Articles by James ‘Jim’ Albertini
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From Democracy to Fascism!
James ‘Jim’ Albertini | Malu‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Mar 2017
Measure the path from Democracy to Despotism/Fascism yourself. The gap between rich and poor has widened dramatically. Banks “too big to fail” have grown bigger. Power, wealth, and media are concentrated in the hands of a few. The democratic term “consent of the governed” is mere window dressing. We all need to look at our communities and nation and see how we fare on the scales of respect for one another, concentration of power, economic distribution, and access to information. Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini said: “Fascism is when the corporations and the State become one.”
→ read full articleOrlando Killings, Guns & War
James ‘Jim’ Albertini | Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Jun 2016
Like any addict, be it an addiction to alcohol, drugs, violence, video games, consumerism, etc. it is hard for an addict to admit the addiction. The U.S. is a nation addicted to violence — guns, war, and global domination. Isn’t it time to stop the killing both at home and abroad? The U.S. needs a 12-step program to recovery; to help build a world with liberty, justice, and peace for all.
→ read full articleHonor Father Dan Berrigan: Carry the Torch of Justice & Peace!
James ‘Jim’ Albertini – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 May 2016
In early 1968, Dan made international headlines when he traveled to North Vietnam with U.S. historian Howard Zinn to bring home three U.S. prisoners of war. Later that year, Dan, his brother Phil and seven others took hundreds of draft files from the draft board in Catonsville, Maryland and set the files on fire in the parking lot, using homemade napalm, to protest the Vietnam War.
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