, renewed threat, and neoliberal manifestations
10+ Things YOU Can Do to Fight Fascism
As a five-decade social justice organizer, college educator of 32 years, and parent to two activist adult children, I was and am repeatedly asked, okay
The Three Cornerstones of American Fascism
Know thine enemy. The ongoing threat of full-blown Fascism triumphing here on, or shortly after, January 20, 2025, Presidential Inaugural Day, should deeply, deeply concern
Register to Vote Day: Vote Your Power, Vote Your Values
This being National Voter Registration Day, and 30 days from the registration deadline in most states, please push out the word that, if we get a
Constitution Day 235 – Celebrate or Die!
Okay, today is Constitution Day September 17th. From 1787 to 2022 (in case you were counting that’s #235!), arguably the most important anniversary in American
Fascists Masquerading as Conservatives
From Barry Goldwatter’s failed 1964 anti-Civil Rights “conscience of a conservative” presidential candidacy to Richard Nixon’s successful 1968 ‘conservative’ and optically-racist “Southern Strategy” to Ronald
Netroots Nation Union/Strike Report; Inspiring 20-Somethings
Of all the workshops I attended at the Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh, the one that stays with me is the workshop entitled: “Starbucks Workers