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Hour 1: North Carolina On The Brink
We are joined in GREEP #138 by the young new leadership of the North Carolina Democratic Party.
ANDERSON CLAYTON, age 25, is a grassroots organizer from rural NC who is now the chair of the state’s Democratic Party
Her First Vice Chair is JONAH GARCON, an energetic young attorney with a long history in grassroots organizing.
They’re joined by ANDREA MILLER of the Center for Common Ground; RAY MCCLENDON of the Georgia NAACP; ROBERT WILSON, former NC Assistant Secretary of State;
legendary Charlotte-based organizer JOEL SEGAL; PR specialist ILENE PROCTOR and many more.
The challenge of moving North Carolina to real democracy ;remains at the core of saving America as a whole.
Our gathering seriously moves us ahead in that direction.
Hour 2: The Legendary Steven Donzinger Fights For Our Freedom
We are joined at the GREE-GREE zoom #138 part 2 by STEVE DONZIGER, whose fights for the Amazon & legal rights in America are unprecedented.
In anticipation of next month's United Nations Security Council talks on reforming the inherently archaic and dysfunctional political body, China’s foreign policy chief, Yang Yi stated his country's demands.
We lead off our 137th GREE-GREE Zoom with the great KEVIN KAMPS of Beyond Nuclear, WHO gives us the bad news about the licensing of a nuclear waste dump in New Mexico, soon to be heavily opposed by voters and government officials in NM..
Long-time No Nukes stalwart MYLA RESON adds her unique view on how to stop this latest nuke madness.
WENDI LEDERMAN reports on the insane idea of spreading radioactive wastes on Florida’s highways…and other Ron DeSantis madness.
SHAWNA FOSTER updates us on her campaigns for democracy and ecological protection.
RON LEONARD tells us about Dow Chemical’s purchase of four (4) new mini-nukes.
Gun Control hero JOHN ROSENTHAL gives us our first MONDAY MASS MURDER REPORT.
“. . . we belong to the Earth rather than to a nation . . .”
These words stick in my heart like a wedding ring. They emanate a cutting glow, a crying wish and hope that slices to the core of me. At the same time, I feel surrounded by a cynical “realism”: Don’t be a fool. A marriage like that isn’t possible. Be grateful you’re an American. Arm yourself! We’re being invaded.
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Liberal Pita Limjaroenrat, 32, won the most seats in Sunday's (May 14) nationwide elections, and is trying to form a coalition to become prime minister, possibly sharing power with a scion of Thailand's two convicted coup-toppled leaders, challenging the governing, putsch-empowered, U.S.-trained military.
The popularity of Mr. Pita and Paetongtarn Shinawatra in Parliament's 500-member House of Representatives faces harsh "screening" by the military's 250-seat appointed Senate which does not agree with the two civilians' policies or plans.
A prime minister is expected to be named during the next few months after political wrangling to form a coalition.
This Buddhist-majority Southeast Asian nation is closely watched and wooed by Washington and Beijing.
Thailand's friendly diplomatic, commercial, and military balancing act between the U.S. and China is expected to remain unchanged no matter who wins the election.
Early unofficial results indicated Mr. Pita and his liberal, youth-led Move Forward Party (MFP) scored big wins, appearing to outpace Ms. Paetongtarn's party.
My fellow Americans:
I’ve changed my mind. With a heavy heart, I am announcing that I will not seek or accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 2024.
The poll numbers indicate that I would be a burden on the party’s national ticket next year and would also have problematic effects on many down-ballot races. It’s time to face grim political realities -- however unfortunate they may be.
While I appreciate the loyalty of so many Democrats in Congress who would like to run for the 2024 presidential nomination but would not consider running against me, I now realize that my insistence on seeking re-election has had important negative effects. And the longer I delay in announcing a change of course, the less time they’ll have to build their own national campaigns.
The specter of a second Donald Trump presidency is just too cataclysmic to allow any personal political ambition on my part to serve as an enabler to that fascistic demagogue.
Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island is the title of a newly-released documentary feature film directed, written and produced by award-winning filmmaker Heidi Hutner, a professor of environmental humanities at Stony Brook University, a “flagship” school of the State University of New York.
With greatly compelling facts and interviews, she and her also highly talented production team have put together a masterpiece of a documentary film.
It connects the proverbial dots of the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear plant disaster—doing so brilliantly.
All Israeli wars on the Palestinians throughout the years have been promoted and justified by Tel Aviv in the name of ‘security’ and ‘fighting terrorism’.
Israel’s biggest challenge throughout many of these wars was hardly the Palestinian Resistance, however steadfast and resilient. The challenge has always been Tel Aviv’s ability to kill many Palestinians, including civilians, without tarnishing its image internationally as an oasis of democracy and civilization.
Israel has been losing the public relations battle and rapidly so and, now, it is losing a different kind of battle as well.