An embarassing spectacle of church accomodation to Right Wing/Corporate political power

 In 1981, IRD was founded by concerned United Methodists and other Christians distressed that denominational and ecumenical officials were openly supporting Marxist causes and opposing democracy and human rights. from the pen of  it’s President. “Marxist causes”.  As if the right label is what matters,  and matters more than actually working to support the causes of people struggling against corrupt and Continue Reading

Climate change is war – and Wall Street is winning @AJAM #OWS

What we need now, though, are neither spectacle-seeking hipsters nor bankers in search of safe investments but for all human beings to band together to defend our right to subsist. We shouldn’t have to wait for the investor class to agree; the purpose of business is to meet our economic needs not to dictate them. That’s basic democracy. via Climate Continue Reading