Tag: politics
STATEMENT: BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current Government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory and population in the civilian and military areas of the city of Caracas, the capital of the Republic, and the states of Miranda, ...
Firewalls, Wi-Fi, and Watchlists: How Campus Tech Is Targeting Student Dissent
Across the U.S. and beyond, universities are quietly turning campus Wi-Fi, facial recognition, and immigration databases into tools of political control. A recent Amnesty International webinar pulled back the curtain on how students — especially those defending Palestinian rights — are being tracked, doxxed, detained, and even deported. This is a guide to what’s happening, ...
Coleen Rowley: When Wars Come Home
How a former FBI whistleblower connects U.S. “forever wars” to rising violence at home — and why Dearborn should be part of this conversation. For many Americans, Coleen Rowley is a name from a different political era: the post-9/11 years, when a quiet FBI lawyer from Minneapolis broke ranks to expose how the Bureau mishandled ...
Make the Greens Unignorable
Emanuel Pastreich’s three-part essay, A Green Party That Will Win, argues that Greens should stop chasing legitimacy from a corrupted duopoly and instead practice truth-first politics, radical democracy inside the party, and tangible community service that builds power from the ground up. Below, we present his full argument reformatted into three chapters—followed by Dearborn Blog’s ...
Here we go
By Dr.Ibrahim AtallahThe recent elections in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Hamtramck, and New York have drawn unusual attention, largely because the mayors elected in these communities are all Muslim. For some, this development has stirred unease, as if it signals that one group is “taking over.” Yet such reactions overlook the deeper and more inspiring truth ...
The Green Party Declares a Global Environmental and Peace Emergency!
(The Declaration was adopted by the Green Party of the United States National Committee by a majority vote of 38 States/Caucuses. It was introduced by the Green Party Peace Action Committee (GPAX) and endorsed by five state parties, the Green Party of Hawaii, the Green Party of New Jersey, the Green Party of Michigan, Green Party of ...
Introducing a Journey Through the Foundations of Universal Human Values: Article 5: Sexual Freedom — A Conservative Case for Liberty With Guardrails
Everyone has the right of freedom of choice and expression in their sexual orientation, and the only limitation of law should be related to securing the consent of adults within the sexual relationship and preventing rationally considerable harm related to it. Let me start where many of my friends in Livonia start: with a healthy ...
Blueprint or Band-Aid? Why the “Levant Peace” Pitch Misses the Mark
A newly advanced U.S. vision for Syria and Lebanon frames them as “next pieces” in a regional peace architecture. But from a pro-Green-Party, pro-Palestine vantage, the plan falls short on sovereignty, justice and lasting remedy. We unpack the fault lines in Tom Barrack’s article and relate them to the values we champion at Dearborn Blog. The ...
Introducing a Journey Through the Foundations of Universal Human Values: Article 4 Freedom of Religion: Defending not only the dignity of the believer—but the humanity of the doubter
.FridayMusings is pleased to provide our readers with Article 4 – Freedom of Religion from the Universal Declaration of Human Values by Wissam Charafeddine, a Livonia author and lecturer. This article is particularly important with its discussion of defending the dignity of the believer–but the humanity of the doubter.Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience ...
Introducing a Journey Through the Foundations of Universal Human Values: Article 3 – Freedom of Expression and Assembly
“Every human being has the right for freedom of expression without transgression on the rights of others. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.”From the Universal Declaration of Human Values by Wissam Charafeddine These freedoms have deep historical roots. From Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke and Voltaire to the American ...