Nuclear Weapons and the Unfolding Universe
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“Through the work of the eco-philosopher Thomas Berry and his protégés, a new way of looking at the universe and our human place in it has been established. While still not “mainstream,” this new story has given hope not only to hundreds of thousands of environmental activists around the world, but as well to thoughtful people in many fields, including economics, theology, education, politics, and science.”
Author: Winslow Myers
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War or do nothing? Alternative options for Iranian nuclear issue still MIA.
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“Tough talk, some about nukes, to the world by the US and Iran has taken many turns over the past three decades, with Iran most recently signing a good faith agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to allow inspectors broad access to its nuclear facilities. Signaling change, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani halted expansion of Iran’s uranium enrichment capacity since his election three months ago, according to U.N. inspection reports. What has always been available are conflict management methods unexamined by our decision-makers.”
Author: Tom H. Hastings and Erin E. Niemela
Published in: Consortium News http://consortiumnews.com/2013/11/17/peace-options-on-iran/, Huntington News http://www.huntingtonnews.net/77062
Date: November 17,2013
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Stifling Activism, the Bureaucratic Way
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, Truth Out http://truth-out.org/speakout/item/20022-stifling-activism-the-bureaucratic-way
“I am writing and raging. Raging because I am tired, oh so tired, of my activism being repressed or limited by bureaucratic minutia and ridiculous protocol. I am even more upset at the ways bureaucracy stifles my students who, because they are informed and outraged, want to act and are told they can’t, or can only under certain conditions…blah, blah, blah.”
Author: Laura Finley, Ph.D.
Published in: Salem News http://www.salem-news.com/articles/november112013/bureaucratic-way-lf.php, Sierra County Prospect http://www.sierracountyprospect.org/2013/11/13/raging-free-speech-111313/
Date: November 13,2013
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Raise the Minimum Wage
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“Some 47 million Americans live in poverty, and a key reason is the decline of the minimum wage.
First established under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the nationwide minimum wage was designed to lift millions of American workers out of poverty and to stimulate the economy. Unfortunately, however, it was not indexed to inflation, and big businesses — hostile from the start — fought, often successfully, to prevent congressional action to raise it. As a result, over the past forty years, the purchasing power of the minimum wage has fallen sharply. If Congress had kept the minimum wage in pace with inflation over this period, it would today be $10.74. But, in fact, it is $7.25 — about two-thirds of its previous purchasing power.”
Author: Lawrence S. Wittner
Published in: The Daily Star Hammmond, The Hernando, Sierra County Prospect http://www.sierracountyprospect.org/2013/11/13/shameful-facts-of-poverty-111313/
Date: November 12,13, 2013
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Bombing food stamps, feeding bombs
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“Beginning Nov. 1, food stamp cutbacks mean $36 per month less for a family of four.
Public ‘servants’ like Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan and Democratic former President Bill Clinton point to the failure of poverty programs to end poverty, and then slash those program budgets or abolish them altogether. Clinton’s actions did away with Aid to Families with Dependent Children in a fell swoop he dubbed “welfare reform.””
Author: John LaForge
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