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CPUC San Onofre investigation begins

San Francisco, CA. Jan. 8, 2013
This is video coverage of the first hearing in the California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC) investigation of the shutdown of failed nuclear reactors at San Onofre. It is co-produced as a public service by WomensEnergyMatters.org and EON.
Pt. 1-A Video 1

Pt. 1-B Video 2

Pt. 2 Video 3

SHUTDOWN not MELTDOWN - Public Comments on San Onofre Video 4 Concerned citizens speak out as the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) begins a series of hearings on the shutdown of the failed San Onofre nuclear reactors. Co-produced as a public service by WomensEnergyMatters.org and EON.

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Welcome to Radioactive Ohio - URGENT! COMMENTS NEEDED BY FEB. 11! ALERT!

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has just released an environmental assessment (EA) for allowing radioactive waste metal to be mixed with the nation’s scrap metal stream. Talking points are below.

In 2000 under President Clinton, a contaminated metals moratorium was put in place, disallowing radioactive metal from being mixed with the nation’s scrap metal stream. Outspoken public concern over proposals to add radioactive metals into our scrap metal led to this moratorium. The EA proposes to change that moratorium.

Americans clearly did and do not want ourselves, and particularly our children, to be arbitrarily exposed to unknown amounts of deadly radioactivity for no better reason than the convenience and profit for a few.

CIA drone wars protested at CIA

An estimated one hundred people assembled outside the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters on Saturday expressing their opposition to the US presidential assassination lists, killer drone death squads, illegal rendition, torture, and the continued confinement of prisoners at the Guantanamo prison camp in US-occupied Cuba.

Anti-killer-drone activists were joined by participants of Witness Against Torture who were on the last day of their week-long fast and work calling for the closing of Guantanamo, justice for the prisoners there, and an end to torture everywhere.

Saturday's vigil was the third monthly vigil organized by Pax Christi Metro DC, Northern Virginians for Peace & Justice and supported by several organizations including Peace Action (Montgomery County, MD), Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, Code Pink, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Langley Hill Friends (Quaker) Peace & International Outreach Committee, and other peace groups.

The time for new laws

City of Dallas to Conspiracy Realists: Be Silent.

November 22, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the political assassination of John F Kennedy. In an affront to the 1st amendment right to free speech, the City of Dallas is in the process of controlling the event with the intent of preventing those of us who know, rather than simply believe, that a high level governmental conspiracy murdered JFK. The primary motive for the assassination was that Kennedy refused to fight the Vietnam war. His efforts to end the cold war by engaging Khruschev and Castro were at odds with the views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, particularly Gen Curtis LeMay and Gen Lyman Lemnitzer. In addition, Kennedy threatened to break up the CIA. Kennedy had fired Allen Dulles from the CIA, only to have Dulles sit on the Warren Commission which investigated his murder. Kennedy was hated by J Edgar Hoover, and was expected to remove Lyndon Johnson from the Vice Presidential ticket.

The Progressive Caucus: Enabling Obama’s Rightward Moves?

The failure of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to stand up to President Obama on many vital matters of principle is one of the most important – and least mentioned – political dynamics of this era.

As the largest caucus of Democrats on Capitol Hill, the Progressive Caucus has heavyweight size but flyweight punch.

During the last four years, its decisive footwork has been so submissive to the White House that you can almost hear the laughter from the West Wing when the Progressive Caucus vows to stand firm.

A sad pattern of folding in the final round has continued. When historic votes come to the House floor, party functionaries are able to whip the Progressive Caucus into compliance. The endgame ends with the vast majority of the caucus members doing what Obama wants.

That’s what happened on the first day of this year, when the “bipartisan” fiscal deal came down. Widely denounced by progressive analysts, the bill passed on the House floor by a margin of 44 votes – with the Progressive Caucus providing the margin. Out of 75 caucus members, only seven voted against it.

Unarmed Empowerment

“But my instinct was that if someone is shooting at you, it is generally better to shoot back than to cower and pray.”

This is the hidden argument for guns as America’s primary peacekeepers — that the debate comes down to gun ownership vs. helplessness.

Jeffrey Goldberg’s 7,000-word essay, “The Case for More Guns (and More Gun Control),” which ran in the December issue of The Atlantic — just prior to the Newtown killings — came down, for me, to the above sentence.

He made a number of quasi-reasonable points, the main one being that there are 300 million guns in America right now and it’s simply too late for gun control to be effective: “. . . only the naive think that legislation will prevent more than a modest number of the criminally minded, and the mentally deranged, from acquiring a gun in a country absolutely inundated with weapons.”

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade

This month, we celebrate four decades of constitutionally protected reproductive rights! As Roe v. Wade turns 40, join us in recognizing the past work done to gain those rights and the present work to preserve them for future generations. This year, we're proud to invite you to three great events across Ohio. We hope to see you at an event in your area.
Northeast Ohio
Celebrate. Reflect. Moving Forward.
Tuesday, January 22 at 7 p.m.
Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, Beachwood
Keynote Speaker: Loretta Ross

Southwest Ohio
Passing the Activist Torch.
Saturday, January 26 at 6 p.m.
Wyndham Hotel, South Dayton
Keynote Speaker: Senator Nina Turner

Central Ohio
Looking Back, Moving Forward.
Wednesday, January 30 at 6 p.m.
The Gateway Film Center, Columbus
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Susan Wood

Book Review: Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall

Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall - By Michael G. Long
When Thurgood Marshal, the first black justice of the United States Supreme Court, resigned from the Court for reasons of ill health in 1991, he had served for twenty-four years. It took his death two years later for people to remember what a legacy he left this country: general counsel to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1938 through 1961; first black judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; first black solicitor general of the United States. While with the NAACP he argued thirty-two cases before the Supreme Court, winning twenty-nine of them. During his four-year tenure on the Court of Appeals, he issued one hundred twelve rulings, none of which were reversed on certiorari by the Supreme Court. His record as solicitor general was equally impressive; he won fourteen of the nineteen cases he argued on behalf of the United States.

In Kabul, widows and orphans move up

Kabul --Yesterday, four young Afghan Peace Volunteer members, Zainab, Umalbanin, Abdulhai, and Ali, guided Martha and me along narrow, primitive roads and crumbling stairs, ascending a mountain slope on the outskirts of Kabul. The icy, rutted roads twisted and turned. I asked if we could pause as my heart was hammering and I needed to catch my breath. Looking down, we saw a breathtaking view of Kabul. Above us, women in bright clothing were navigating the treacherous roads with heavy water containers on their heads or shoulders. I marveled at their strength and tenacity. “Yes, they make this trip every morning,” Umalbanin said, as she helped me regain my balance after I had slipped on the ice.

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