Top Ten Things Black America Will Have To Show For 8 Years of President Obama

Submitted by ed2291 on April 30, 2013 - 5:34pm

When Barack Obama leaves the White House in January 2017, what will black America, his earliest and most consistent supporters, have to show for making his political career possible. We'll have the T-shirts and buttons and posters, the souvenirs. That will be the good news. The bad news is what else we'll have.... and not.

The Obama Legacy, Pt 1: Top Ten Things Black America Will Have To Show For 8 Years of President Obama

A frequent conversation about civil rights

Submitted by ed2291 on April 29, 2013 - 10:43pm

I have heard this conversation depicted on you-tube more often than you can imagine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rMh4Vzztcw

Chris Hedges Talks to the Green Party

Submitted by ed2291 on April 17, 2013 - 7:52pm

Chris Hedges, author of "Death of the Liberal Class" and other fine books addresses the New Jersey Green Party. The remarks he makes are universal and should be considered by all movements. Hear what he says by clicking Chris Hedges Talks to the Green Party

Resist the Duopoly!

Submitted by ed2291 on April 16, 2013 - 2:29pm

NPA member Dave Mosrie wrote the following.

NPA Facilitator Thoughts on Labor

Submitted by ed2291 on March 20, 2013 - 1:54am

Within the base of support of NPA, you could probably ask 100 people what they believe our primary focus should be, and get about 10 different answers - each of them a plank of the Unified Platform. But I've been giving it much thought in recent weeks, and have decided that there is one issue which ties all the others together: Labor.

2013-2015 Candidates

Submitted by ed2291 on January 4, 2013 - 8:10pm

In 2012 the New Progressive Alliance endorsed 54 candidates from 23 states. These candidates sought seats ranging from school boards to sheriff to U.S. Congress (both houses) to the presidency - THREE for that last office alone! - are blazing the trail for the future of democracy in America. It is a trail very different than that which the Democratic and Republican parties take us down election after election, with the same predictable result: A disenfranchised working class and an ever-more enriched military-industrial-Wall Street complex.

The Powerless Press Under the Democratic/Republican Uniparty

Submitted by ed2291 on December 22, 2012 - 11:29pm

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Thomas Jefferson

Unfortunately, this is the worst time for the media in the over two centuries since Thomas Jefferson wrote that memorable quote. The three reasons for this are corporate takeover of both the electronic and print media, lack of resources, and "He says, She says" journalism. Journalism as we used to know it no longer exists except in a few isolated and largely ignored places.

A 1939 Animation for Today

Submitted by ed2291 on December 21, 2012 - 1:36pm

For a change of pace: This 1939 less than 9 minute animation has lost none of its power or relevance for today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8stkqssLYc

A Talk with a Minnesota Labor Leader

Submitted by ed2291 on December 20, 2012 - 8:27pm

Talk by Alan L. Maki in Duluth, Minnesota; December 10, 2012.

Today marks another anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I have distributed copies to each of you compliments of the Canadian Labour Congress.

I am bringing to the proverbial public square some ideas I hope will gain widespread discussion.

Ideas based and formulated around the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. We can only enforce these rights through movements.

A Modern Animated Fairy Tale by Ed Asner

Submitted by ed2291 on December 9, 2012 - 5:23pm

An entertaining but accurate animated fairy tale of recent economics can be found here.

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