[Peace-discuss] FW: This week's newsletter from Jill Stein

Sat Oct 24 07:50:10 EDT 2015

Oct. 24, 2015
Hello
from Texas, where peaceful rebellion is heating up! Across the lone
star state, everyday heroes are coming together for renewable energy
jobs, frack-free communities, a halt to immigrant deportations,
bailing out the students, and an end to the real border security
threat – the war on drugs…. and so much more. Stand by for more on the
Texas uprising soon.
In the mean time, I wanted to share some thoughts
on the recent Democratic presidential debate – what was said and left
out. Staged in a luxury resort in the mecca of casino capitalism, it
spoke volumes about the new era of social justice that has not come to
the Democratic Party. 
The debate exposed the
persistent deadly gulf between the corporate-funded politics that’s
brought us a world of crisis, and the people powered politics we
serve, fighting for a world of justice.
As part of that world in crisis, front
runner Hillary Clinton took an underwhelming stand against the
overwhelming problem of student debt. She offered lower interest
payments and called for students to work 10 hours a week for “free”
public higher education. 
In the America we deserve, only
our campaign is fighting to cancel student debt. Bankers who
crashed the economy were bailed out, so it’s high time to bail out
their victims, the students. Having funded high school as essential
for economic security throughout the 20th century, it’s
only fair that we now fund public higher education, which is critical
for security in the 21st century – especially since it
repays each dollar invested with $7 dollars in
benefits.
In the world of crisis we face, public
schools are under attack in a bipartisan privatization drive – a
subject missing in action from the Democratic debate. Standardized
test results are used to blame impoverished communities for the
effects of poverty. Once labeled as “failing”, their assets are handed
over to unaccountable, frequently corrupt private charters, whose
track record is worse than public schools.
In the America we
deserve I would end the privatization, fully fund our schools,
stop harmful high stakes testing, and promote teaching to the whole
student for lifetime learning.
Commenting on the world of crisis we face,
my fellow DemocracyNow post-debate panelist Les Payne observed that
#BlackLivesMatter had become a standardized test question to which the
Democratic candidates recited formulaic responses which explained
little and committed themselves to practically nothing.

In the America we
deserve I would work to empower all communities with special
investigators and Civilian Review Boards. I would end the
incarceration of children in adult prisons and call for decent food,
medical care and education for the incarcerated. I would implement a
National Action Plan for Racial Justice Now, to address convergent
racial injustice across the board, and cut our nation's shameful
record prison population by more than half.
In another
area of our world in crisis, Hillary Clinton called for a
no-fly zone over Syria, a take over of Syrian air space that defies
international law, lays groundwork for regime change, and commits us
to shooting down anyone who defies us, including nuclear-armed Russia!
With the exception of Lincoln Chafee, all Democratic debaters
supported the dangerous notion that Middle East violence should be
“solved” by inflicting more violence on the region – if not by the
U.S., then by our proxies, the Saudis.
In the world we deserve, I would seek a
weapons embargo to the Middle East, and ask our allies to do their
part - for Saudi Arabia to stop funding ISIS, for Turkey to close its
borders to jihadi reinforcements, and for all allies to stop buying
ISIS’ oil. This will be far more effective than bombing ISIS, which
brings ever more recruits to their ranks.
In the world of crisis we face, every one
of the Democratic candidates except Lincoln Chafee endorsed the
jailing of Edward Snowden. Yet Snowden has revealed pervasive,
unconstitutional government spying on American citizens and people
around the world that threatens the very foundation of
democracy.
For this reason, in the world we deserve,
I would welcome Edward Snowden home a hero, and release Chelsea
Manning, Jeffrey Sterling, Julian Assange and other courageous truth
tellers with praise and reparations. Their actions are essential for
preserving our imperiled democracy in the face of secretive,
unaccountable corporate government.
In this world of crisis,
the sham presidential debates and the parties that run them are
wholly owned corporate subsidiaries. In 2012, I was arrested for
simply trying to enter the grounds of a debate. I was taken to a
secret dark site, handcuffed to a metal chair, and held for seven
hours until the debate was over and the press was long gone. Clearly,
the political establishment is frightened that word will get out that
people have choices outside the corporate duopoly. Now our campaign is
fighting along with our Libertarian allies to open the debates and get
that word out. We have a right to vote. And we have a right to know
who we can vote for!
Democrats and Republicans have given us the America
we have. With the 2016 election just a year away, our campaign is
fighting for the world we deserve. 
Please join us in this peaceful rebellion by going
here.
Thanks for all you do to keep this movement moving
forward.

Jill
P.S.
This campaign for People, Planet and Peace over Profit does not take
corporate donations. So we must rely on contributions from people like
you. Please consider supporting this movement and our
campaign.

It's in
our hands.
Jill Stein
http://www.jill2016.com/

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