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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.
What's New?
January 15, 2009
No More Recycled Military Solutions
"Once again we face a leadership that knows one solution only: WAR. The Israeli government discussed for months the situation in Gaza, much like previous Israeli governments that debated numerous times, the situation in Lebanon, the first and second intifadas and in fact every single crisis Israel has faced. Yet, at the end of the day, these wise elected officials, women included, could only think of one solution, one vision: an offensive military operation. As if they haven’t tried this type of solution in the past. What else can be done? To occupy Gaza? We have done it. To impose a blockade? We have done it. To bomb? To kill? We have already tried these methods many times. No magic solution will appear as long as Israeli governments recycle aggressive military responses...
"You cannot put an end to injustice with military power and destruction. The Palestinians are fed up with this approach and they are not likely to sit and wait peacefully until Israel realizes that there is no military solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
"If we are to find a long and lasting solution to the conflict, we need a fundamentally different approach to the current crisis. Israeli must lift the blockade and allow freedom of movement within and to and from the Gaza Strip. This includes re-opening the airport and the fishermen port, ensuring the supply of fuel and flow of electricity and in particular addressing the grave need for medical supplies. Furthermore, students should be allowed to leave the Gaza Strip and pursue their studies elsewhere and Palestinian workers should be permitted to work in Israel. This is only the beginning. We should support the establishment of a railroad service that would connect the Gaza Strip with the West Bank to allow family visits and other vital exchanges. In short, to undo some of the damage wrought about by decades of military solutions, Israel needs to demonstrate generosity. We should pursue peace with an enemy that is alive rather than dead and the sooner the better!
Dr. Hannah Safran is a founder of Women in Black. She lives in Haifa, Israel.