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A former public school teacher and YMCA executive director, I've been a 20 year international activist and independent journalist with over 500 articles and essays to my credit. I've helped conduct cd protests at the g-20 in Rostock, Germany, the g-20 in Pittsburg in 2007, and the battle of Seattle in 1999. Currently i am protesting the insidious 1,700 mile long tar sands pipeline from alberta to texas while actively helping the ows movement bring direct democracy to the american people. I live in Greenfield, MA, and I am also the president of a not-for-profit organization called National Alliance for the Wellbeing of All People andEarth. I can be contacted via my e-mail address or by phone at 413-320-3653. I hope you enjoy the enclosed article rob and thanks for all your terrific efforts to get out important information and news that our corporately owned press is denying us
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 6, 2011 We The People Have A Tough Responsibility: Use Direct Democracy To Change Our Corrupt Government
The vast majority of Americans are stuck in a rapidly rotting death-grip: On one hand, most of us realize that large corporations own and control our government -- creating an unhealthy system dominated by big banks and wealthy special interests -- the ruling class elite. OTOH, we've allowed ourselves, primarily by failing to stay well-informed and not taking responsibility for the healthy functioning of our govt