The Big Obstacle for Bernie Isn’t DNC “Rigging” -- It’s Media Trashing

Some people are attached to the idea that the Democratic National Committee will “rig” the presidential nomination against Bernie Sanders. The meme encourages the belief that the Bernie 2020 campaign is futile because of powerful corporate Democrats. But such fatalism should be discarded.

 

As Frederick Douglass said, “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” Of course top Democratic Party officials don’t intend to give up control. It has to be taken from them. And the conditions for doing that are now more favorable than ever.

 

The effects of mobilized demands for change in the Democratic presidential nominating process have been major -- not out of the goodness of any power broker’s heart, but because progressives have organized effectively during the last two years.

 

THE CLEMENCY OF TITUS Opera Review I Beg Your Pardon:

Ancient History Sonorously, Sensually Brought Back to Life

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Clemency of Titus (La Clemenza di Tito), dramatizes part of the life and reign of the Emperor Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, who ruled the Roman Empire from 79 to 81 A.D. This work of historically-inspired fiction with a libretto by Caterino Mazzola, based on an earlier libretto by Pietro Metastasio, vividly brings ancient Rome alive with exquisite costumes by Mattie Ullrich (which much to my sheer delight include, at long last, togas!) and stellar sets by Thaddeus Strassberger, who also expertly helms this colossal epic about the emperor who, among other things, completed the Colosseum. So let the operatic games begin!

 

A Green New Basic Income Guarantee

U.S. military spending eight years ago was at $1.2 trillion per year, when one added in the nukes in the Energy Department, the Homeland Security Department, the CIA, interest on debt, veterans’ care, etc.

Adam Schiff, the Persecution and Criminalization of Anti-Over-Vaccination Activists and the Nazi Book-Burnings of 1933

Schiff has Apparently Forgotten the Bill of Rights as well as the History of the Anti-Jewish Book-burnings in Nazi Germany that some of his Ancestors Surely Must Have Experienced

 

By Gary G. Kohls, MD – March 5, 2019 (4,248 words)

 

“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and you can fool all of the people some of the time; but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” -- Attributed to Abraham Lincoln

 

Which Congress Members Support Ending Which Wars

Yemen:

How the House voted, Feb. 13, 2019, 248-177, to end it: roll call.

FEMINISM FROM BELOW: A Feminist Activist Meet Up

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Thursday, March 7, 7-9pm
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff
Join us for a gathering to make art and posters, eat food, and prepare for International Women's Day. We will discuss two upcoming International Women's Day events: the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' march to get Wendy's off campus, and the sit-in/rally at DeWine's office to protest the 6-week ban on abortion.

CIW March:
https://www.facebook.com/events/394417558010686/

Stop the 6-Week Ban! sit in and rally:
https://www.facebook.com/events/322537071595793/

International Women’s Day developed out of socialist struggles in the early 1900s which demanded women’s voting rights, creation of nurseries, free meals and learning tools in schools and kindergartens, social assistance for mothers, single parents, and children, and creation of labor laws for working women.

International Women’s Day march

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On International Women’s Day 2019 (March 8), hundreds of farmworkers, students, people of faith, community leaders and allies from across the country will march from Goodale Park to Ohio State University President Drake’s office as part of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ (CIW) nationwide “4 for Fair Food” human rights tour. The CIW will be joining  the campus-based “Boot the Braids” campaigns to end the schools’ business relationships with the national fast food chain, Wendy’s, until it joins the CIW’s Presidential Medal-winning Fair Food Program.

In breaking news ahead of the tour, it was announced that Wendy’s will not be invited back to the University of Michigan, making UM the first university to “boot” Wendy’s from campus.  The decision to not invite Wendy’s back was declared through formal resolutions from the Michigan Union Board of Representatives, the UM student government, and the local Ann Arbor City Council. 

DeWine’s State of State Rhetoric Doesn’t Align with Ohio’s Record

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Columbus, Ohio – Ahead of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine delivering his State of the State address, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio highlights how Governor DeWine’s priority to outlaw abortion and criminalize medical professionals for providing care to patients by signing the six-week abortion ban undermines his rhetoric to make Ohio a healthier, more prosperous state.  

Statement from Lauren Blauvelt-Copelin, Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Affairs, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio:

“We anticipate to hear Governor DeWine to discuss his administrations’ proposed priorities for children. However, DeWine’s administration does not support women’s well-being, including their ability to make their own reproductive health care decisions, so they cannot stand behind their promise to do the same for children. 

“Children largely depend on women and mothers for their care. Governor DeWine’s promise to sign a dangerous six-week abortion ban will severely undercut any efforts to address Ohio’s alarming infant mortality rate, unemployment, and economic opportunity.”

Ohio ranks as one of the worst in the nation for infant mortality rates.

Sandy Hook Promise Applauds Introduction of the SAVE Students Act in Ohio

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March 6th, Sandy Hook Promise applauded the introduction of the Safety and Violence Education for Students (SAVE Students) Act in the Ohio State House. This new legislation in Ohio is aimed at combating the crisis of violence, bullying, and suicide that is devastating our nation’s schools. If passed, this bill would set a new national standard for statewide school safety programming.

In response to the introduction of this legislation, Sandy Hook Promise released the following statement: “We know school violence is preventable when we teach youth and adults to ‘know the signs’ of violence and suicide and get help to stop a tragedy before it can happen,” said Mark Barden, co-founder and managing director of Sandy Hook Promise, and father of Daniel who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy. “This legislation would protect Ohio’s students across the state and create a national model for prevention that empowers our youth to help save lives.”

How Virtual Reality Is Helping Kids with Autism

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that affects about one percent of the global population. Children can fall anywhere on the spectrum, which ranges from mild to severe. All kids with ASD have some level of social, behavioral, and communication challenges. Getting children with ASD to engage with others and understand social cues is challenging for parents, teachers, and counselors.

Fortunately, virtual reality technology is showing promise in changing how children with ASD interact with the world around them.

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