Bill Parsons
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This makes me quake. Make no mistake... theirs is NOT the pursuit of a conventional conservative agenda, nor even of a VERY conservative agenda; it's the pursuit of theocracy.
Ahead of the Texas House speaker race, Republican lawmakers appeared outside for a prayer meeting where pastors called for Christians to “take charge and authority” over the legislature and exercise their rightful “jurisdiction over the affairs of men.” #txlege
January 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This makes me quake. Make no mistake... theirs is NOT the pursuit of a conventional conservative agenda, nor even of a VERY conservative agenda; it's the pursuit of theocracy.
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Charles Person, who was the youngest of the Freedom Riders in 1961, has passed away at age 82.
With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Charles Person, youngest of the Freedom Riders, dies at 82
Bruised and bloodied while traveling through the South in 1961, he challenged segregation on interstate buses and in terminal waiting rooms.
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January 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Charles Person, who was the youngest of the Freedom Riders in 1961, has passed away at age 82.
With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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She’s right, you know.
January 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
She’s right, you know.
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Well, before we even talk about how racist you have to be to back the extermination of the Palestinians in Gaza, here’s a few other highlights from Keir Starmer.
January 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Well, before we even talk about how racist you have to be to back the extermination of the Palestinians in Gaza, here’s a few other highlights from Keir Starmer.
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Capitalism doesn't care about facts, only profits
www.peoplesworld.org/article/zuck...
www.peoplesworld.org/article/zuck...
Zuckerberg ditches fact-checking, appeals to MAGA to further his tech monopoly
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a video this week announcing that all of his company’s platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, etc.) will do away with their fact-checking programs.
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January 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Capitalism doesn't care about facts, only profits
www.peoplesworld.org/article/zuck...
www.peoplesworld.org/article/zuck...
Capitalism and climate change go hand in hand
www.peoplesworld.org/article/capi...
www.peoplesworld.org/article/capi...
Capitalism the failure behind preventing Los Angeles fires and climate change
LOS ANGELES—Apocalyptic scenes have unfolded with multiple fires scorching the greater Los Angeles County area. They have so far left thousands of acres burned and over a thousand structures destroyed...
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January 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Capitalism and climate change go hand in hand
www.peoplesworld.org/article/capi...
www.peoplesworld.org/article/capi...
Solidarity with all workers (but especially those near my home town)
www.peoplesworld.org/article/star...
www.peoplesworld.org/article/star...
Starbucks strike solidarity in small town Pennsylvania
LANCASTER, Penn.—In sub-freezing weather, Mennonites pass by in horse and buggy while a sign on the local Starbucks door reads, “Don’t Iron While the Strike is Hot.
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January 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Solidarity with all workers (but especially those near my home town)
www.peoplesworld.org/article/star...
www.peoplesworld.org/article/star...
Late stage capitalism
January 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Late stage capitalism
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After almost 20 years of division, Service Employees rejoin AFL-CIO www.peoplesworld.org/article/afte...
After almost 20 years of division, Service Employees rejoin AFL-CIO
WASHINGTON—After almost 20 years officially on the outside, the gigantic Service Employees are formally bringing their two million members back into the AFL-CIO.
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January 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
After almost 20 years of division, Service Employees rejoin AFL-CIO www.peoplesworld.org/article/afte...
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Adopting Trump’s style, European far right copies leftist language to sell fascism www.peoplesworld.org/article/adop...
Adopting Trump’s style, European far right copies leftist language to sell fascism
Around the world, we have been witnessing the rise of new right-wing and neo-fascist political forces at the same time as we have experienced the demise or marginalization of strong left-wing forces. ...
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January 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Adopting Trump’s style, European far right copies leftist language to sell fascism www.peoplesworld.org/article/adop...
Teaching in the Trump era: The classroom as a site of struggle www.peoplesworld.org/article/teac...
Teaching in the Trump era: The classroom as a site of struggle
“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity, or it becomes the practi...
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January 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Teaching in the Trump era: The classroom as a site of struggle www.peoplesworld.org/article/teac...
Food, drink, and books #foodphotography #foodporn #foodie #foodstagram #foodpics ##what_bill_is_reading #books #bookphotography #bookporn #bookworm #booklover #livingmybestlife
January 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Something something history rhymes something
January 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Something something history rhymes something
Break in food and drink
December 31, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Break in food and drink
Book haul from a quick trip to Otto Books in Williamsport
December 31, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Book haul from a quick trip to Otto Books in Williamsport