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@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG @AtwoodSociety You’re invited! Author @Frank_Schaeffer is live, Thurs., Jan. 27 at 8 pm ET, w/ “If America Fails?” on TWN, for chat on gender issues in @HandmaidsOnHulu.

YOU ARE INVITED to watch the LIVE webcast, Thursday, 1/27/2022, 8:00 pm ET, “American Democracy Under Siege: Sex, Wombs & God” with Mr. Frank Schaeffer, Artist, Filmmaker & Author, Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy.

WATCH Mr. Frank Schaeffer, Artist, Filmmaker & Author, Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy – LIVE – Thursday, January 27, 2022, 8 pm ET, on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel, when he joins “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny,” in discussion on Gender in The Handmaid’s Tale and American culture.

Welcome to Season 1 of “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny,” a discussion group exploring themes presented by “The Handmaid’s Tale” Hulu Series,”which is an adaptation of the book, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” by Margaret Atwood. Co-hosted by Janice Graham and L. Michelle Odom, “If America Fails?” is a production of TruthWorks Network.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE:

Tonight we take up the theme of Gender, looking at the status of women, children and men, in The Handmaid’s Tale. Gender roles are strictly defined and regulated in the series, with special attention (oppression) to women with ability to bear children. Yet this oppression of women also restricts the freedoms and boundaries for men and children. Similarly, women who cannot have children are forced into a limited set of roles as overseers, housekeepers, and sex workers. So hardened are the lines, that even the medical care a highly qualified woman doctor is able to provide, is restricted. When government seeks to control “sex, wombs & God,” The Handmaid’s Tale makes clear – we all lose. Tonight we chat with Frank Schaeffer who knows a thing or two about how religion is sometimes used to constrain the roles of women, and the damage this does to us all.

“Frank Schaeffer is a New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books. Frank is a survivor of both polio and an evangelical/fundamentalist childhood, an acclaimed writer who overcame severe dyslexia, a home-schooled and self-taught documentary movie director, a feature film director of four low budget Hollywood features Frank has described as ‘pretty terrible.’ He is also an acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction and an artist with a loyal following of international collectors who own many of his paintings.

“Frank has been a frequent guest on the Rachel Maddow Show on NBC, has appeared on Oprah, been interviewed by Terri Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air and appeared on the Today Show, BBC News and many other media outlets. He is a much sought after speaker and has lectured at a wide range of venues from Harvard’s Kennedy School to the Hammer Museum/UCLA, Princeton University, Riverside Church Cathedral, DePaul University and the Kansas City Public Library.” — FrankSchaeffer.com

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” If America Fails? ” ::: America Under Seige: White Supremacy :::

Episode 7 “American Democracy Under Seige: White Supremacy”

Guest, Dr. Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D. Psychologist :: Research Director :: Author

Thursday, March 3, 2022 :: 8pm ET :: LIVE

Dr. Winbush is a research professor and the Director of the Institute for Urban Research. As a scholar and activist, he is known for his systems-thinking approaches to understanding the impact of racism/white supremacy on the global African community. His writings, consultations, and research have been instrumental in understanding developmental stages in Black males, public policy and its connection to compensatory justice, relationships between Black males and females, infusion of African studies into school curricula, and the impact of hip hop culture on the contemporary American landscape.

He has served as a faculty member and administrator at a number of universities including Oakwood University, Alabama A&M University, Vanderbilt University, and Fisk University. Over the last 40 years, Winbush established numerous projects to raise awareness of America’s race relations and their impact upon the lives of Black people. He received grants to further his work from the National Science Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, West African Research Association, Pitney Bowes, Inc., the Ford Motor Company, and the Kellogg Foundation. In 2000, Dr. Winbush helped organize the first international conference of the National Council for Black Studies in Ghana, and in 2002 he aided in establishing the Global Afrikan Congress, the largest pan-African organization in the world. He serves as a consultant to many communities, grassroots, and non-governmental organizations in matters of public policy relating to Black boys and men mentoring and educational programs, reparations, and issues race, race relations in policy development.

He is the author of The Warrior Method: A Program for Rearing Healthy Black Boys and “Should America Pay? Slavery and The Raging Debate on Reparations” which provides an overview of the historical and legal basis for reparations. These were published in 2001 and 2003 respectively. He is also the author of “Belinda’s Petition: A Concise History of Reparations For The Transatlantic Slave Trade” (is considered a “prequel” to “Should America Pay? Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations” published in 2009. It provides an overview of how reparations for the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade as a consistent theme among African people for the past 500 years. His latest book, The Osiris Papers: Reflections on the Life and Writings of Dr. Frances Cress Welsing is intended to be the first of many treatises written to examine the life, theories, and contributions of Dr. Frances Cress Welsing. Dr. Winbush is a proud father, grandfather and has served as a mentor to thousands of students across the county.

“If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny”

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

What is “white supremacy”? Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, MD, renowned psychiatrist, defined it in her scholastic work as a global system of defensive, political, and terrorist strategies perpetrated and supported by people who classify themselves as “white” who believe that they must abate and prevent “white annihilation”. How this system works can be seen throughout world events such as genocide, slavery, and war. Of course, it is much more complex than it seems, yet it is the root of all racism and bigotry embedded and now being lauded as “smart” in America. White supremacy is NOT racism but is fueled by it.

White supremacy is the belief that white people or those who categorize themselves as white, constitute a superior race and should therefore dominate society, to the exclusion or detriment of other racial and ethnic groups, In particular, Black, brown, indigenous, Muslim, and Jewish people.

What happened to all of those in the Republic of Gilead?

There is little new in the ideas that underpin white nationalism, white supremacy, the alt-right, and fascism. At its core, white nationalism is little more than an attempt to cloak white supremacist ideas in the more respectable language of racial separatism, just as the alt-right has tried to repackage fascist thought in a more modern form. All these variants are built on common notions of white identity and racial superiority. They promote hate and violence as valid political tools, rejecting values of equality, coexistence, and the rule of law in favor of raw power and ethnic division.

In this episode, we seek his insight into the impact of white supremacy in the development and engineering of fascism and authoritarianism seeping into American society and eroding an already fragile democracy of targeted populations by this growing ideology.

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IAF is an 11-week discussion forum exploring the themes and lessons of the dystopian tale, The Handmaid’s Tale, which reflects the process of eradicating democracy making way for an autocratic, oppressive form of government. “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny.” Exploring themes presented by “The Handmaid’s Tale” HULU Series,” which is an adaptation of the book, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” by Margaret Atwood

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If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny” Broadcast Schedule

Episode 1: “America Under Siege: Under Siege: The Color of Autocracy”

Stop the Steal- Pre and Post

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Prof. Jared Yates Sexton, Associate Professor, Writing and Linguistics, Georgia Southern University-Statesboro

Episode 2: “America Under Siege: Cults, Cultures and Religions”

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Dr. Cynthia Ann Baron, Associate Professor, Theatre and Film,

Bowling Green State University

Rev. Dr. Susan K. Williams Smith, CEO, Crazy Faith Ministries

Episode 3: “American Democracy Under Siege: Sex, Wombs & God ”

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Frank Schaeffer, Author, Artist and Filmographer

Episode 4: American Democracy Under Siege: “The March to Un-Personing”

Mental Health themes

Dr. James C. McIntosh, Psychiatrist, Community/Mental Health Activist Co-Chair, CEMOTAP

Episode 5: American Democracy Under Siege: The Color of Oppression”

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Race & Ethnicity—Status of Blacks/People of Color

Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of Italian and History, New York University | Arts & Sciences

Karen A. Ritzenhoff, Professor of Communications, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program (WGSS, and Cinema Studies

Episode 6: “American Democracy Under Siege: Sexuality and Women”

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Sexuality/ Female Erasures/Reassignment

- Dr. Karma Waltonen, Editor, Margaret Atwood Studies Journal

Episode 7: American Democracy Under Siege: Global White Supremacy “

Thursday, March 3, 2022

White Supremacy / American Rage / Hate Groups

- Dr. Raymond A. Winbush, Author, “Should America Pay?”

Episode 8: “American Democracy Under Siege: The Tribal Census”

Class—Political, Social and Economic Levels

Thursday, March 10, 2022

- Dr. Cynthia Ann Baron, Associate Professor, Theatre and Film Bowling Green State University

Episode 9: “American Democracy Under Siege : No Paved Battleground”

Civil War / Insurrection/Coup d’état / Revolution / Underground / Terrorism

Thursday, March 24, 2022

- Dr. Djene R. Bajalan, Professor, Department of History, Missouri State University-Springfield

- Carmen DelRosario, Global Violence Transformation Strategist, Founder Roots for Transformation; Republic of Djibouti, East Africa

Episode 10: “American Democracy Under Siege: Field Notes from Gilead”

Escape / Repatriation / Underground

Thursday, March 31, 2022

- Atty. Matt Mitrovich, Host, The Alternate Historian YouTube Channel

Episode 11: “American Democracy Under Siege : There are no lying eyes”

Strategies and Tactics—Strategies to prevent / fight the onset of totalitarianism /

authoritarianism / fascism

Thursday, April 7, 2022

- Atty./Author Ellen Brown
- Atty. Nkechi Taifa, President and CEO, The Taifa Group, LLC

10-14-21 - Janice Graham, Karen A. Ritzenhoff and L. Michelle Odom — 10-14-21 – Janice Graham, Karen A. Ritzenhoff and L. Michelle Odom

01-13-22 - Janice Graham, L. Michelle Odom and Jared Yates Sexton — 01-13-22 – Janice Graham, L Michelle Odom and Jared Yates Sexton

01-20-22 - Susan Smith — 01-20-22 – Susan Smith

01-20-22 - L Michelle Odom and Cynthia Baron — 01-20-22 – L Michelle Odom and Cynthia Baron

If America Fails? Episode 4 “American Democracy Under Siege: The March to UN-Personing” Dr. James C. McIntosh

Right-wing authoritarians have been shown to resist change and to demonstrate hostility toward out-groups and social movements that may advocate change from traditional and conventional beliefs.

Episode 4 “American Democracy Under Siege: The March to UN-Personing”

February 3, 2022 :: 8 pm ET :: LIVE

Guest: DR. JAMES C. McINTOSH

Dr. McIntosh is a retired Psychiatrist who spent over 40 years practicing medicine in the five boroughs of New York City, a writer, community activist, educator, public speaker, and talk radio host.

“Un-Personing” – a process of disassembling human rights that encourages people to see themselves as unable to change the oppressive elements that impact their lives. We look to Dr. McIntosh for assistance in analyzing how mental health issues are triggered, created, and most likely un/under address in such our society, creating a perfect storm for a fractured democracy. . We ask to what extent will our tolerance of the problems of a flawed mental health system in an existing compromised democracy lends to the potential of a failed state.

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Dr. McIntosh is a retired Psychiatrist who spent over 40 years practicing medicine in the five boroughs of New York City, a writer, community activist, educator, public speaker, and talk radio host. His commitment to community is as strong as his devotion to medicine, which he exudes in his various leadership roles.

For decades James C. McIntosh, M.D. has tended to the mental health and educational needs of the Black community – filling in gaps of the public school system and helping to heal the psychological damage inflicted on people of African descent in America.

We look forward to discussing these questions with him in the context of related contemporary mental health issues that are raised in the dystopian tale, “A Handmaid’s Tale”

SEE RAW VIDEO: 1/27/22 “American Democracy Under Siege: Sex, Wombs & God” | If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny

@JaniceOCG @AtwoodSociety Here’s video of the 1/27 discussion, “American Democracy Under Siege: Sex, Wombs & God” w/ @Frank_Schaeffer @Ritzenhoffk on gender in @HandmaidsOnHulu. Watch Thursdays, 8 pm ET, 1/13 – 4/7/22, “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny” on TWN.

RAW VIDEO: If we missed you at the 1/27/2022 webcast where we shared our thoughts on “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny” – “American Democracy Under Siege: Sex, Wombs & God” with Mr. Frank Schaeffer, Artist, Filmmaker & Author, Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy – you can catch up at the link below.

Season 1 of “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny,” airs Thursdays, 8:00 pm ET, January 13 to April 7, 2022, on YouTube. This TruthWorks Network production is co-produced by Janice Graham and L. Michelle Odom. Joining us tonight – guest co-host, Dr. Karen A. Ritzenhoff, Professor, Department of Communication, Central Connecticut State University and co-editor of The Handmaid’s Tale: Teaching Dystopia, Feminism, and Resistance Across Disciplines and Borders.

Tonight we took up the theme of Gender, looking at the status of women, children and men, in The Handmaid’s Tale. Gender roles are strictly defined and regulated in the series, with special attention (oppression) to women with ability to bear children. Yet this oppression of women also restricts the freedoms and boundaries for men and children. Similarly, women who cannot have children are forced into a limited set of roles as overseers, housekeepers, and sex workers. So hardened are the lines, that even the medical care a highly qualified woman doctor is able to provide, is restricted. When government seeks to control “sex, wombs & God,” The Handmaid’s Tale makes clear – we all lose.

01-27-22 – “American Democracy Under Siege: Sex, Wombs & God” – If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny – TruthWorks Network – RAW

Our discussion with Frank Schaeffer included some of his insights from growing up in a prominent family on the religious right, as well as factors that led him to his current self-definition as an “ardent feminist.” Frank was able to compare conditions that led to the growth of the religious right in comparison to the situation today where that community is now prominent among those attacking democracy in the U.S. Frank shared perspective on how the history of women, abdication of their agency, and past discrimination might affect their existence in such a society and under an authoritarian government. The question of the extent to which our tolerance of such a process will lean into that history while eradicating democracy and accepting an autocratic, oppressive form of government, remains unanswered.

“IF AMERICA FAILS?: The Coming Tyranny,” is a real-world exploration of a fictional story. A new totalitarian society is created in the dystopian world of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” It resonates, frighteningly, with the dramatic efforts happening in the United States today—to suppress voting rights, limit a woman’s right to choose, criminalize free speech, distort education, rewrite history, and other threats taking place in the country now. Our Black voice collaborative considers the themes presented by the universally-focused web series, from our own perspective—relating them to real-life current events—and warns, the time to fight fascism is NOW!

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WATCH RAW Video | “American Democracy Under Siege: Sex, Wombs & God” | If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny | TruthWorks Network | 1/27/2022

Learn More About Dr. James C. McIntosh at BEPAA’s Facebook Page

@JaniceOCG The Black community does not ban books or fear truth. @DrJamesCMcInto1 & #BEPAA have been addressing our intellectual needs for many years. Find on Facebook. Dr. James McIntosh is live, Thurs., Feb. 3 at 8 pm ET, w/ “If America Fails?” on TWN, for a discussion on mental health issues in @HandmaidsOnHulu.

WATCH Dr. James C. McIntosh, Retired Psychiatrist, Co-Chair and Co-Founder of Committee to End Media Offensive to African People (CEMOTAP), and Host, MIND FIELD (WBAI radio show) – LIVE – Thursday, February 3, 2022, 8 pm ET, on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel, when he joins “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny,” in discussion on Mental Health issues in The Handmaid’s Tale and American culture.

BEPAA (Board for the Education of People of African Ancestry) is one of the organizations through which Dr. James C. McIntosh works tirelessly to address the intellectual needs of the Black community. Long before modern racists starting working to eliminate truth from public school curricula, BEPAA, founded by Dr. Adelaide L. Sanford, Vice Chancellor Emerita of the New York State Board of Regents, and chaired by Dr. McIntosh, was focused on bringing accurate and thorough information to the Black community. The organization sponsors public events that bring together scholars from all fields, to offer the news and views we have never been able to find in the public schools. For example, an event on February 5^th will address the issue of “Educational Priorities for Our Children in 2022.” On January 1^st of this year, a BEPAA master class entitled, “The Monumental Contribution of Dr John Henrik Clarke & Dr Yosef Ben Jochannan to Education,” was held. “Monumental” contributions – yes. Familiar to public school students – no.

Banning books, tearing up school board meetings, and threatening teachers and school administrators, may be the tactics some are willing to use to prevent the spread of knowledge and keep their children mired in ignorance for generations to come – but Black people have always understood our responsibility to educate ourselves. It would be nice if the rest of the world caught up.

— LMO

“The Board for the Education of People of African Ancestry is an institution housed at the John Henrik Clarke House dedicated to advancing the culture, principles and education of people of African Ancestry. It was founded by a number of educators, historians, clergy and activists in 1992. BEPAA was formed to to define, monitor, formulate and implement policies and practices affecting the education of students of African Ancestry in both public and private educational systems. Its site of operation, the Dr. John Henrik Clarke House 286 Convent Avenue is named in honor of the late foremost scholar, historian and lecturer.” — BEPAA’s Website

Dr. James C. McIntosh, is a retired Psychiatrist who spent over 40 years practicing medicine in the five boroughs of New York City, a writer, community activist, educator, public speaker and talk radio host. His publications include The Unauthorized Psychoanalysis of Donald Trump (2017) and The Unauthorized Psychoanalysis of Rudolph Giuliani (2007), where James C. McIntosh, M.D. takes an insightful and irreverent view of these two public figures. For decades Dr. McIntosh has tended to the mental health and educational needs of the Black community as Co-Chair and Co-Founder of Committee to End Media Offensive to African People (CEMOTAP) and former Chairman of the Board for the Education of People of African Ancestry (BEPAA). These two community-based organizations, bring together some of the most distinguished leaders in the Black community to offer no-cost forums, panels, conferences and other events of relevance to the emotional, psychological, spiritual, and educational needs of Black America. Dr. McIntosh appears frequently in the media and has received numerous awards for his distinguished community service. Most recently, this busy retiree has begun hosting and producing MIND FIELD, a weekly program airing Wednesdays at 2:30 pm on WBAI 99.5 FM, where he shares the mic with Richardeanea Theodore, RN. Together they focus on mental health issues and interview thought leaders on critical issues impacting the community. Dr. McIntosh completed undergraduate work in Black and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, and medical school at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. — If America Fails: The Coming Tyranny, a TruthWorks Network Production

SEE | BEPAA’s Facebook Page | Board for the Education of People of African Ancestry

See Fine Art at Frank Schaeffer’s Virtual Gallery

@JaniceOCG @DavidRockefeller @TheDRFund1 bought @Frank_Schaeffer’s first painting. Now Frank has three virtual galleries of joyful oil paintings. Artist Frank Schaeffer is live, Thurs., Jan. 27 at 8 pm ET, w/ “If America Fails?” on TWN, for a discussion on gender issues in @HandmaidsOnHulu.

Frank Schaeffer is an artist who creates through several mediums, including writing, film production, and fine arts. His virtual galleries are a way we can all explore the beautiful creations he offers the world in the form of oil paintings. I am certainly no art critic, but I will say in Frank’s paintings, I see something tender, gentle, and joyful. We will explore his work of art withFrank,

What do you want viewers to see or feel when they observe your oil paintings?

— LMO

“At age seventeen Frank had his first one man show at the Frisch Gallery in New York City. The first painting he sold was to David Rockefeller. Frank’s paintings also were shown at the Chante Pierre Gallery in Aubonne Switzerland (Geneva) and Criteria Arts in London.

“Here you’ll find more information on Frank, opportunities to interact with him on social media, and three virtual galleries of oil paintings.” — Artist

SEE | Fine Art | by Frank Schaeffer | Artist

Listen to “Barbara Walter: Is America at Risk of a 21st Century Civil War?” on The Bulwark Podcast

@JaniceOCG Chances of the U.S. moving to civil war were discussed by @bfwalter & @SykesCharlie on @BulwarkOnline. We can do better! Watch Thurs., 8 pm ET, to 4/7/22, “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny” on TWN.

I learned a new word listening to this episode of The Bulwark Podcast featuring Dr. Barbara Walter – anocracy. Anocracy indicates a country has elements of both democracy and autocracy, and Dr. Walter says it describes where the U.S. is today, and also indicates our readiness to engage in civil war.

Increasingly, I hear podcasts where the possibility of a new civil war in the United States is seen as quite likely. After all, what choice do we have when the leaders we have elected seem to have lost their collective mind and capacity to provide good governance? Yes, I know, “good” is debatable and depends largely on one’s point of view. For some, good implies things like reasonableness, fairness, justice, equality and effectiveness. For others – not so much. And that’s the point! We are living in alternate realities without a shared set of facts and capacity to reason.

What choice do we have when the leaders we have elected seem to have lost their collective mind and capacity to provide good governance?

I have never lived through a civil war, but my imagination and reading of history make it easy enough for me to see that “war is hell.” I truly hope U.S. citizens can find another way to work through the issues that divide us – understanding that humans will always have differences. We are not robots. Each one of us is a unique being with our very own point of view. If “difference” is the thing that leads us to war, humanity has nothing to anticipate but perpetual strife, violence and death. There MUST be a better way. — LMO

“There have been more than 200 civil wars since WWII — and the conditions that triggered those conflicts are now present here in America. Author Barbara Walter joins Charlie Sykes on today’s podcast.

“Barbara F. Walter, Ph.D., is the Rohr Professor of International Affairs at the School of Global Policy & Strategy at the University of California, San Diego. She received her Ph.D from the University of Chicago and completed post docs at the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University and the War and Peace Institute at Columbia University.

“Walter is one of the world’s leading experts on civil wars, political violence, and terrorism. Walter is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a frequent live guest on CNN, and an active consultant for the World Bank, the United Nations, and the Departments of Defense and State. She occasionally writes for the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times, and is very happy when her research is showcased in the New York Times or the New Yorker, her favorite hometown publications. In 2012, she founded the blog Political Violence @ a Glance (with Erica Chenoweth).” — The Bulwark Podcast

LISTEN TO | Barbara Walter: Is America at Risk of a 21st Century Civil War? | by Charlie Sykes, Co-Host | The Bulwark Podcast | 1/11/2022

Read “Letter to Lucy: A Manifesto of Creative Redemption—In the Age of Trump, Fascism and Lies,” by Frank Schaeffer

@JaniceOCG How does @Frank_Schaeffer answer questions he posed in #LetterToLucy on protecting his grandchildren from the religious right? Let’s find out! Author Frank Schaeffer is live, Thurs., Jan. 27 at 8 pm ET, w/ “If America Fails?” on TWN, for chat on gender issues in @HandmaidsOnHulu.

In Letter to Lucy: A Manifesto of Creative Redemption—In the Age of Trump, Fascism and Lies (2018), by Frank Schaeffer, the author asks himself a number of questions. When we speak with Frank later this week, perhaps we should find out how he answers these questions today – sitting here, as we are, watching our country careen toward fascism. See Frank’s questions below. — LMO

“’I ask myself these questions silently and inwardly: How may I atone for helping to poison America with certainty addiction? How do I defend my grandchildren against the religious right juggernaut I helped create? How do I reject what my parents stood for (fundamentalist fanaticism) and yet honor the love they gave me? How can I help my grandchildren stumble upon the goodness of life before they’re sold towering mounds of brain-damaging garbage? How do I help save the world? (And what kind of deluded messianic fool am I to believe that this is even possible?)’” — Publisher

READ | Letter to Lucy: A Manifesto of Creative Redemption—In the Age of Trump, Fascism and Lies | by Frank Schaeffer (Author), Ernest Gregg (Illustrator) | Letters to Lucy, LLC; 2nd edition (January 8, 2018)

Like Frank Schaeffer on Facebook

@JaniceOCG Like @Frank_Schaeffer on Facebook to keep up w/ events, productions & other creations of this artist, author & filmmaker. Author Frank Schaeffer is live, Thurs., Jan. 27 at 8 pm ET, w/ “If America Fails?” on TWN, for chat on gender issues in @HandmaidsOnHulu.

Artist, author & filmmaker Frank Schaeffer seems to always be busy creating one product or another – books, film and art! He also speaks frequently with national media. Keep up with his offerings and schedule by hitting the “Like” button on his Facebook page. — LMO

LIKE | Frank Schaeffer on Facebook

Read “Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood,” by Michele Goodwin

@JaniceOCG See #PolicingheWomb by @michelebgoodwin & @CambridgeUP for ways in which Black women’s bodies are criminalized. Watch Thurs., 8 pm ET, to 4/7/22, “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny” on TWN.

Women – primarily white women – are routinely raped in The Handmaid’s Tale because of an environmental catastrophe that led to a low birth rate and need to re-populate the country. Outwardly, children are valued. Rape, then, is an act of patriotism – as is pregnancy. Up is down; left is right.

Certainly Black women in America’s slave era knew this experience of being raped to increase the population of slaves – but things have changed for Black women and Black babies. Technological and demographic shifts in the country now mean Black children are unwanted – from the state’s point of view. Thus, Black life can be snuffed before even making it into the world, and easily taken, any time after arrival.

Author and attorney Michele Goodwin turns a lens on reproductive health and justice issues in Policing the Womb – and we see, “truth is stranger than fiction.” — LMO

“Policing the Womb brings to life the chilling ways in which women have become the targets of secretive state surveillance of their pregnancies. Michele Goodwin expands the reproductive health and rights debate beyond abortion to include how legislators increasingly turn to criminalizing women for miscarriages, stillbirths, and threatening the health of their pregnancies. The horrific results include women giving birth while shackled in leg irons, in solitary confinement, and even delivering in prison toilets. In some states, pregnancy has become a bargaining chip with prosecutors offering reduced sentences in exchange for women agreeing to be sterilized. The author shows how prosecutors may abuse laws and infringe women’s rights in the process, sometimes with the complicity of medical providers who disclose private patient information to law enforcement. Often the women most affected are poor and of color. This timely book brings to light how the unrestrained efforts to punish and police women’s bodies have led to the United States being the deadliest country in the developed world to be pregnant.” — Publisher

Michele Bratcher Goodwin is the UCI Law Chancellor’s Professor of Law & Director, Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy, University of California, Irvine.

READ | Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood | by Michele Goodwin | Cambridge University Press | February 2020

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Episode 7 “American Democracy Under Seige: White Supremacy”

Guest, Dr. Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D. Psychologist :: Research Director :: Author

Thursday, March 3, 2022 :: 8pm ET :: LIVE

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Episode 4 “American Democracy Under Siege: The March to UN-Personing”

February 3, 2022 :: 8 pm ET :: LIVE

Guest: DR. JAMES C. McINTOSH

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