Author: Sheila Marler
-
The Town Hall as Battleground
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe political process is important and necessary but we’re long past the point where anything worthwhile can be said about this election. All that’s left to us is bad theater played by bad actors. At some point you have to let it go–just tell the truth about it and move on. In…
-
Arizona Town Hall Tonight
Reading Time: 3 minutesSenator Jeff Flake has scheduled a town hall Thursday from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. PT. According to the email sent out by his office, which includes a code of conduct, the venue seats 1,750 people. This town hall is bound to go a little differently than his telephone town hall in…
-
Resources for Water Protectors
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you’re looking for a good source of information on water protectors and their activities across the nation, check out the YouTube channel: The One and Only Power. Here you can get important news from all over the country as well as educational outreach. In addition, I want to share the…
-
Standing Rock and the Addictions of Dominant Capital
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe question that keeps coming up in regard to our country’s oil policy is why? Why would policy makers want to remain dependent on oil when they know it’s contributing to climate change? Why would they risk destroying the water and the land when there are alternative sources of energy? And why…
-
Arizona’s Republican Representatives Try to Silence Dissent
Reading Time: < 1 minuteArizona’s Republican-controlled legislature is advancing a bill to silence future protesters and financially punish the organizers. The bill is justified by state Representatives’ claims that ‘paid protesters’ are intentionally starting riots (these claims have been debunked) and their apparently genuine indignation over having to deal with irate constituents at town halls,…
-
Standing Rock: U.S. Government Genocide
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUpdate: This is the kind of thing that drives people apart and makes them give up. Can anyone back up these claims? February 19, 2017: I published these videos after they showed up in my YouTube feed. Sorry to say, I wasn’t suspicious about them until after I published them. As…
-
A Third Party With a Difference
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is lasting value in Bernie’s campaign–his progressive support. For Abraham Lincoln this kind of support was the basis for a new party. Judging from the continuing bad behavior of establishment Democrats it looks like it’s time for Bernie to go the way of Lincoln. If nothing else it will keep…
-
Water Protectors Call for Mass Mobilization
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis was published today by Democracy Now. It is encouraging that the former Interior Secretary, Sally Jewell, has stepped in to this fight. Jewell said Wednesday that the Army Corp of Engineers is violating its legal obligations as well as its promises to indigenous leaders to complete the environmental impact study.…
-
Help the Water Protectors: Write a Letter
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough the Army Corp of Engineers was instructed to proceed with the easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline that does not mean the project has been approved. You can still make a difference. The period for public comment remains open until February 20. ICMN Staff • January 25, 2017 With President Donald…
-
How Can We Protect the Environment?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe water protectors are confused over the tribe’s messages about closing the camp. If you’re thinking about going there yourself, you’re probably even more confused. Here’s Jordan Chariton’s latest post for an update. Also read Representative Raúl Grijalva’s suggestions in the Huffington Post regarding how we can protect the environment going forward.…