Tag Archives: Gun Control
DN!: “The Second”: Carol Anderson on the Racist Roots of the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
Black people demanding their freedom, being willing to have an uprising to gain their freedom,” says Anderson. “What I saw was that it wasn’t about guns. It was about the fear of Black people.”
Noam Chomsky’s Theory of the Good Life, an interview by Ezra Klein
“In fact, anarchist society should be highly organized, but under popular control of a free informed community, which can interact without illegitimate forces controlling them.”
Violence Begets Violence: America’s Wars Come Home
“The notion that perpetual war will somehow bring long-lasting peace is a peculiarly American and often recurring form of doublespeak (saying one thing and meaning the opposite) that permeates the entire national surveillance empire…”
Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)
On the occasion of her 100th birthday, Polly shares some thoughts about gun control, the CIA, Holiday Hoop-la, positive corporate direction, and Iceland. By Polly Mann Southside Pride December 9, 2019 HOLIDAY HOOP-LA Among the many catalogs I receive at Christmas is one from Hammacher Schlemmer. Just why I don’t know. I’ve never bought so […]
Commonalities of mass shooters and prevention recommendations
We’ve studied every mass shooting since 1966 and found similarities that can help prevent future attacks.
The Antiwar Movement No One Can See: Will It Put a Crimp in the War on Terror? By Allegra Harpootlian
What if there’s an antiwar movement growing right under our noses and we just haven’t noticed?
March for Our Lives St. Paul, Minnesota Style
On March 24, 2018, joining thousands upon thousands of other marchers around the country and around the world, 18,000 students and friends marched from Harriet Island on the Mississippi River in St. Paul to the state capitol where they were joined by several thousand more people for a rally for gun control. All Minnesota photos […]
‘Enough’: Students Walk Out Nationwide to Protest Inaction on Gun Violence, Call for March 24th protests nationwide.
The walkout is part of a national student-led movement to end gun violence.
Gun Control has always been racist — that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t support the Parkland Students Movement
Gun control has long been a shaky dividing line between liberals and the far left.
Feeling Burned Out? When We Gather, We Get Energized
Instead of getting burned out, frustrated, and isolated, when we gather, we get energized.
David Swanson | What We’re Supposed to Think (What Difference Does it Make?)
We’re supposed to think that government officials mean well.
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What other countries call bribes we call campaign contributions.
Michael Moore | My Proposal to Repeal and Replace the 2nd Amendment
We can start with the upcoming midterm election. Let every candidate know: If you take NRA money, we will remove you from office.
A Narrow Focus on Mass Shootings Undermines Efforts to Solve America’s Gun Problem
Because everyday gun violence is concentrated in racially segregated neighborhoods, it’s easy for millions of Americans to think they won’t be affected.
▶ Mark Fiore: The Selective Hearing of Gun Violence (animation)
Fiore: Six times a week or so, I pass by the pier where Kathryn Steinle was killed. Never did I think that beautiful spot would become such fertile ground for campaign demagoguery.
Marion Wright Edelman: Gun Violence: An All-American Crisis
“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. POSTED BY ADMINISTRATOR LA Progressive March 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote these words in his April 1963 Letter from a Birmingham Jail, in the same […]
Cartoon: Eruption of Political Fear Mongering
Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoon Posted on Nov 3, 2014 Truthdig.com
Cartoon: Dad?
By Signe Wilkinson truthdig.com May 29, 2014 #YesAllWomen
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