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Chicago Teachers Union Financial Secretary Kristine Mayle speaks on the current state of Chicago Public Schools and contract negotiations.
August 13, 2012
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PDA-IL: Kristine Mayle of the Chicago Teachers Union on the current state of contract negotiations
by n0madic, posted on Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 at 10:06 amWall St. “Cheetahs” and the Financial Transaction Tax
by n0madic, posted on Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 at 9:31 amThe recent stock market volatility could have been restricted by a tax on transactions that would make the small quick score less attractive
John Nichols and Matthew Rothschild on Paul Ryan
by n0madic, posted on Monday, August 13th, 2012 at 1:19 pmfrom Democracy Now!
As Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney names Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate, we speak with two Wisconsinites about the seven-term congressman’s record, and how his views are influenced by the controversial philosopher, Ayn Rand. “This is not necessarily a foolish choice by Romney,” says John Nichols, political writer for The Nation magazine. “It is an extreme choice and it does define the national Republican Party toward a place where the Wisconsin Republican Party is — which is very anti-labor, willing to make deep cuts in education, public services, and frankly, very combative on issues like voter ID and a host of other things that really go to the core question of how successful and how functional our democracy will be.” Ryan is chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee and architect of a controversial budget plan to cut federal spending by more than $5 trillion over the next 10 years. “Ryan gets a lot of mileage for understanding so-called the budget and economics,” says Matthew Rothschild, editor and publisher of The Progressive magazine. “But if you look closely, he doesn’t really get it.” Democrats argue Ryan’s planned Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security reform would essentially dismantle key components of the social safety net.
Part Two after the jump.
The Drought and the Coming Food Price Bubble
by n0madic, posted on Monday, August 13th, 2012 at 9:05 amTIm A. Wise (Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University): US food reserves at an historic low as biofuels, climate change and speculation exacerbate food crisis.
MoveOn.org presidential campaign ad: Pickpocket
by n0madic, posted on Friday, August 10th, 2012 at 10:30 amfrom MoveOn.org Political Action
“Mitt Romney’s creepy hand wants your $2k to pay for tax breaks for his millionaire and billionaire friends. Tell Mitt Romney: Get your hand out of my pocket!”
Grassroots Collaborative: Fulton on the River Action, Chicago, August 7th
by n0madic, posted on Thursday, August 9th, 2012 at 9:27 amPDA-Chicago: Don’t Take Our Children’s Money!
by n0madic, posted on Monday, August 6th, 2012 at 8:00 amfrom PDA-Chicago
Join PDA Chicago as we stand with the Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign this Wednesday, August 8, to protest public tax money going to corporate welfare.
5:30-8:00 p.m., Lake Park Ave. and E. 53rd St., Chicago, 60615
$5.2 million of property taxes intended for our public schools is going to Hyatt Hotels, a company that doesn’t need it. No more corporate welfare!
TR’s “Confession of Faith” to the National Progressive Party convention, Chicago, 1912
by n0madic, posted on Monday, August 6th, 2012 at 7:00 amIn early August, 1912, progressives from across the country gathered in Chicago to launch a new political party. It was to be “a convention managed by women and has-beens,” said a New York Times reporter dismissively. “About everyone here who wears trousers is an ex. There are ex-Senators, ex-Secretaries, and ex-Commissioners galore. Everybody who is not an ex is a woman.”
It was also to be a
Below is a transcript of Roosevelt’s speech to the convention, his “confession of faith,” as he put it. It was delivered one hundred years ago today, and in some of it’s particulars it shows it’s age. What is most interesting, however, is how much of it still needs to be said, but almost certainly won’t be, by the presidential candidates the New York Times will be focusing it’s attention on this year.
ADDRESS BY
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Before the Convention of the National Progressive Party
in Chicago, August 6, 1912
To you, men and women who have come here to this great city of this great State formally to launch a new party, a party of the people of the whole Union, the National Progressive Party, I extend my hearty greeting. You are taking a bold and a greatly needed step for the service of our beloved country. The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly what should be said on the vital issues of the day.
Found Objects for a Friday Afternoon: Gore Vidal on the History of the National Security State
by n0madic, posted on Friday, August 3rd, 2012 at 11:00 amThe legendary author discusses his thesis on the construction of the national security state.
