Listening to Mayor Pete and the newsroom pundits chastising Bernie Sanders for supporting the revolutionary movements of the 1960s and for criticizing U.S. support of dictatorships in the 1970s and 1980s turns my stomach. Sorry, but Bernie lived through the historic events that Pete and the pundits clearly need to brush up on. Born in … Continue reading We Should Celebrate the Protest Movements of the Late 20th Century!
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We Should NOT Be So Quick to Forget the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s!
Listening to Mayor Pete and the newsroom pundits chastising Bernie Sanders for supporting the revolutionary movements of the 1960s and for criticizing U.S. support of dictatorships in the 1970s and 1980s turns my stomach. Sorry, but Bernie lived through the historic events that Pete and the pundits clearly need to brush up on. Born in … Continue reading We Should NOT Be So Quick to Forget the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s!
The Trump Protest in Las Vegas
Taking On the Donald Almost a thousand of us braved the 110 degree heat yesterday to protest Trump’s visit to Las Vegas. He came to support our total tool of a Senator - Dean Heller - who is considered to have the most at-risk Senate seat. Other celebrated Republican candidates in attendance included Adam Laxalt … Continue reading The Trump Protest in Las Vegas
Women Are the Solution!
I have waited my whole life for this. As a little girl growing up in the 1960s, I remember my mother and other neighborhood moms petitioning the PTA to allow girls to wear pants to school. Society justified paying men higher wages and salaries because THEY HAD FAMILIES TO SUPPORT. On TV, I watched protests … Continue reading Women Are the Solution!