Ten Dire, Calamitous, Pressing Plagues of 2017
By Rabbi Peter Schweitzer
The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
www.citycongregation.org
#1 XENOPHOBIA
See also: Islamaphobia
See also: Anti-Immigrant Bias
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#2 THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
See also: School to Prison Pipeline
See also: Expansion of Private Detention Centers
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#3 HETERONORMATIVITY
See also: Gender Violence
See also: Sexism and Misogyny
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#4 WHITE SUPREMACY
See also: White Power. Alt-Right Nationalists, Neo-Nazis
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#5 HYPOCRISY
See also: Easy Access to Guns
See also: Voter Suppression
See also: Religious Pretense
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#6 RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE AND CONTROL
See also: Computer Hacking
See also: Collusion
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#7 INNUENDO, RUMOR, WILD CLAIMS
AND OUTRIGHT LIES
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#8 CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL
See also: Science Denial
http://peakoil.com/generalideas/creativity-culture-in-collapse
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#9 ASSAULT ON HUMAN RIGHTS
See also: Human Trafficking
See also: Attack on Reproductive Rights
See also: Rollback of Heathcare
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#10 APATHY AND SILENCE
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WHAT DO WE STAND FOR
EQUALITY AND JUSTICE
DIVERSITY AND DIGNITY
FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
SCIENCE AND CRITICAL THINKING
LOVE AND PEACE
RESISTANCE!
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