Another platform in this spinning world of media consolidation/destruction, is Z network. Z has been publishing in one form or another since 1987. Here’s an example of the kind of media analysis it’s known for; the post office is one of my favorite public institutions. Public libraries are another.
#z #postoffice #labor #media #sonalikolhatkar
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-the-right-really-hates-the-postal-service/

> FedEx—one of USPS’s prime private competitors—is more expensive than USPS for letter-sized and small packages, which is why your neighborhood postal worker is more likely to deliver meds and ballots to your grandparents on time.
> Trump, Musk, the Heritage Foundation, and their ilk routinely claim private corporations are more cost-efficient and deliver greater value than publicly funded services. Precisely the opposite is true...
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-the-right-really-hates-the-postal-service/
#uspol #USEconomy #USPS #Privatization #FedEx #SonaliKolhatkar

> ... migrants from nonwhite nations in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia are being deliberately dumped into towns and cities with no plan for orderly absorption and assimilation—in direct contrast to how well the Biden administration welcomed #UkrainianRefugees. A February 2024.. report by #JerusalemDemsas in the Atlantic... explored what happened and why.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/09/time-for-truthful-narratives-on-immigration/
#SonaliKolhatkar #USAImmigration #BidenOnImmigration #uspol #UkranianImmigrants

' Would be nice if the cats could steer policy: like stop bombing: I bet there are cats in Gaza and other parts of the Middle East too..
.> It’s been even harder for anti-genocide activists to win a commitment from Harris for an arms embargo against Israel in the face of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/09/16/harris-cant-embrace-billionaires-if-she-wants-to-win/
#KikiWithCat #KikiOnBroomstick #SonaliKolhatkar #KamalaHarris #CatLadies

Sonali Kolhatkar on the potential for decency to win the US Presidential election for Kamala Harris

.> Think about how hard it has been for climate justice activists to get Harris to stick to her original idea in 2019 to oppose fracking. In the recent debate with Donald Trump, days after scientists declared summer 2024 the hottest on record, she promised, “I will not ban fracking”—ostensibly to win over Pennsylvania’s undecided voters.

.> It’s been even harder for anti-genocide activists to win a commitment from Harris for an arms embargo against Israel in the face of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza.

.> Harris could win by leaning into higher taxes for billionaires. Data for Progress found that expanding the federally funded program of Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing, would help Harris the most in swing states. The second most important position backed by voters was raising taxes on the wealthy. What better way to expand Medicare than to tax the rich to pay for it?

##SonaliKolhatkar ##ForHarrisWin