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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Another Feel-Good, Useless Chant from the Right
“Welfare should not be a career option.” Another feel-good, but useless chant from the Right. How does chanting “personal responsibility” actually help solve anything? There is no doubt that nationally, we have a an unacceptably high percentage of our population … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Economy, middle-class, Progressive Community
Tagged economy, parenting, simple economics, welfare, welfare work requirements
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Should Iowans Hear Gov. Branstad's Speech to ALEC?
From Matt Sinovic of Progress Iowa, Aug. 5, 2013. The Speech Gov. Terry Branstad Doesn’t Want You to Know About Branstad to deliver private address this week at the annual meeting of ALEC, the “stealth corporate lobbyist” front group DES … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Branstad
Tagged ALEC, Governor Branstad, terry branstad, Terry Branstad and ALEC
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Are GMOs Killing Monarch Butterflies?
The population of Monarch butterflies declined sharply this year. In Iowa, they have seldom been seen, even among people who preserve their milkweed plants for the orange and black insects to feed and reproduce. According to official counts, the population … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged environment, GMOs, Monarch Butterflies, Roundup Ready Corn, Roundup Ready soybeans
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Keep Dreaming Mitch McConnell
Editor’s note: Here is a shameless fundraising plug from our friends at Democracy for America. Thanks to you and all of us DFA, Senator Mitch McConnell had a very bad week. After we released polling showing McConnell losing his bid … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, Democracy for America
Tagged democracy for america, DFA, Mitch McConnell
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More on United Farm Workers and Cesar Chavez
Lettuce Wars: Ten Years of Work and Struggle in the Fields of California by Bruce Neuberger (Monthly Review Press) Trampling Out the Vintage by Frank Bardacke (Verso) A Union of Their Dreams by Miriam Pawel (Bloomsbury Press) A Book Review … Continue reading
Posted in Labor
Tagged Cesar Chavez, farm labor, labor, United Farm Workers
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This Week on the Fallon Forum – Eggs for Currency and More
Dear Friends, Really, when you think about it, what’s so magical about a piece of paper as currency? Why not create a universal unit of exchange using something with actual intrinsic value, something that can be made anywhere by anyone … Continue reading
Posted in Ed Fallon, Fallon Forum
Tagged Ed Fallon, fallon forum, local events
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Harkin Presser on Expansion of Social Security
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) will hold a joint press conference with Demcracy for America and other friendly progressives to discuss why Social Security is a fiscally sustainable program that is essential for the health of the middle class. Event details: … Continue reading
Posted in Social Security, Tom Harkin
Tagged democracy for america, DFA, social security, Tom Harkin
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Hiroshima Day 2013 Events
“Nuclear weapons are bad for human beings and other living creatures. We should never again detonate such a weapon.“ Monday, Aug. 5 Hiroshima/Nagasaki Observance Program organized by Dubuque Peace and Justice, Dubuque. 6 until 6:30 p.m. at the corner of … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Abolition, Nuclear Disarmament
Tagged nuclear abolition, nuclear disarmament
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“Cantaloupe” King: Adventures Of A Freedom Fighter
When we last left our intrepid heeero he was fending off the invading brown hordes with a mighty swing of the tongue. “They have calves like cantaloupes” he declared. “They get that from hauling that dirty dope into our country. … Continue reading
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ALEC Holds Meeting In Chicago
I believe ALEC should be the single biggest issue in the next election at the state level. ALEC has made the Republican legislators their lackeys at the state level. Republican legislators have pretty much surrendered their capabilities to act as a … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Bruce Braley
Tagged Caleb Howe, fast food workers, Hannity, Limbaugh, Moral Mondays, Netherlands, prisons, recycling, Sweden
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