Michael Moore’s July 4, 2022 Declaration
[Editor’s note: Progressive filmmaker Michael Moore, shortly after the latest mass shooting, this time during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, IL, issued this declaration, in which among other things he says he “cannot in good conscience receive the privileges of full citizenship” give how many are treated unequally, none more so than women. […]
Declaration for Sensible Gun Control Measures
[Editor’s note: In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, that killed 49 and wounded 63, the American Nurses Association, the principal organization representing the nation’s 3.6 million registered nurses, issued this declaration for the enactment of sensible gun control measures. The association reminds us of its stance each […]
New Declaration of Independence
by Emma Goldman, 1896-1940, Editor/Founder in 1906 of what at the time was the radical if no anarchist Mother Earth magazine, anarchist, feminist, author, editor, and lecturer on politics, literature and the arts. Still reads fresh to us. [Published in Mother Earth, Vol. IV, no. 5, July 1909.] When, in the course of human development, […]
Declaration of the Freedom-Loving People of China
Editor’s Note: I first found mention of this valiant Declaration on The Federalist’s website: [It’s worth mentioning that as soon as I then accessed this Declaration on Facebook, my account was immediately locked, with Facebook then writing me to say that someone may have tried to access my account without my knowledge/consent. Hmmm… I wonder […]
A Declaration of the Rights of the City and Citizens
A DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CITY AND CITIZENS By Dr. Benjamin Barber Preface: The Importance of Rights Claims and the Argument for a Right of the City to SelfGovernment Rights language has been and remains crucial to establishing the legitimacy of political authority. In an interdependent world in which cities govern locally, but—through […]
Declaration of Interdependence
Declaration of Interdependence By Dr. Benjamin Barber We the people of the world do herewith declare our interdependence as individuals and members of distinct communities and nations. We do pledge ourselves citizens of one CivWorld, civic, civil and civilized. Without prejudice to the goods and interests of our national and regional identities, we recognize our […]
Jefferson’s Declaration about Our Declaration
Editor’s note: A week and a half before he died — on Independence Day in 1826 – in the last letter he ever penned, Thomas Jefferson expressed the wish that each fourth of July would serve as a “signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them […]
Declaration of Independence from President Trump
Donald Morrison: A new Declaration of Independence By Donald Morrison When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with their President, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the […]
Dr. Cornel West — Why Dr. Martin Luther King Considered the Declaration of Independence a Great Moral Event
Why Dr. Martin Luther King Considered the Declaration of Independence a Great Moral Event by Dr. Cornel West The last major resource for Dr. Martin Luther King’s thought was American civil religion — that complex web of religious ideals of deliverance and salvation and political ideals of freedom, democracy, and equality that constitute the evolving collective […]
A Declaration for a Caring Space for Students
Mental health is one of the many elements of a healthy lifestyle that many disregard — or that is disregarded and not taken into account by those who could provide it. Schools are one of the most influential institutions in the world. They are also the most stressful part of teens’ lives, given the heavy […]
