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Can Bolivians Survive the Coup Regime?

Submitted by wendy davis on Thu, 07/16/2020 - 11:44am

Lawfare in Bolivia: Añez wants to Jail the Favored Candidate in the Coming Elections’, resumen-english.org, Ernesto Reyes, June 30, 2020

“Bolivia’s de facto president, Jeanine Añez, is losing more and more of her mask obscuring democracy that, with the complicity of the United States and the European Union, she had to put on to justify the violent overthrow of Evo Morales in November of last year.

Hot Air

Submitted by magiamma on Thu, 07/16/2020 - 5:39am

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Remember how fast the Chinese built their coronavirus hospital in Wuhan. Fourteen days, 1000 beds, six acres.

[video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHMlMRmCH00]

And the US government has yet to step up to the coronavirus plate, nor has it taken any action on the climate crisis, our teetering economy, or institutionalized racism.

So, again, how do we the people organize ourselves? Can we build our own “Wuhan hospital”?

I recently spoke with Ernestina, who I helped to organize our Sanctuary Movement. She said she felt defeated. I said I felt hopeless. But then there was a light, a thought, the conversation shifted and a plan emerged.

Biden Promises $2 Trillion in Climate Action

Submitted by apenultimate on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 9:02pm

Today, presidential candidate Joe Biden promised to spend $2 Trillion over 4 years to combat climate change, create middle- and working-class jobs, and even start to correct racial disparities.

On the one hand, I know mainstream Democrats promise the world and never follow through. I'd expect nothing less from Joe or Kamala (whoever ends up being the driving force behind the throne).

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