CODEPINK's Madea Benjamin: Time for a Ukraine ceasefire. Should Biden give paid sick leave by order?
CODEPINK's Madea Benjamin joins Politics Done Tight to detail why this is the ideal time for a Ukraine ceasefire. Should President Biden provide sick leave by executive order? Can he?
Madea Benjamin is in town and will make several appearances in the Houston, Texas, metro area. She will appear on Politics Done Right on KPFT at Noon Central Time today, December 2nd, 2022.
Benjamin wrote a must-read article at Common Dreams titled “8 Reasons Why Now Is a Good Time for a Ukraine Ceasefire and Peace Talks” that we must explore. Her basic tenets are:
The first, and most urgent reason, is the incredible daily death and suffering in Ukraine and the chance to save millions more Ukrainians from being forced to leave their homes, their belongings, and the conscripted menfolk they may never see again.
Neither side can achieve a decisive military victory, and with its recent military gains, Ukraine is in a good negotiating position.
U.S. government officials, especially in the Republican Party, are starting to balk at the prospect of continuing this enormous level of military and economic support.
The war is causing upheavals in Europe.
Most of the world is calling for negotiations.
The war in Ukraine, like all wars, is catastrophic for the environment.
The war has a devastating economic impact on countries across the world.
The last reason, which dramatically reinforces all the other reasons, is the danger of nuclear war.
Her article expands on each of the above-mentioned reasons. She is absolutely correct, in my humble opinion. I did want to add to the rationale for item 4. I think we too easily buy into the following statement, which our corporatocracy is selling.
Sanctions on Russian energy have sent inflation in Europe skyrocketing and caused a devastating squeeze on energy supplies that is crippling the manufacturing sector.
The war in Russia as well as other mistakes by the corporatocracy were the excuses for inflation. I appeared on Muslim Network TV recently to dispute the oil shortage lie. We also constantly discuss with fact-based information about inflation mostly caused by corporate greed.
On the national front, should Biden provide sick leave for rail workers by executive order? I think he should. Democrats and Republicans always seem able to pass legislation to help corporate America. Our government took the side of the corporatocracy to keep our economy from cratering from a rail strike. The working-class has been on the decline for decades, yet they never get the break even when the government, we-the-people is in the driver’s seat.
This subject is the topic of discussion today on Politics Done Right on KPFT 90.1 FM Houston today at Noon Central Time (1 PM Eastern/10 AM Pacific/11 AM Mountain). You can listen to it on air at 90.1 FM in the Houston metropolitan area or at politicsdoneright.tv.
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