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From Public Citizen's Corporate Presidency site: "44 Trump administration officials have close ties to the Koch brothers and their network of political groups, particularly Vice President Mike Pence, White House Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and White House budget director Mick Mulvaney."
Dark Money author Jane Mayer on The Dangers of President Pence, New Yorker, Oct. 23 issue on-line
Can Time Inc. Survive the Kochs? November 28, 2017 By Jane Mayer
..."This year, among the Kochs’ aims is to spend a projected four hundred million dollars in contributions from themselves and a small group of allied conservative donors they have assembled, to insure Republican victories in the 2018 midterm elections. Ordinarily, political reporters for Time magazine would chronicle this blatant attempt by the Kochs and their allies to buy political influence in the coming election cycle. Will they feel as free to do so now?"...
"Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America" see: our site, and George Monbiot's essay on this key book by historian Nancy MacLean.
Full interview with The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer March 29, 2017, Democracy Now! about her article, "The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency: How Robert Mercer Exploited America’s Populist Insurgency."
Democracy Now! Special Broadcast from the Women's March on Washington
The Economics of Happiness -- shorter version
Local Futures offers a free 19-minute abridged version of its award-winning documentary film The Economics of Happiness. It "brings us voices of hope of in a time of crisis." www.localfutures.org.
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December 01, 2013
Bay Area Women in Black: Black Friday March and Vigil in San Francisco
"Today, "Black Friday" (ed: re shopping) in San Francisco, California, USA, saw a convergence of groups calling for a boycott of specific products made on Palestinian lands illegally occupied by Israel, and for an end to the occupation. The day also coincided with the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and with the National Days of Action to Stop SodaStream. Bay Area Women in Black are grateful for co-sponsors and allies, including BDS-Berlin; Frauen in Schwarz, Wien; Jewish Voice for Peace; Sabeel; Students for Justice in Palestine (UC-Berkeley); Vrouwen in het Swart, Leuven; and Women in Black, Berkeley, Knoxville (TN), and London. We're also grateful for the very capable escort provided by San Francisco Police Dept., Sgt. Phil Pera and our "angel," officer Michael. Our action was covered by Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA) reporters Elaine and Phil Pasquini. A link to their newsfeed follows:
A copy of our flier, of which around 200 copies were distributed, is attached. (Download here)
Tomorrow, Nov. 30, BAWIB will observe - at our regular Saturday vigil in Oakland - the international "Day of Rage" against the Prawer-Begin plan designed to uproot Bedouin citizens from their lands and their homes.
On Sunday, Dec. 1, a group participating in the National Days of Action to Stop SodaStream will demonstrate in front of the Target-Metrion store on 789 Mission Street, San Francisco, from 3-4 pm.
Thank you all for your continued dedication to peace, justice, and human rights."