Badlands Journal
Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
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Democracy in America 1832 – 2022
December 18, 2021
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Alexis de Tocqueville, the French visitor to the United States 180 years ago, already defined the enduring American character and what would come to pass, writes Micheal Brenner.
We are grateful to Joe Mitchell for sending this excellent review of Bright Green Lies to us before I'd had a chance to finish reading my copy of the book. There is a great deal that could be said about bright, green lies, by people in and around Merced County in recent years. The polarities exploded around landowners' frenzy for development stimulated by UC Merced,, that great anchor tenant for growth that appeared in the first decade of the new century.
This news note, gleaned from Thom Hartmann's website today, gives every Californian an excellent reason to vote whenever this propositton appears, whether in the Primary or the General Election this year. blj