Historians and philosophers have often asserted that labor unions and collective bargaining are “bulwarks of democracy.”
The Climate Change Committee of Grassroots Central Mass held its fourth annual “Trees are Treasures” Earth Day event, featuring Bob the Reformed Lumberjack, Lady of the Wetlands, Sherry the Elf, and the Stone Wall Guy.
DEI has been the target of a concerted campaign since the first Trump administration, when the president rescinded numerous executive orders supporting DEI and inflamed racial tensions among Americans. Since then, it’s become an epithet used by MAGA adherents against individuals and categories of people they don’t like — often women in leadership and people of color.
I felt especially inspired by two elements of the West Brookfield No Kings 3 event. First were the folks who walked six miles from East Brookfield to West Brookfield to show their dedication to the ideas embedded in the No Kings movement. Second, a group of singers added their beautiful voices to the words of the 500+ members of the crowd displaying their amazing signs.
