Global Research, August 12, 2019
The crowded field has 25 Dems in it so far, maybe more to come, dropouts along the way for lack of enough support.
Tulsi Gabbard and 89-year-old former senator Mike Gravel are the only worthy candidates.
Both have genuine anti-war, progressive agendas, not progressives in name only Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, or anti-criminal justice supporter Kamala Harris.
Gabbard has been in the news but not Gravel. I wrote several times about her, largely offering praise, criticizing some of her positions, stressing her genuine attributes, making her a worthy aspirant.
From 1969 to 1981, Gravel was US Senator from Alaska, earlier serving in its house, including two years as speaker.
He calls his platform “the most progressive” in the crowded Dem field, saying:
His mission is “ending all wars—not only our murderous wars of choice abroad, but our disastrous war on drugs, the war on crime, and the everyday war on this country’s working class. Our goal is a country defined by peace and justice—not by violence, inequality, and poverty.”
Like Gabbard, he’s genuinely anti-war. He supports ending the “America alone” world vision through peace and cooperation with other nations.
Along with other notable figures for peace, equity and justice, he was a member of the Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning advisory board, campaigning for justice denied her.
He’s a 9/11 truth supporter, earlier saying:
“There’s no question in my mind that 9/11 was an inside job.”
The evidence is indisputable.
A website and Twitter account in his name explained the following. Entering the race isn’t about winning.
He and his supporters said the
“goal is to push the rest of the (Dem) field toward policies, especially on political reform, climate change, and foreign policy, that, for the first time in decades, will truly challenge the American plutocracy and military-industrial complex.”
He strongly opposes the US war OF terror, not on it. Years earlier, he said
“90% of what the government does is held secret. It’s a whole cult. And that’s the thing that is really strangling (US governance), that we just don’t know what’s going on.”
Sticking to the official narrative exclusively on issues mattering most, establishment media suppress what’s vital for everyone to know.
On his website, Gravel calls for:
“FULL RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONSENDING THE NUCLEAR THREATNON-AGGRESSION ABROADDEPARTMENTS OF PEACE AND WARBRING EVERY TROOP HOMEBIG CUTS IN MILITARY SPENDINGCOMMITTING TO INTERNATIONAL JUSTICEOPPOSING ISRAELI APARTHEIDENDING SUPPORT FOR SAUDI ARABIABANNING FOREIGN ARMS SALESMAKING WAR CONSTITUTIONAL AGAINA PEACEFUL SOLUTION IN THE KOREAN PENINSULAAN AMERICAN NATIONAL FUNDBREAKING UP BIG BUSINESSESA NATIONAL REPARATIONS TRUST FUNDFAIR EDUCATION REFORMPROTECT OUR PARENTS,PROTECT OUR CHILDRENECONOMIC SUPPORT FOR THE LEAST ADVANTAGEDREFORMING AND NATIONALIZING CORPORATE LAWA GREEN NEW DEALA TRANSPORTATION POLICY FOR THE 21ST CENTURYPUBLIC BANKING FOR ALLAUTOMATIC TAX FILINGTHE RIGHT TO OWN: COOPERATIVE BUSINESSESPROGRESSIVE TAX REFORMHOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHTHEALTH AS A HUMAN RIGHTINTERNET ACCESS AS A RIGHTENDING THE WAR ON DRUGSABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTYPROMOTING POLICE ACCOUNTABILITYREPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND BODILY AUTONOMYFAIRNESS IN TRIALS AND SENTENCINGIMPROVING PRISONS AND COMBATING RECIDIVISMJUST IMMIGRATION REFORMSUPPORTING SEX WORKERSFULL RIGHTS FOR AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIESINVESTIGATING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSESSUPPORTING LGBTQIA+ INDIVIDUALSAMNESTY AND HONOR FOR WHISTLEBLOWERSRESTORING CIVIL LIBERTIESABOLISHING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGEMAKING ELECTIONS FAIRNATIONAL RANKED-CHOICE VOTINGADOPTING THE WYOMING RULEABOLISHING THE SENATE AS WE KNOW IT12-YEAR TERMS FOR ALL FEDERAL JUDGESSELF-DETERMINATION FOR DC, PUERTO RICO, AND OTHER TERRITORIES”
No major party presidential candidate in US history had an agenda remotely this progressive — for peace, equity and justice.
None ever challenged the military, industrial, military, media complex this way — calling for big cuts in military spending, banning foreign arms sales, bringing home US forces deployed abroad, along with substituting plowshares for swords, and opposing apartheid Israel.
At age-89, Gravel’s candidacy is symbolic. He aims to challenge the dirty system and give ‘em hell.
He wants his progressive social justice, anti-war voice heard, supporters aiming to spread it.
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