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American War in Vietnam / History / Palestine / SJPJC / War on Gaza

How the Vietnam and Gaza Wars Shattered Young Illusions About US Leaders

Emerging generations learned that moral concerns about their country’s engagement in faraway wars meant little to policymakers in Washington. by Norman Solomon, Apr 30, 2025 in Common Dreams Eight years before the U.S.-backed regime in South Vietnam collapsed, I stood with high school friends at Manhattan’s Penn Station on the…

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May 6, 2025
Call To Action / History / International Soldarity / Rise of Fascism / SJPJC

Tell Google: Keep the Gulf of Mexico’s Name Intact!

Take action with CodePink Trump wants to erase history and grow the US empire by renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” and Google Maps is going along with it. This isn’t just another Trump headline to laugh at. It’s a billionaire-fueled power grab that advances a racist,…

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February 1, 2025
Economic Justice / Government repression / History / Rise of Fascism / SJPJC / US Empire

This Dystopia Depends On Hiding Inconvenient Truths

by Caitlin Johnstone November 29, 2024 This civilization is built upon the practice of continuously hiding inconvenient truths out of sight and out of mind. An entire empire held together by compartmentalization and avoidance. Inconvenient truths are hidden from us in many different ways. They are hidden from our minds…

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November 29, 2024
Elections / Government repression / History / Rise of Fascism

Trump Won: Now What?

Here’s some thinking about ways to orient so we can ground ourselves better for these times ahead. Daniel Hunter Nov 10, 2024 Waging Nonviolence It’s important we squarely face U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s victory and what there is to do about it. Trump has already signaled the kind of president…

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November 10, 2024
History / Palestine / War on Gaza

“There Were No Guns in Palestine”

by Barbara Taft "There were no guns in Palestine."  During the bombardment of Gaza by Israel in October/November of 2023, those words came back to me.  I was sitting in the dining room of a small Palestinian home in East Jerusalem.  It was the summer of 1985.  My host, a…

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March 18, 2024
History / SJPJC

Honoring the Women of San Jose

by Mike Paradela In honor of International Women’s Day, we compiled a list of women who have moved San Jose’s political, economic, and cultural life in a progressive direction. Their contributions to humanity as a whole and San Jose in particular should be recognized and honored. Without these women, San…

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March 8, 2024
Current Events / History / Palestine / SJPJC

What’s the Israel-Palestine conflict about? A simple guide

It’s killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions. And its future lies in its past. We break it down. By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 9 Oct 2023 The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed tens of thousands of lives and displaced many millions of people and has its roots in…

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November 3, 2023
History / SJPJC

Roz Dean, Presente!

The San Jose community lost a beloved activist on September 2, when Roz Dean joined other peace ancestors like her husband Al Traugott, her dear friend Joan Bazar and Joan’s husband Dave Wald. Roz’s early years and her activism to save the San Jose Medical Center (downtown hospital) were documented…

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October 13, 2021
Fundraising / History / Local Peace Economy / SJPJC

The Planet Needs Peace

American taxpayers have spent $21 trillion on the “war on terror”. Yet after these 20 years, the 99% are worse off, jobless rates are soaring, over 650,000 Americans have died of Covid-19, and the planet is sizzling. If we want a habitable planet and true peace, we need to "connect…

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September 13, 2021