Peninsula Activist News
Webinar: Pride, Prejudice, and Corporate P.R.
Corporate support of causes is simply public relations. It is a sign that the culture is shifting thanks to the hard work of those impacted. It does not mean the business actually cares. A...
Southern Workers Defy History by Unionizing
Many corporations choose to locate in the South because low union density enables them to pay poor wages. But now, worker power is spreading across numerous industries in the South. By Tom Conway...
This Pride Month Let’s Remember: Corporations Are Not Allies
The Target company’s capitulation to homophobes and transphobes is a testament to the dangers of relying on corporations to uphold social justice. By Sonali Kolhatkar Economy for All Just days...
Memorial Day Should Be a Solemn Occasion to Value Peace
We are not in a conventional shooting war, but we are behaving as though we don’t care if we fall into one. Our men and women in uniform deserve better. By Juan Cole Middle Eastern and South Asian...
Report Shows How $1.1 Trillion in Annual US Militarized Spending Is Crushing Society
The militarized portion of this budget is by far its largest single component. And yet the same legislators demanding billions in discretionary savings have vowed to exempt that militarized spending...
More than two dozen cities and states are suing Big Oil over climate change – they just got a boost from the US Supreme Court
At stake in all of these cases is who pays for the staggering cost of a changing climate. The plaintiffs accuse the companies of lying to the public about their products’ risks. Patrick Parenteau,...
‘Mistaken, misread, misquoted, mislabeled, and mis-spoken’ – what Woody Guthrie wrote about the national debt debate in Congress during the Depression
He compared their debates to “hearin’ the hens a cacklin’ – and a runnin’ out to the barn.” Despite the scene’s being “loud, noisy, and plenty entertaining,” the result was “no eggs.” By Mark Allan...
Billionaires Spent Over $1 Billion on 2022 Elections—More Than Any Year in US History
"Billionaires spending a billion dollars on a shopping spree for democracy should wake us all up to the threat posed by nearly unlimited wealth applied without limits to our elections," said the...
CNN’s Trump Train Wreck and the Mainstreaming of Authoritarians
Last week’s town-hall debacle is just more evidence of the dangers inherent in a commercial media system that mainstreams lying demagogues for profit. By Tim Karr FreePress.net The pageantry of lies...
A New Republican Assault on Children: Overturning Labor Laws
It seems unimaginable that we are backsliding into the era of exploiting child labor. But that’s precisely what the GOP appears to be doing. By Sonali Kolhatkar Independent Media Institute Two...
Goldman Prize Goes to Activists Who Scored Huge Victories Over Corporate Polluters
"A grassroots activist in Malawi working to combat plastic pollution in her own country is directly connected to us, and vice versa; and she has much to teach us about how we can do that work at...
No Country for Nuclear Madmen
"President Biden campaigned in 2020 on a promise to declare a policy of no first use of nuclear weapons. He should keep that promise, and the world should demand the same commitment from Putin." ~...
World Water Day: Advancing the Human Right to Water in the United States
On World Water Day, policy makers have a job to do. Water isn't a commodity to be sold to only those that can pay. It's a basic right our government must provide to all residents. By Monica...
Senior Climate Activists Rally Across US to ‘Stop Dirty Banks’
"We will not go to our graves quietly knowing that the financial institutions in our own communities continue to fund the climate crisis," said longtime environmentalist Bill McKibben. By Kenny...
The Illegal Invasion of Iraq: Never Forget
George W. Bush is being reanimated as a folksy painter instead of brought to account for his administration's war crimes. By Lisa Ling and Clare Bayard How did we get here? 20 years after the...
US Strike Activity Surged in 2022 as SCOTUS Workers’ Rights Ruling Looms
More Americans expressed approval of unions last year than they have in more than 50 years. But unions may be under threat as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a key labor case. By Julia Conley...
As Pentagon Budget Nears $1 Trillion, Groups Tell Biden: Enough
"We reject pouring our dollars into outdated ships, malfunctioning planes, or record-breaking contractor CEO salaries while everyday people remain hungry, unhoused, in need of adequate healthcare,...
The Rail Unions Warned Us: Greed Is Dangerous
Following multiple, dangerous derailments across the country, those working the railroad have a solution to the nation's rail crisis: public ownership. By Rebekah Entralgo Inequality.org The toxic...
Action Alert: Sign a Letter to Congress for Nuclear Disarmament
Let's put the debate about nuclear weapons back where it belongs: Front and center before the American people. Urge your Representative to become a co-sponsor of H.Res. 77 to help do just that. Sign...
US Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to End Authorizations for ‘Horrific Forever Wars’
Since 9/11, so-called "counterterrorism operations" have exploded across the globe with little to no oversight, necessitating further congressional action to rein in Pentagon aggression. By Kenny...
Here’s What States Are Doing to Abortion Rights in 2023
The aim is to pass increasingly restrictive laws until the goal of ending abortions nationwide is reached, anti-abortion advocates said. by Megan Rose ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer...
Calling a Fascist a Fascist Is Descriptive—Not a Slur
Our media and politicians need to figure out that it’s not a slur to call a fascist a fascist. It’s merely descriptive. We must start explicitly calling out fascist behavior before it’s too late. By...
The Clearest Case for Taxing Billionaires Yet
Last year, the world’s wealthiest lost billions and didn’t suffer one bit. They wouldn’t suffer if they had to pay their fair share of taxes either. By Sam Pizzigati Sometimes the daily news about...
Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US
Beyond any protests, every police killing – indeed, every violent act by police toward civilians – can have painful and widespread consequences. By Denise A. Herd University of California, Berkeley...
‘Unprecedented Danger’: Doomsday Clock Set at 90 Seconds to Midnight
"We are on the brink of a precipice. But our leaders are not acting at sufficient speed or scale to secure a peaceful and liveable planet." By Jessica Corbett Common Dreams "We are living in a time...
Police Violence Reached an All-Time High Last Year—Are We Ready to Shrink Police Budgets?
How can we simply accept that police will continue to kill more and more people each year? By Sonali Kolhatkar Independent Media Institute The year 2022 was the deadliest year on record in the...
Dancing with History – A Book Talk with George Lakey
Dancing with History - A Book Talk with George Lakey Monday, February 13, 6:00 PM Free and Open to All In Person: First Presbyterian Church, 1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto Map On Zoom:...
Raskin Says Electoral College Is a ‘Danger’ to Democracy and Should Be Abandoned
"The Electoral College, which has given us five popular vote losers as president in our history, twice in this century alone, has become a danger, not just to democracy, but to the American people"...
Courts Will Hear Groundbreaking Climate Cases in 2023
From Australia to the EU to the U.S., governments will be on trial as courts focus on climate By Dana Drugmand Courts are becoming a critically important arena for addressing issues of justice and...
What the Criminal Referral of Trump Means – A Constitutional Law Expert Explains the Jan. 6 Committee Action
The House committee’s message of accountability – that if the nation is to consider itself to be a democracy that works there must be accountability for Trump and others – was made very powerfully....