Washington Post — Opinion I saw Mugabe wreck a democracy. The Jan. 6 hearings matter — a lot. Opinion by Evan Mawarire — June 14, 2022 Evan Mawarire, an evangelical pastor and the director of education at the Renew Democracy Initiative, is the inaugural Agora Institute-RDI dissident in residence at Johns Hopkins University. In 2008, … Continue reading It CAN Happen Here, Like It Did In Zimbabwe
Rockets and artillery dictate policy on Ukraine Gwynne Dyer — Jun 16 2022 Gwynne Dyer is a UK-based Canadian journalist and long-time commentator on international affairs. OPINION: How would we know if the United States is deliberately starving Ukraine of weapons in order to force it into a compromise peace settlement that leaves some Ukrainian … Continue reading Ukraine: Now to the “Drip-Drip” War?
.AP News: Synagogue challenges Florida abortion law over religion BY CURT ANDERSON — June 14, 2022 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A new Florida law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks with some exceptions violates religious freedom rights of Jews in addition to the state constitution’s privacy protections, a synagogue claims in a lawsuit. The lawsuit filed … Continue reading Florida “Rabbi Rouser” Sues to Stop DeSantis Anti-Abortion Law
From the blog, Naked Capitalism: Organizers Herald 100th Win as Starbucks Unionization Wave Continues Posted on May 30, 2022 by Jerri-Lynn Scofield Nice to see that the Starbucks unionization wave continues. At the moment . . . there’s precious little good news to report. That workers are organizing`is one of the few positive developments. May … Continue reading Starbucks Union Organizing: 100 stores say YES; a Few (thousand) More To Go
Pope Francis, Ukraine and “effective nonviolent resistance” National Catholic Reporter – May 30, 2022 by Eli McCarthy — Opinion Ukraine – so many new graves A bird sits on a cross amid newly made graves at a cemetery near Mariupol, Ukraine, May 15. (CNS/Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko) So much energy is being expended to urge Pope … Continue reading Is This the “Pope Francis Alternative”? Ukraine and “Effective Nonviolent Resistance”