The Texas Progressive Alliance asks What Happened to Sandra Bland, and what might happen to Blue Bell Ice Cream, as it brings you this week's roundup.
Off the Kuff looks at the lawsuit filed against the state for refusing to issue birth certificates to children of undocumented immigrant mothers.
Lightseeker at Texas Kaos makes a compelling argument as to why the Democratic Party needs to sharpen its message in a way in which it resonates with and motivates the majority of D voters. Why we need a better Democratic story and how Sanders' candidacy underscores this point.
Socratic Gadfly says that if Obama is going to visit a federal prison and talk about commuting sentences, he ought to throw the long bomb by going to Florida and freeing Leonard Peltier.
CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wants you to know Greg Abbott screwed up child support payment upgrade. Republicans don't really care about kids. You can tell by action after action.
From WCNews at Eye on Williamson. The rotting fruit of one-party rule in Williamson County, County GOP Elected Officials Using Courts For Petty Political Battles.
The disruption at Netroots Nation's presidential town hall forum by activists associated with Black Lives Matter was a clash between the politics of the old-school Social Democrats and that of the New Democrats' identity politics. PDiddie at Brains and Eggs thinks there will a coming-together of the two movements or a cleaving of the Democratic Party as the dynamic unfolds.
Neil at All People Have Value discussed Obama's role in taking away our freedoms through the New Horizons mission to Pluto. APHV is part of NeilAquino.com.
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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
The Texas Election Law Blog celebrates its second anniversary, and reviews the case that led to its beginning.
Ken Janda asks how can Texas continue to ask for billions of dollars in uncompensated care payments to hospitals for uninsured patients coming to emergency rooms, when more than one million of those people could be put into Medicaid Managed Care?
The TSTA Blog warns of "dangerous anti-educator" Scott Walker.
Texas Vox cheers the forthcoming end of coal.
Grits for Breakfast is pleased to see that funding has been allotted for research into the underlying scientific bases for the forensic tools and methods currently used in the criminal justice system.
David Ortez gives a graphical representation of the Houston Mayoral fundraising race.
Rachel Pearson explains why that video hit job on Planned Parenthood is "pure applesauce".
Texas Clean Air Matters documents the trend towards clean, affordable power.
Showing posts with label Peltier (Leonard). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peltier (Leonard). Show all posts
July 20, 2015
July 15, 2015
Dear Obama: Really want to do good by visiting a federal prison?
Your trip to the El Reno, Oklahoma, prison is nice, but ...
If you want to go "long," beyond battling the worst effects of the War on Drugs (and addressing federal laws on marijuana might be better than a PR trip courtesy of Vice, anyway)
Go to the Coleman Unit in Florida.
Address what the early 1970s version of the National Security State you love so much today did wrong then with COINTELPRO.
And free Leonard Peltier.
Peltier's own artwork is funding his release efforts.
For more on why Peltier should be freed, and how COINTELPRO arguably sabotaged the American Indian Movement more than any other vehicle of the 1960s and early 1970s civil rights movement, "The Unquiet Grave" is a must read. Peter Matthiessen's classic "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" is good, but, as my review of it notes, he sometimes looks at AIM's leadership through rose-colored glasses.
Otherwise, your actions right now continue to be symbolic. You've done very few pardons, and you blame a Bush holdover for this, even though you took more than five years to replace him. And, your commutations are limited to only first-time nonviolent offenders.
Beyond that, freeing Peltier might continue the discussion on improve relations between different tribes and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
If you want to go "long," beyond battling the worst effects of the War on Drugs (and addressing federal laws on marijuana might be better than a PR trip courtesy of Vice, anyway)
Go to the Coleman Unit in Florida.
Address what the early 1970s version of the National Security State you love so much today did wrong then with COINTELPRO.
And free Leonard Peltier.
Peltier's own artwork is funding his release efforts.
For more on why Peltier should be freed, and how COINTELPRO arguably sabotaged the American Indian Movement more than any other vehicle of the 1960s and early 1970s civil rights movement, "The Unquiet Grave" is a must read. Peter Matthiessen's classic "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" is good, but, as my review of it notes, he sometimes looks at AIM's leadership through rose-colored glasses.
Otherwise, your actions right now continue to be symbolic. You've done very few pardons, and you blame a Bush holdover for this, even though you took more than five years to replace him. And, your commutations are limited to only first-time nonviolent offenders.
Beyond that, freeing Peltier might continue the discussion on improve relations between different tribes and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
July 24, 2009
Help free Leonard Peltier
If you don’t know who Leonard Peltier is, or why he needs helping, you need to go here.
If you do know who Leonard Peltier is, his next parole hearing is July 28. Might still be time to mail a letter here:
There you go.
If you do know who Leonard Peltier is, his next parole hearing is July 28. Might still be time to mail a letter here:
United States Parole Commission 5550 Friendship Blvd., Ste. 420 Chevy Chase, MD 20815-7286 (Insert Date) Re: LEONARD PELTIER #89637-132
There you go.
July 15, 2009
Free Leonard Peltier!
His next parole hearing is July 28; click this link for more information. Even 30 years too late is better than never.
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