Sickening Radical Right-wing Hypocrisy
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When I was a union organizer in my early 30′s building the Georgia State Employees Union – SEIU 1985 in the late 1980′s – I got a call one day from the IRS. They
We choke our Earth at our peril
Now will the science deniers Deny the power of nature With the mile wide tornado That destroyed huge chunks Of Oklahoma And killed children in school and Folks in their homes and workplaces How many unbelievable weather disasters Will it take for
How Many People Must Be Killed and Pain Suffered Before We Get Busy on Climate Change?
First, let me remind all who are in the DC area of the book and poetry reading and signing that brilliant young poet Ingrid Anders and I are doing Friday night, May 24 at
Honoring the Fallen & Picking Up the Struggle
This past Saturday was a perfect spring-summer day in Chicago. The sun was bright. The air and sky were clear. There was a cool breeze off the lake. I joined with labor activists from across
The Fight for the 8 Hour Day
Yesterday I spoke to the Michigan AFL-CIO Community Services Conference. We all had such a great time. Today I am driving from the UAW’s Black Lake Education Center in upstate Michigan to Chicago. I will speak
Defending Democracy
In a military style pincer movement, the radical right-wing Republican moved desperately before the 2012 elections to defeat Democrats and undermine democracy. First, Republican governors and state legislatures in state after state moved to disenfranchise
Building the Resources Needed to Protect Democracy
Perhaps the single Supreme Court decision most threatening to American democracy is the Citizens United case, which ruled that corporations are people and money is speech; therefore corporations are entitled to spend all the
The Common Good is Patriotism
This is the third of a series of blogs I started last week. Read part one here and part two here. Throughout human history, the pursuit and commitment to the common good has been necessary
How Do We Drive Long-Term Change in America? Part II
Last Friday we began a short series entitled How Do We Drive Long-Term Change in America? Today we need to focus on the very significant changes in the attitudes of the middle class and working
How Do We Drive Long-term Change in America?
As we all know our economy is in serious trouble and unless we change things, that trouble will last at least several more years. Instead of reacting to the paralysis in Washington, how do we
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