Originally Mother’s Day was intended by Julia Ward Howe to
be a day in which women and all people would unite to bring peace into the
world. This Mother’s Day, you, too, can act up for peace by signing on to Tulsi Gabbard’s bill H.R. 608, the “Stop Arming Terrorists Act.” By clicking
on the link, you can read the bill, and sign the petition (on the right side of
the screen) that asks you to add your voice.
Many people are unaware that in order to extend war and war
profiteering, the USA is arming and training the very terrorists it is
supposedly fighting throughout the Middle East.
H.R. 608, and the Senate companion
bill (S. 532) are designed to end funding for all U.S. wars in Syria, Somalia,
Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and Libya, and end the training of ISIL,
ISIS, Al-Nusrah, and Al-Qaida terrorists in Jordan and elsewhere. It makes
little difference to war profiteers whether the US “wins” or “loses” in any
and all zones of conflict, so long as the money keeps rolling in.
We need to draw people’s attention to the fact that if we
factor in the “black” budget, the US budget allocates over 60% to war and
warmaking, reducing entitlement allocations to Third World amounts (one of
the reasons universal health care remains “unaffordable.”) We also need to make
the connection between the Pentagon and global
warming. US warmaking accelerates climate collapse by burning 340,000
barrels of oil a day, 80% of federal energy demand, in a vicious circle to
“secure” (read: steal) more oil.
One of the reasons the peace movement has lost some of its
muscle has to do with the betrayals of language itself. Peace is not an active
word. Is there an active word for peace? If we borrow “wage peace,” we are
using the war maker’s language. A better
alternative might be ACTING UP FOR PEACE.
You, too can Act Up for Peace by going to the H.R. 608 website and adding your voice to its
nine House of Representative sponsors, and the nine organizations that support
it.
A FUN THING TO DO MOTHER’S DAY
Support national Mama’s Bail Out Day. Color
of Change in collaboration with many other organizations to bail out women
caged behind bars who have only been accused of minor offenses, but not
found guilty. The reason they are still in jail is because they are too poor to
afford bail.
Please
donate to make the reuniting of these women with their families visible and
to demand an end to modern-day debtors prisons. And please sign the petition of support.
FLOWERS AMIDST THIS WEEKS THORNS
Environmental
groups sue administration over offshore drilling.
After
a four-day-long student sit-in, Chancellor
Henry Yang agrees to discuss UC’s divestment from fossil fuels.
Unanimous Los Angeles
City Council passes resolution calling for impeachment investigation for
violation of the emoluments clause.
Los Angeles school board passes resolution reiterating that school
employees are not to allow any ICE on campus until the superintendent and
toplawyers review the policy.
At the eleventh hour, Georgia democrats win
lawsuit changing the election rules allowing voter registration to be
extended.
Senate
kills Trump’s plan to hand over public lands to big oil.
City of Oakland Public Safety committee approved a sweeping
ordinance that requires City Council approval prior to possible acquisition and
use of surveillance technology.
A total of twenty attorneys
general demand immediate appointment of special
prosecutor for Russia probe.
Natural
gas storage plan halted at Seneca Lake.
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