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Woman’s Social Equality

Posted on March 17, 2020 by mekorganic

We should support the equal application of the Constitution of the United States of America to all citizens, and therefore call for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). We must urge renewed efforts and campaigns to ratify the ERA. … Continue reading →

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Women’s Rights

Posted on March 17, 2020 by mekorganic

Since the beginning of what we call civilization, when men’s dominance over women was firmly established. Until the present day, our history has been marred with oppression of and brutality to women. We need to end this system of male … Continue reading →

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Women’s Reproductive Rights

Posted on March 17, 2020 by mekorganic

Women’s rights must be protected and expanded to guarantee each woman’s right as a full participant in society, free from sexual harassment, job discrimination or interference in the intensely personal choice about whether to have a child. Women’s right to … Continue reading →

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Women’s Economic Equality

Posted on March 17, 2020 by mekorganic

Women earn only 77% of men’s wages for equal work, despite outnumbering men in the workforce and despite the U.S. 1963 Equal Pay Act. Thus we should support intensified effort to see this unfair gap closed, including support for the … Continue reading →

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Welfare – A Commitment to Ending Poverty

Posted on March 17, 2020 by mekorganic

An unjust society is an unsustainable society. When communities are stressed by poverty, violence and despair, our ability to meet the challenges of the post industrial age are critically impaired. A holistic, future-focused perspective on how we distribute resources in … Continue reading →

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Veterans and GI Rights

Posted on March 17, 2020 by mekorganic

Support for men and women in the armed forces must go far beyond the rhetoric used to discredit the peace movement in the U.S. today. We need to understand that the ill-advised and illegal actions of the U.S. administration have … Continue reading →

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USA PATRIOT Act

Posted on March 17, 2020 by mekorganic

We must call for the repeal of the USA PATRIOT ACT. Many of its provisions, along with many of the other so-called National Security Acts, undermine and erode our Bill of Rights, and contribute to the destruction of the democratic … Continue reading →

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SOA – Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation

Posted on March 17, 2020 by mekorganic

Close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly known as the School of the Americas, in Ft. Benning, Georgia. The SOA, renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) in 2001, is a US military training school based … Continue reading →

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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Posted on March 17, 2020 by mekorganic

We should support full legal and political equality for all persons regardless of sex, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity, characteristics, and expression. We should affirm the rights of all individuals to freely choose intimate partners, regardless of their sex, … Continue reading →

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Reparations for United States Afrodescendants

Posted on March 17, 2020 by mekorganic

The development of the United States has been marked by conflict over questions of race. Our nation was formed only after Native Americans were displaced. The institution of slavery had as its underpinnings the belief in white supremacy, which we … Continue reading →

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