Author Archives: mekorganic

Unknown's avatar

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

COVID 19 Coronavirus

Posted on December 19, 2020 by mekorganic

COVID-19 has exposed how poorly prepared the U.S. healthcare system is to handle an epidemic, getting ill in the United States carries the extra burden of potential financial ruin. We need to move to a National Improved Medicare for All … Continue reading →

Posted in coronavirus, health care, Medicare for All, Trump | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

OUR EMERGENCY

Posted on December 19, 2020 by mekorganic

SCIENTISTS NOW GIVE US 10 YEARS TO PREVENT A RUNAWAY CLIMATE CATASTROPHE! OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS AN INHUMANE DISASTER! INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMIC RACISM INFECTS OUR TOTAL SOCIETY WEALTH INEQUITY IS DESTROYING OUR SOCIETY! BILLIONAIRES WOULD LIKE TO MAKE OUR EXISTENCE … Continue reading →

Posted in Biological Diversity, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, Climate Change, consumer protection, coronavirus, Corporate revolving door, corruption, Covid-19, criminal justice, Critical Thinking, Deep State, Democracy, Democratic Party, discrimination, Ecology, economic equality, economical justice, health care, Medicare for All, militarism, Military-Industrial-Media Complex, pandemic, police brutality, police brutality victims, police reform, racial justice, racism, Republican Party | Leave a comment

Student Debt

Posted on December 17, 2020 by mekorganic

It’s time to forgive all student and parent loans taken out to finance post-secondary and vocational education. We also need to provide free college tuition to all qualified students at public universities and vocational schools. Green Party on education Additional … Continue reading →

Posted in education, student debt | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Minimum Wage

Posted on December 17, 2020 by mekorganic

A guarantted livable wage should be our goal. In the meantime increasing the minimum wage of workers is necessary. The federal minimum wage for all workers should be set to at least $15 per hour, indexed to inflation. The federal … Continue reading →

Posted in Labor, minimum wage | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The richest family in every state

Posted on December 16, 2020 by mekorganic

Mega-rich dynasties across America The land of opportunity, America is home to some of the wealthiest families in the world, from old-money dynasties such as the Mellons and Johnsons, to nouveau-riche clans like the Zuckerbergs and Buffetts. Click or scroll … Continue reading →

Posted in wealthy | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Immigrant Child Separation

Posted on December 11, 2020 by mekorganic

After enacting a “zero tolerance” policy towards all adult immigrants crossing the border into the U.S., in effect separating parents from their children and keeping the children in inhumane conditions, the Trump administration now intends to rescind this measure. However, … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigrants, immigration | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Hurricane Katrina & FEMA

Posted on December 11, 2020 by mekorganic

It’s New Orleans remembrance time; that time where, for the last ten years at the end of August, public attention returns for a bit to the city that abandoned its poorest. Mostly black, in a majority black city, democracy failed … Continue reading →

Posted in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Hurricane Katrina | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Hiroshima – Nagasaki

Posted on December 11, 2020 by mekorganic

The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, with the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement. The two bombings killed between … Continue reading →

Posted in atomic bomb, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harry Truman, Hiroshima, Nagasaki | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Haiti Invasion 1915

Posted on December 11, 2020 by mekorganic

The United States occupation of Haiti began on July 28, 1915, when 330 US Marines landed at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the authority of US President Woodrow Wilson. The first invasion forces had already disembarked from USS Montana on January 27, 1914.[2] The July intervention took place following the murder of dictator President Vilbrun … Continue reading →

Posted in Franklin D Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Haiti, Woodrow Wilson | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Guatemala Plight

Posted on December 11, 2020 by mekorganic

Decades of U.S. policy in Guatemala alone have turned the country into a land of wreck and ruin. This is the ultimate reason migrants have been crossing into the United States in increasing numbers in recent months. Harsh immigration enforcement … Continue reading →

Posted in Guatamala | Tagged , , | Leave a comment