TEN STEPS EVERYONE CAN TAKE TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY

Jennifer Mercieca, Alternet March 03, 2022 (rawstory.com) Voters REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/File Photo This article was paid for by Raw Story subscribers. Not a subscriber? Try us and go ad-free for $1. Prefer to give a one-time tip? Click here. Stories and images of Ukrainians fighting for their democracy have inspired citizens worldwide. Many Americans have wondered what we should do to… Continue reading

UKRAINE’S ZELENSKIY VOWS REVENGE ON RUSSIAN FORCES AFTER FLEEING FAMILY KILLED IN SHELLING OF IRPIN

Attack on civilians in town on the outskirts of Kyiv comes as vast numbers of Ukrainian civilians attempt to flee cities under bombardment Ukraine – Russia war: latest updates What we know on day 12 of the invasion Peter Beaumont in Lviv, Daniel Boffey in Brussels, and Graham Russell Mon 7 Mar 2022 02.16… Continue reading

Articles (in 3 groups) ~ Petitions ~ Events for Tuesday, March 8 – Friday, March 11 (from Adrienne Fong)

NOT back posting on a regular basis Please hold the following activist in your thoughts… Condolences to Rodger Scott Maria-Theresa Au-Scott (Obituary by Rodger Scott) https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sfgate/name/maria-theresa-au-scott-obituary?id=33393753 R.I.P. ♥ Maria-Theresa Au-Scott ♥ Refugio Nieto as he heals from surgery Jackie Barshak as she is in treatment for Stage 3 lung cancer. She welcomes well wishes. Melvin Starks as… Continue reading

RUSSIA: THOUSANDS ARRESTED IN ANTI-WAR PROTESTS

Channel 4 News Despite the Kremlin’s draconian crackdown, crowds of people have turned out at anti-war protests across Russia. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) One monitoring group said more than 4,000 people had been arrested in dozens of cities across the country. But none of that could stop many ordinary Russians from simply ‘going for… Continue reading

What neo-Nazis have inherited from original Nazism | DW Documentary

“The radical left isn’t trying to overthrow democracy, but to overthrow capitalism. The radical right wants to do away with democracy and human rights.” Matthias Quent DW Documentary September 21, 2019. What resemblance do today’s ethnonationalistic ideologies bear to those which surged during the rise of the Nazis in the… Continue reading

BIO: MARTIN NIEMÖLLER

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia MARTIN NIEMÖLLER Niemöller at St. James’ Church, The Hague, in May 1952 BORN Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller14 January 1892Lippstadt, German Empire DIED 6 March 1984 (aged 92)Wiesbaden, West Germany SPOUSE(S) Else Bruner ​(m. 1919)​[1] CHILDREN 6[1] CHURCH Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian UnionProtestant Church in Hesse and NassauConfessing ChurchEvangelical Church in Germany… Continue reading

TWO PUTIN DOCUMENTARIES FROM FRONTLINE/PBS

FRONTLINE PBS | Official In this 2015 documentary, FRONTLINE traces Vladimir Putin’s ascent from unemployed spy to modern-day czar, and investigates the accusations of criminality and corruption that have surrounded his reign in Russia. (Aired 2015) This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: http://www.pbs.org/donate​…. Continue reading