OPINION- It's budget season on a permanent basis now. When I was a full-time community organizer I used to love to go to Washington DC in time for the cherry blossoms and the hog slopping.
When I was in prison for my nonviolent anti-nuclear actions, one of my disciplines was to write something for publication every day a letter to the editor, an opinion piece, a book review, or even mediocre poetry. One hundred percent of my writing was in opposition to nuclear weapons.
he countless stories of disenfranchised people around the world making a difference in their democracies or even creating democracy where there had been none can help motivate us when we feel like it s hopeless. It is never impossible to participate in democracy. People like Rosa Parks, John Lewis, Alice Paul, and so many more are still influential even though they ve passed on.
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