My hypothesis is that there are reasons why some revolutions are successful and the goal is to figure out what those reasons are, by looking at revolutions that work and those that don’t.
I admit that I screamed in rage the day President Obama decided to move on and not look back, that was me done with hope and change.
Our Government had systematically removed peoples basic human rights by:
By refusing to
I have confirmed the news from Russian, Arabic, and Kurdish sources. This is epic! The Rojava revolution in northern Syria practically no one heard of has, apparently, won.
My country, Bolivia, recognized Rojava autonomy two years ago! https://anfenglish.com/out-there/kck-and-kurdish-women-s-movement-at-wor...
"Alternative facts," a Newspeak term coined by Trump senior advisor Kellyanne Conway, has caused such a rush to purchase George Orwell's 1984, that Penguin Publishing had to put in a rush order for 75,000 more copies.
The Indigenous Environmental Network responds to Trump’s support for the KXCL pipeline and DAPL (my bold):
These actions by President Trump are insane and extreme, and nothing short of attacks on our ancestral homelands as Indigenous peoples. The executive orders demonstrate that this administration is more than willing to violate federal law that is meant to protect Indigenous rights, human rights, the environment, and the overall safety of communities for the benefit of the fossil fuel industry. These attacks will not be ignored, our resistance is stronger than ever before and we are prepared to push back at any reckless decision made by this administration. #NoDAPL
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Actress Mary Tyler Moore passed away Wednesday, her publicist said.
She was 80 years old and had battled diabetes for decades.
"A groundbreaking actress, producer, and passionate advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Mary will be remembered as a fearless visionary who turned the world on with her smile," her publicist Mara Buxbaum said.
A popular acronym in IT support is RTFM (Read The F*cking Manual).
So a few days after President Trump's special adviser Kellyanne Conway used the term "alternative facts" and one month after Obama created a Ministry of Truth, people have decided to RTFM.
The Virginia Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology moved two bills banning discrimination forward to the full Senate yesterday.
Senate Bill 783, put forward by Sen Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria), would ban discrimination against state employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. It passed by a vote of 12-3.
If you have time right now (from 8:59am MST until 12 noon MST), we're being asked to log in to www.energynet.com and help to flood their server. Activists are trying to prevent an auction of sacred lands in Chaco Canyon, NM, to allow fracking. The people don’t want it.
