Finding Ourselves in the Storms of Election 2020 at NCP Los Angeles

Part 1 : Arriving at this Political Moment Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM (PST) Pre-registration is required Registration closes at 4:00 PM PST on October 23 3 CE/CME Credits  Registration by October 18: $50; after October 18: $60 Students, candidates, interns and residents: $30   Peter Wolson, PhD, and Thomas Brod, MD

The first three-hour workshop will offer a schematic psychoanalytic overview of the major issues in what many regard as the most important presidential election of their lifetime. In their presentations, Drs. Wolson and Brod will explore such seminal issues as the conflict between Republicans and Democrats, authoritarianism vs. democracy, presidential Continue reading Finding Ourselves in the Storms of Election 2020 at NCP Los Angeles

From Stephen Richards on the Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

Amy Coney Barrett:
 
Points:
 
1. Progressives should stop relying on the courts to achieve any poliical objective and to avoid politically risky votes. To that end, progressives should:
 
(a) Introduce an federal measure to protect abortion rights, including federal standards for rights per trimester, scope of the government’s right to paid abortions, parental notification, and etc. The details of this legislation can be worked out, but there is no need to leave these kinds of decisions to the states or to the courts.
 
(b) Introduce a general federal measure setting forth Congresses’ view of the appropriate scope of the Commerce clause power
 
(c) Abolish the federal death penalty and withdraw federal funding from local court systems which maintain the death penalty
 
(d) Pass a new voting rights bill
 
(e) Pass an anti-lynching bill
 
(f) Pass a police reform bill, withdrawing funding from states which authorize no-knock warrants and making other changes

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