This chart represents all the Fire power in the world via nuclear weapons. Each dot represents the total fire power in all of WWII. Each Square represents all the fire power necessary to destroy the world!
Here, I am in El Salvador helping the co-coordinator of the group hosting us, make a banner for a coming demonstration. Days after my last conversation with her while on my 5-day bus trip back to U.S., Tita Guzman, a 24-year-old mother of two, was disappeared and never seen again. It was later discovered that she had been taken to the infamous Treasury Dept and tortured. I dedicated my house in her honor! Below: I was the first to do so, but we caused a cultural stir when we all joined the Salvadorian women at the river to wash our clothes. Why weren’t our women washing the men’s clothes? Such a scandal! * Saint Oscar Romero, Salvadoran Roman Catholic archbishop who was a vocal critic of the violent activities of government armed forces, right-wing groups, and leftist guerrillas involved in El Salvador’s civil conflict. He was assassinated in 1980, and he is celebrated as a martyr for his defense of the poor. * Because of paperwork hassles hauling aid through Mexico, Guatemala and into El Salvador, all the aid was shipped by boat. Aid arrived by truck from the port.Part of human assembly line unloading the truck. A job well done loading the storage building in extreme humid heat.
Our group when into the mountains to visit one of the resettlement communities in eastern El Salvador. Met some young FMLN guerrillas on the trail. This was one of the conflict areas in the 1970-90s against the U.S. supported oligarch’s military. Meanwhile the death squads terrorized the communities in the cities. Below: Visiting these mountain communities was like going back into the 19th century (no electricity, running water but maybe a truck or two). * Members of our Carvan were able to get my brother-in-law to be, Manuel out of prison. I was able to visit him in prison with family members and to be outside at his release. When I met him later on a mountainside with his sisters and kids, he told me he would continue his political activities and resistance. A few years later and his family has never seen him again. * Meanwhile in the cities it was amazing how bold the resistance could be. McDonalds look like a fort and the American embassy was a fort. Death squad black tinted Cherokee Jeeps were frequent visitors there. Large marches against the Oligarch Death Squad Government.
Designed, self-financed and built with the help of homeless community and friends a large community garden in a vacant lot next to the Bay Point Community Center. Managed the garden for 5 years before it was rudely taken from me without any compensation by the same Park District Board 5-0 that gave me approval to create the garden 6 years prior by 5-0 vote.
I have been a Peace and Social Justice Advocate most all of my adult life. In 2020 (7.4%) and 2022 (21%), I ran for U.S. Congress in CA under the Green Party. This Blog and website are meant to be a progressive educational site, an alternative to corporate media and the two dominate political parties. Your comments and participation are most appreciated. (Click photo) .............................................. Created and managed by Michael E. Kerr
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