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DEFUND the Space Force... The Chances that Earth will be Invaded by Aliens in Flying Saucers is Remote... and They would be so far advanced that ATTACKING Extra Terrestrials would be a VERY BAD IDEA!Election season has come. Here’s what you need to do to stop Trump from winning... Robert Reich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/06/election-2024-beginning-how-to-stop-trump
America is about to start a terrifyingly high-stakes ride.
What can the rest of us do between now and the election to help save American democracy? Let me try out a few answers:
Do everything within your power to ensure that Donald Trump is not re-elected president. For some of us, this will mean taking time out of our normal lives to become more directly politically involved – up to and including getting out the votes in critical swing states.
Do not succumb to the tempting anesthesia of complacency or cynicism. The stakes are too high. Even if you cannot take much time out of your normal life for direct politics, you will need to organize, mobilize and energize your friends, colleagues and neighbors.
Counter lies with truth. When you hear someone repeating a Trump Republican lie, correct it. This will require that you prepare yourself with facts, logic, analysis and sources.
Do not tolerate bigotry and hate. Call it out. Stand up to it. Denounce it. Demand that others denounce it, too.
Do not resort to violence, name-calling, bullying or any of the other tactics that Trump followers may be using.
Be compassionate toward hardcore followers of Trump, but be firm in your opposition. Understand why someone may decide to support Trump, but don’t waste your time and energy trying to convert them. Use your time and energy on those who still have open minds.
Don’t waste your time and energy commiserating with people who already agree with you. Don’t gripe, whine, wring your hands and kvetch with other progressives about how awful Trump and his Republican enablers are. Don’t snivel over or criticize Biden and the Democrats for failing to communicate more effectively. None of this will get you anything except an upset stomach or worse.
Demonstrate, but don’t mistake demonstrating for political action. You may find it gratifying to stand on a corner in Berkeley with a sign asking drivers to “honk if you hate fascism” and elicit lots of honks, but that’s as politically effectual as taking a warm shower. Organize people who don’t normally vote to vote for Biden. Mobilize get-out-the-vote efforts in your community. Get young people involved.
Don’t get deflected by the latest sensationalist post or story by or about Trump. Don’t let the media’s short-term attention span divert your eyes from the prize – the survival of American democracy during one of the greatest stress tests it has had to endure, organized by one of the worst demagogues in American history.
"My main purpose in life is not to put songs in people’s ears but to put them on their lips." - Pete Seeger
Pete spent his time on earth planting, healing, building, laughing, singing, loving, embracing, and advocating peace.
Pete brought the world closer together with his music. Every day, every minute, someone in the world is singing a Pete Seeger song. For over six decades, he introduced Americans to songs from other cultures, like "Wimoweh from South Africa, "Guantanamera" from Cuba, and "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" from Israel.
in the 1960s, Pete visited Israel twice. In addition to performances in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, he played at Kibbutz Kfar Azza. (See photograph below.) He also did an impromptu midnight concert at an army base in the Negev.
During his 1964 visit (he also came in 1967, just weeks before the Six-Day War), an army base’s command car rescued Pete and his family when their car got stuck in a flood. After the commander pulled them out, Pete took his banjo out and started to sing.
In the video below, The Weavers treat us to "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena".
"Until I started living in New York at age 19-20, I knew so little about Jewish culture, it was shameful. It was in New York that I befriended some Jewish musicians. From one of these young men I learned 'Tzena, Tzena, Tzena' in 1948. I performed the song with The Weavers in a Greenwich Village nightclub, not knowing anything of the song's history or even its meaning. I eventually learned that the song is a rousing call to ‘join the celebration’ with ‘people from every nation’ who'll ‘dance the hora’ until ‘dawn will find us laughing in the sunlight dancing in the city square’.” – Pete Seeger
"Legendary songwriter, singer, and political activist Pete Seeger's 'Tzena, Tzena, Tzena' was a great example of the power of music not only to entertain, but to bring people together." – Lowell Milken, the creator of the Milken Archive of Jewish Music which explores the vast panorama of sacred and secular works of 360 years of Jewish life in America.
"The truth is Pete Seeger made 'Tzena, Tzena, Tzena' a song of peace, made it a song of joy. May God bless Pete Seeger." - Issachar Miron
Issachar Miron was born in 1919 and left Poland at the age of 19, thus avoiding the Holocaust. In 1941, while serving in the Jewish Brigade of the British forces, he composed the melody for the lyrics of "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" written by Yechiel Chagiz. The song became popular in Palestine and was played on the Israeli radio.
"Come out, come out, come out girls from the village - welcome home the soldiers. Good sentiments for any country. The second line says . . . Girls, don’t be modest . . . give them a good welcome!” – Pete Seeger talking about the lyrics of "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena"
The songs of The Weavers and Pete Seeger are sung by people in cities and villages around the world, promoting the basic idea that the hopes that unite us are greater than the fears that divide us.
Click the link below to experience the power and the wonder of The Weavers.
If you are in a union or was in a union what was/is the pros and cons? What are some great unions to be apart of? I've never been involved in a union.
We Had a Union at Work. They Negotiated High Pay, Vacation Time, Holidays, Coffee Breaks... Health Insurance and Retirement... EXCELLENT! I worked at the County of Humboldt in California. Department of Health and Human Services... and there are not that many jobs at all in Eureka... or Arcata... You can work at the College or at a Lumber Mill or on a Fishing Boat... or a clerk at Grocery Store, Target or Starbucks...
Sixty years ago, JFK fought for peace against his own military and intelligence agencies. He died trying.
Seven years in the making, FOUR DIED TRYING shines a bright light on the extraordinary lives and tragic murders of President John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Told through over 120 interviews, FOUR DIED TRYING delves deep, uncovering buried truths and fresh perspectives from family, colleagues, friends … and enemies.