1 Comment

DIRECT DEMOCRACY

==================

Caitlin,

Please investigate Direct Democracy as a tool to rein in zionism, militarism and the Pentagon.

DD is a political reform tool that is promoted by the Foreign Policy Alliance, a Houston antiwar group.

For details I suggest you acquire a copy of “Let the People Rule”, by prof. John Matsusaka. He heads the Initiative and Referendum Institute at USC.

Websites:

www.iandrinstitute.org

www.johnmatsusaka.com

Peacemakers can use local ballot measures, both binding and non binding, to change the national conversation about American foreign policy. I have seen DD used successfully many times on local matters.

And the Nuclear Freeze movement used it to great effect in the 1980s.

Progressive historian Lawrence Wittner is an expert on that episode. See:

Interview - Lawrence Wittner - Confronting the Bomb

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsH-cWX5eOQ

“What Activists Can Learn from the Nuclear Freeze Movement

https://hnn.us/articles/1636.html (2003?)

“The Nuclear Freeze and It’s impact” (2010)

https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2010_12/LookingBack

A younger historian of the movement is Henry Marr who released “Freeze! The Grassroots movement to halt the Arms race” in 2021:

https://www.amazon.com/Freeze-Grassroots-Movement-Halt-Arms/dp/1501760882/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38IWLGWENJAFB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6c-KsOp4qDWq2_LiQDWmlg.FWsxWTvwG9KDjx1HYBiX2SotDUB-NS54dJrtJn8jWaM&dib_tag=se&keywords=%E2%80%9CFreeze%21+The+Grassroots+movement+to+halt+the+Arms+race%E2%80%9D&qid=1716852099&sprefix=freeze+the+grassroots+movement+to+halt+the+arms+race+%2Caps%2C80&sr=8-1

I have more information on this tactic if you are interested.

Barry Klein

2207 Hardy Street

Houston, TX 77026

713-224-4144

ForeignPolicyAlliance.org

Check out our Take Action page.

===========

DIRECT DEMOCRACY

Please investigate Direct Democracy as a tool to rein in militarism and the Pentagon.  

DD is a political reform tool that is promoted by the Foreign Policy Alliance, a Houston antiwar group.

For details I suggest you acquire a copy of “Let the People Rule”, by prof. John Matsusaka. He heads the Initiative and Referendum Institute at USC. 

Websites: www.iandrinstitute.org/www.johnmatsusaka.com/

Peacemakers can use local ballot measures, both binding and non binding, to change the national conversation about American foreign policy. I have seen DD used successfully many times on local matters. 

And the Nuclear Freeze movement used it to great effect in the 1980s.Progressive historian Lawrence Wittner is an expert on that episode. See:

Interview - Lawrence Wittner - Confronting the Bomb

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsH-cWX5eOQ

“What Activists Can Learn from the Nuclear Freeze Movement”https://hnn.us/articles/1636.html (2003?)

“The Nuclear Freeze and It’s impact” (2010)https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2010_12/LookingBack

A younger historian of the movement is Henry Marr who released “Freeze! The Grassroots movement to halt the Arms race” in 2021:https://www.amazon.com/Freeze-Grassroots-Movement-Halt-Arms/dp/1501760882/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38IWLGWENJAFB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6c-KsOp4qDWq2_LiQDWmlg.FWsxWTvwG9KDjx1HYBiX2SotDUB-NS54dJrtJn8jWaM&dib_tag=se&keywords=%E2%80%9CFreeze%21+The+Grassroots+movement+to+halt+the+Arms+race%E2%80%9D&qid=1716852099&sprefix=freeze+the+grassroots+movement+to+halt+the+arms+race+%2Caps%2C80&sr=8-1

Barry Klein

2207 Hardy StreetHouston, TX 77026

713-224-4144

ForeignPolicyAlliance.org

Check out our Take Action page.

Expand full comment