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About mekorganic

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

Monroe Doctrine – Central America Abuse

Posted on January 12, 2021 by mekorganic

President Barack Obama could swiftly improve U.S. relations with Latin America by announcing the death of the Monroe Doctrine and then presiding over its funeral. Such a statement would cost him little domestically, and win him praise and appreciation throughout … Continue reading →

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Medicare For All

Posted on January 12, 2021 by mekorganic

MEDICARE FOR ALL We need a single-payer, national health care system which guarantees care for all regardless of their ability to pay. Expanded and improved Medicare for all means everybody in, nobody out. Bernie Sanders’ Health Care as a Human … Continue reading →

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McCarthyism

Posted on January 12, 2021 by mekorganic

MCCARTHYISM President Harry S. Truman’s Executive Order 9835 of March 21, 1947, required that all federal civil-service employees be screened for “loyalty”. The order said that one basis for determining disloyalty would be a finding of “membership in, affiliation with … Continue reading →

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Korean War 1950s

Posted on January 12, 2021 by mekorganic

KOREAN WAR 1950S At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States liberated Korea from imperial Japanese colonial control on 15 August 1945. After the war had ended, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel … Continue reading →

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JFK Assassination

Posted on January 11, 2021 by mekorganic

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was riding with his wife … Continue reading →

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Jim Crow Laws

Posted on January 11, 2021 by mekorganic

JIM CROW LAWS Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. All were enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures after the Reconstruction period. … Continue reading →

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JACKSON STATE KILLINGS, 1970

Posted on January 11, 2021 by mekorganic

JACKSON STATE KILLINGS, 1970 The Jackson State Killings took place at Jackson State College (now Jackson State University) on May 15, 1970, in Jackson, Mississippi. Around midnight on May 14, city and state police confronted a group of students and … Continue reading →

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Index – Political Martyrs

Posted on January 11, 2021 by mekorganic

Mumia Abu-Jamal Julian Assange Judi Bari Steve Biko Rachel Corrie Vernon Dahmer Jonathan Daniels Eugene Victor “Gene” Debs Medgar Evers Mahatma Gandhi Che Guevara Jimmie Lee Jackson Clyde Kennard John F. Kennedy Robert F. Kennedy Martin Luther King Jr. George … Continue reading →

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Events Calendar History

Posted on January 11, 2021 by mekorganic

Volunteers wanted to help with website/blog. contact If you have additions post in comments of appropriate month (date, title and link) . 2021-06 Events – June 2021 2021-05 Events – May 2021 2021-04 Events – April 2021 2021-03 Events – March 2021 2021-02 Events … Continue reading →

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2020-04 Events – April 2020

Posted on January 11, 2021 by mekorganic

TERRY MCMILLAN IT’S NOT ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE April 16, Thursday, 7:30 pm  –  First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley Terry McMillan has been charming readers with her signature warmth, sharp humor, and fierce female characters for more than … Continue reading →

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