Tag Archives: direct action

AFGE Solidarity Picket On Aug. 27

Join the Solidarity Picket Line! The VA announced it ceased to recognize the union contract. This action is illegal.  The VA took this action because the union has successfully stopped attacks on federal workers, and they hope to break the … Continue reading

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Writing In Public In Iowa

My first letter to the editor of a newspaper appeared in the Quad-City Times on Dec. 30, 1974. I had just returned to my home town from Europe after college graduation. I did not like the culture I experienced in … Continue reading

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Bill McKibben Interview By Ed Fallon

On July 11, Ed Fallon interviewed author and climate activist Bill McKibben on his program The Fallon Forum, after release of the new book The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at his Suburban … Continue reading

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Bakken Oil Pipeline Pledge

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Ed Fallon has long been a friend of Blog for Iowa. Here is his latest on the Bakken Oil Pipeline). Over the past two years landowners, farmers, tribes and environmentalists have done everything possible to stop the pipeline. … Continue reading

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99% Spring Is Coming To Your Town April 9-15

dailykos.com A coalition of dozens of community organizations; unions; and civil rights, environmental, student, and activist groups is organizing the 99% Spring, with a goal of training 100,000 people in direct action the week of April 9-15. Trainings will be … Continue reading

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