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Foreign Policy – Women’s Rights

Posted on March 15, 2020 by mekorganic

We must make a strong and urgent call for U.S. passage of CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, which was adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly and ratified by 173 countries. … Continue reading →

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Foreign Policy-Trade

Posted on March 15, 2020 by mekorganic

We need to urge our government to do the following: Re-formulate all international trade relations and commerce as currently upheld by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World … Continue reading →

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Foreign Policy

Posted on March 15, 2020 by mekorganic

At the start of a new century, we stand poised between: The geopolitical conflict of East versus West. A future marked by the aftermath of the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001 The dangers of global terrorism. The U.S.-led invasion … Continue reading →

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First Amendment Rights

Posted on March 15, 2020 by mekorganic

Strictly enforce our First Amendment rights of speech, assembly, association and petition. Federal, state and local governments must safeguard our right to public, non-violent protest. It is intolerable that law enforcement agencies intimidate lawful protesters with brutality, surveillance, repression and … Continue reading →

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Families and Children

Posted on March 15, 2020 by mekorganic

We need social policies to focus on protecting families. The young— our citizens of tomorrow— are increasingly at risk. Programs must ensure that children, who are among the most vulnerable members of society, receive basic nutritional, educational, and medical necessities. … Continue reading →

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Fair Banking for All

Posted on March 15, 2020 by mekorganic

Last year alone, Americans paid $113 billion in interest on credit cards. That’s 50 percent more than just five years ago. With a total of more than $1 trillion in outstanding revolving credit card debt and an average balance of … Continue reading →

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Environmental Justice

Posted on March 15, 2020 by mekorganic

We need to support a holistic approach to justice, recognizing that environmental justice, social justice and economic justice depend on and support each other. No one — including people of color and the poor — should be poisoned nor subjected … Continue reading →

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Energy Sources

Posted on March 15, 2020 by mekorganic

We must advocate the phase-out of nuclear and coal power plants. All processes associated with nuclear power are dangerous, from the mining of uranium to the transportation and disposal of the radioactive waste. The generation of nuclear waste must be … Continue reading →

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Energy

Posted on March 15, 2020 by mekorganic

The United States has a high-energy-consumption economy based mainly on fossil energy. The extraction, refining, and combustion of fossil fuels have proved extremely harmful to the environment, and supplies are rapidly being depleted. Over the past century, the infrastructure of … Continue reading →

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Electoral Reform

Posted on March 12, 2020 by mekorganic

Enact proportional representation voting systems for legislative seats on municipal, county, state and federal levels. Proportional representation systems provide that people are represented in the proportion their views are held in society and are based on dividing seats proportionally within … Continue reading →

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