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Glick: Fasting and Praying for Peace
Znet Article, July, 09 2006
Ted Glick
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Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India's independence movement in the 20's, 30's and 40's, once said that "fasting is the sincerest form of prayer." I've been on 17 long fasts, from six days to 42 days, over the last 35 years, and based on my experie...
Glick: No More Waiting
Znet Article, July, 06 2006
Ted Glick
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Have you seen Al Gore's film, "An Inconvenient Truth?" If so, you will understand what you are about to read. If not, you must go. Your life depends on it. From this day forward we, the authors of this column, understanding the destiny of our pl...
Glick: Remembering Anne, Damu and Vickie
Znet Article, May, 28 2006
Ted Glick
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"Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly."-Helen Keller On this Memorial Day weekend, 2006, I choose to r...
Glick: Whose Spring? Our Spring!
Znet Article, April, 18 2006
Ted Glick
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For as long as I’ve been an activist for progressive social change, the spring and the fall are usually the times when pre-planned, major demonstrations or campaigns happen. Summer with its heat and vacations, and winter with its cold and ...
Glick: Real Security?
Znet Article, April, 02 2006
Ted Glick
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Several days ago the Democratic Party put out "Real Security," what they call a "bold security agenda" that "stands in stark contrast to the dangerous incompetence of the Republican leadership. . . Americans want policies that are both tough and s...
Glick: A Spring/Summer/Fall Counter-Offensive
Znet Article, March, 23 2006
Ted Glick
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I couldn't believe it. Late last week, in big headlines across the editorial page in the Bloomfield Life, were thesewords: "Saturday's rally must call on Bush to resign." The Bloomfield Life is one of two mainstream weekly newspapers in my hometo...
Glick: Leadership and Accountability
Znet Article, March, 07 2006
Ted Glick
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Over the years that I’ve worked in the social change movement I’ve interacted with and observed a lot of progressive leaders. I’ve tried to be a good one myself. Out of those experiences I’ve come to believe a numbe...
Glick: Core Groups and Mass Movements
Znet Article, February, 19 2006
Ted Glick
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.†Margaret Mead “The masses make history.†Mao Tse-tung Sever...
Glick: Our State of Union
Znet Article, February, 08 2006
Ted Glick
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Our State of Union
Glick: As the Year Ends
Znet Article, December, 20 2005
Ted Glick
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In many ways a year-end review is artificial. The structures of injustice, oppression and environmental destruction continue to grind people down and seriously threaten all forms of life on this planet, and they will keep doing so next year. Conve...
Glick: Grassroots Mobilizing to Demand Action on Climate Crisis
Znet Article, November, 29 2005
Ted Glick
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From Eastport, Maine to Los Angeles, California, North Americans concerned about global warming are holding events later this week to demand action by the federal government and the thousands of delegates at the United Nations Climate Conference m...
Glick: 2006, 2008 and Beyond
Znet Article, November, 28 2005
Ted Glick
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Within progressive circles there’s growing talk about the 2006 and the 2008 elections. The Bush/Cheney free fall to an average, between them, of 33-34% in the polls, combined with the indictments and investigations of Rove, Libby, Delay, F...
Glick: Taking Up Catastrophic Climate Change
Znet Article, November, 14 2005
Ted Glick
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How do activists become activists? How do they choose what issue or issues to work on? And how do they decide to change focus and work on a new one, perhaps continuing with the old issue(s), or not? I've been thinking about this recently. I've be...
Glick: Taking Up Catastrophic Climate Change
Znet Article, November, 14 2005
Ted Glick
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How do activists become activists? How do they choose what issue or issues to work on? And how do they decide to change focus and work on a new one, perhaps continuing with the old issue(s), or not? I've been thinking about this recently. I've be...
Glick: War, Racism and Global Warming
Znet Article, October, 02 2005
Ted Glick
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The three days of anti-war actions in Washington, D.C. last weekend organized primarily by United for Peace and Justice were a huge victory for the progressive movement. From the Saturday rally and march co-organized with ANSWER, to the Peace and ...
Glick: Detroit, Washington and Montreal
Znet Article, August, 30 2005
Ted Glick
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"Rise Up, Keep the Sprit Alive,Come Together, Got to Organize,Rise Up, It Won't Be Long,Come Together, Keep our Movement Strong!" -song by Alli Starr "Wow, this sure is a new experience," I said to myself last Saturday as the Detroit p...
Glick: Benton Harbor Minister Under Attack
Znet Article, July, 18 2005
Ted Glick
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It's time for the progressive movement to come to the defense of one of our courageous African American community leaders, Rev. Edward Pinckney of Benton Harbor, Michigan. A little over two years ago, in mid-June, hundreds of unemployed African A...
Glick: Independence Under Winner-Take-All
Znet Article, July, 04 2005
Ted Glick
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It's a shame, on this 4th of July weekend, that the independence movement, political independence from the two corporate-dominated parties, is not as strong as it should be. The need is crystal clear. The Democrats continue to demonstrate, again a...
Glick: Deep Throat and the Power of the People
Znet Article, June, 07 2005
Ted Glick
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There is no question that former top FBI guy Mark Felt's decision to provide information to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in the early '70s was one important part of what led to Richard Nixon's eventual resignation from office in August of...
Glick: 30 Years Later
Znet Article, May, 01 2005
Ted Glick
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For those who wonder if the struggle is worth it, if there is reason to believe that we can ever fundamentally transform our society, today is a day to have one's hope renewed. On this day, 30 years ago, the United States hurriedly completed the w...
Glick: Ella Baker and the Process of Social Change
Znet Article, April, 11 2005
Ted Glick
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I was immensely privileged as a young activist in my 20's to meet Ella Baker and work together with her in the same organization, the Mass Party Organizing Committee. This was in the late '70s and early '80s. At the time I knew that she was a wide...
Glick: Some Thoughts on Where We Are
Znet Article, April, 03 2005
Ted Glick
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1) The progressive movement, broadly defined, from socialists/Marxists on the left to reasonably progressive Democrats on the right, has been doing its best over the past several months to counter the various Bush/Republican attacks: the continuat...
Glick: Democrats Do It Again and Again
Znet Article, March, 25 2005
Ted Glick
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"But for me the real loser was the Democratic Party. It showed that it's almost totally without leadership. If there is a national figure (other than [Rep. Barney] Frank) who stood up and took on the GOP in this [Terry Schiavo] matter, his -- ...
Glick: The Green Party in 2004: More Than Party Survival
Znet Article, February, 07 2005
Ted Glick
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(The article below is an account of the genesis, experiences and accomplishments of the David Cobb/Pat LaMarche 2004 Green Party Presidential/Vice-Presidential campaign. I was active from the early days of that effort and am proud of my involvemen...
Glick: Has the People's Rebellion Begun?
Znet Article, January, 09 2005
Ted Glick
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"This is the beginning of a long, important fight for our Democracy. We have to keep fighting! Thanks to you the PEOPLE'S REBELLION has begun." -from an email to the Green Party It's nice to win a victory, even a relatively small victory in the...
Glick: Re-Vote Ohio
Znet Article, January, 01 2005
Ted Glick
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(This article was put together with much assistance from colleagues who have been deeply involved in the Ohio recount.) “Our next governor should enter office without any doubt about the legitimacy of his or her office. The people of Wash...
Glick: Doing the Right Thing
Znet Article, December, 27 2004
Ted Glick
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Jesse Jackson and the Green Party are both on the progressive side of the political spectrum, but it's still quite something to see them, along with many other groups, coming together to try to get to the bottom of the voter disenfranchisement/ele...
Glick: Digging In, Reaching Out
Znet Article, December, 13 2004
Ted Glick
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Maybe it's just the circles I run in, but I sure haven't seen too many signs of a demoralized Left since the Bushites got themselves back in power on November 2nd. From the local to the national level I see many signs that large numbers of us are ...
Glick: Make Democracy Real
Znet Article, November, 15 2004
Ted Glick
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I am fortunate to live in the Newark, N.J. area. Because of it I'm a member of the People's Organization for Progress, a predominantly African American but multi-cultural organization led by its chair, Larry Hamm. Three days after the November 2...
