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(Writer’s note: I’ve also published versions of this article on two mirror sites representing my call for a national congress or convention to deliberate about constitutional solutions through amendments and to submit the amendments they recommend to the American people in a binding referendum. This article is published at peoplescongress.net and peoplesconvention.us—under . . . → Read More: Introducing the Idea of a People’s Convention or Congress I’ve been cooperating with John Mulkins, the original founder of the website http://peoplescongress.org. I fully support him and those with whom he has been working. I’ve written a draft of a mission and vision statement for the People’s Congress. The writing in this draft arises from years of study of electoral systems, and . . . → Read More: Draft of Mission and Vision for the People’s Congress I am interested in helping to stimulate a dialogue towards ultimate solutions whereby the American people’s will becomes the law of the land. I believe this cannot happen within the framework of our current government, its constitutional limitations, and the resulting two-party system entirely corrupted by money. I . . . → Read More: Lakoff and Westen Miss the Constitutional Elephant in the Room by Kelly Gerling A progressive revolution is the process of bringing about a democratic system whereby the will of the people becomes the law of the land. Where this has happened it is due to using electoral and constitutional methods which protect the rights of minorities, enables majorities to make decisions, allows . . . → Read More: What is a progressive revolution?
Achieving Progressive Political Unity Based on a Speech to the Tacoma-Pierce County Chapter of Washington Public Campaigns Tacoma, Washington October 31st, 2009 By Kelly Gerling © 2009 Kelly Patrick Gerling My name is Kelly Gerling. I work as . . . → Read More: Achieving Progressive Political Unity  Leave a comment  Articles, Categories:, Electoral and Constitutional Change, Kelly Gerling Article, Progressive Political Unity  left radical, left unity, leftist unity, progressive change, progressive history, progressive identity, progressive politics, progressive revolution, progressive unity, radical change, structural change OUR GRIEVANCES AS AMERICANS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT As I write in October, 2011, groups of citizens are springing up all over the nation, from Maine to California; from Alaska to Florida—hundreds of assemblies—to voice our grievances about our government and our economy Why? Because people in America . . . → Read More: Our Grievances as Americans—In Solidarity with The Occupy Movement
by Kelly Gerling 12-12-10 After his 8.5 hour Senate speech in which Senator Bernie Sanders detailed the corporate takeover of American, over decades whereby our nation has become a plutocracy, sources inside Vermont have not denied that there is a possibility that he will run for President . . . → Read More: Will Bernie Sanders Challenge President Obama in 2012? A recent article in In These Times highlights how the corporate regime is cutting wages to increase profits during our great recession. What can be done? Germany’s solution is elegant: economic co-determination. Investors elect half of the board of directors. Workers (including union members) elect the other half of board seats. This could . . . → Read More: A Solution to Massive Efforts to Cut American Wages Why Were Hiroshima and Nagasaki Destroyed in the Only Nuclear Attack in World History? The evidence thus far disproves the old propaganda story about saving lives and ending the war. Serious historians no longer even debate whether the nuclear attacks against Japan were used to end the war, prevent the necessity of . . . → Read More: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Kelly Gerling Dana Priest and William Arkin revealed the first of a three-part article about the secret new fourth branch of the US government—the national security state. The article is called Top Secret America. They asked for questions at the Post, and I submitted some. I doubt they will deal with . . . → Read More: Questions for Priest and Arkin at the Washington Post about Top Secret America Ted Glick went to court today for the grave atrocity of hanging a banner inside the US Senate building suggesting that “green jobs now” were a good idea and that the Senate should “get to work” on a climate bill. For this, the Obama “justice” system sought to get him imprisoned for three years. . . . → Read More: Ted Glick’s Sentencing Statement July 6, 2010 © Copyright 2010 by Kelly Gerling What kind of crisis are we Americans experiencing? US government military forces and intelligence agencies in Afghanistan and Pakistan select targets with large percentages of civilians and kill them, along with people suspected as being members of militias resisting the US occupation. The US government holds . . . → Read More: Solutions for a Nation in Crisis |
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