#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] TED TALKS Naomi Klein: Addicted to risk http://www.ted.com/talks/naomi_klein_addicted_to_risk.html Days before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP's risky pursuit of oil. Our societies have become addicted to extreme risk in finding new energy, new financial instruments and more … and too often, we're left to clean up a mess afterward. Klein's question: What's the backup plan? In her latest work, Naomi Klein wonders: What makes our culture so prone to the reckless high-stakes gamble, and why are women so frequently called upon to clean up the mess?http://www.twitpic.com/cshw6n
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#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty The chilling reality of America's jobs crisis http://www.jimhightower.com/node/8036#.UZ1vD6L7JaY “Stock Market Soars,” exulted a typical headline in early May, when the Dow Jones Average topped 15,000. But this index of Wall Street wealth gives a false picture of our nation's true economic health. Yes, the privileged few are doing extremely well. But the workaday many are struggling – and falling further and further behind as the jobs market sinks steadily from mere recession down into depression. The monthly unemployment reports don't tell the depths of misery out here in the real world, beyond the view of Wall Street and Washington elites. For example, President Obama hailed the news that unemployment dipped to …http://www.twitpic.com/csi5sd
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Protesters to March On Firm Where Eric Holder Was Partner, Occupy Lobby (UPDATE) http://dcist.com/2013/05/protesters_to_march_on.php For a third day, homeowners and supporters protesting foreclosures will hold a public demonstration in D.C. And once again, Attorney General Eric Holder, who admitted early this year some banks are too big to prosecute, will be the target. Protesters gathered at Freedom Plaza at 11 a.m. Wednesday to march on Covington & Burling LLP, a law firm where Holder was once a partner. The firm, located at 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, represents or has represented major banks including Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase. A spokesman for the protesters said they plan to take over the building's…http://www.twitpic.com/csifyy
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty 9-month-old Florida firm donates 0,000 to Scott and state GOP, gets million state deal http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/22/1210988/-9-month-old-Florida-firm-donates-140-000-to-Scott-and-state-GOP-gets-52-million-state-deal If this isn't crooked, it's only because we've defined crookedness down so much that it doesn't exist anymore: Two months after contributing 0,000 to Gov. Rick Scott's re-election campaign, an upstart property insurance company is likely to reap a million windfall, paid from the coffers of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Here's the deal. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is a state-run Florida insurance company. Because Florida has hit a lucky streak over the last years and not had as much hurricane damage as they had feared, they're sitting on a cash surplus of …http://www.twitpic.com/cshst4
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Today: Tell Us How to Open More Doors to Latino Workers http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Organizing-Bargaining/Today-Tell-Us-How-to-Open-More-Doors-to-Latino-Workers Be sure to join Elianne Ramos today from 3–4 p.m. EDT for a live online discussion on how to build a stronger movement for working people, with today’s chat spotlighting Latino workers. Ramos, principal and CEO of Speak Hispanic Communications and vice-chair of communications and PR for Latinos in Social Media, poses this question: “Latinos are the fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S. workforce and their employment experiences are as varied as their individual histories. How can the labor movement use new technologies to solidify its Latino membership?”http://www.twitpic.com/cshaw9
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Union Plus Disaster Relief Grants Available for Union Tornado Survivors http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Community-Services/Union-Plus-Disaster-Relief-Grants-Available-for-Union-Tornado-Survivors Oklahoma City-area union members who were impacted by tornadoes and who participate in Union Plus programs may be eligible for financial assistance. Union Plus Disaster Relief Grants of 0 are available to help participants in the Union Plus Credit Card, Insurance or Mortgage programs who are facing financial hardship due to this devastating natural disaster. The money does not have to be repaid…http://www.twitpic.com/csbgzf
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty The Latest Lie: IRS Targeted Conservatives http://blog.ourfuture.org/20130520/the-latest-lie-irs-targeted-conservatives “The corporate media is blasting out the story that the IRS “targeted conservative groups.” Some in the media say there was “IRS harassment of conservative groups.” Some of the media are going so far as claiming that conservative groups were “audited.” This story that is being repeated and treated as “true” is just not what happened at all. It is one more right-wing victimization fable, repeated endlessly until the public has no choice except to believe it.” RELATED VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aqK_WxvB_xEhttp://www.twitpic.com/csb0b7
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Bill Leavy: Austerity isn't founded upon “fiscal conservatism” or upon any real scarcity; it's founded upon sheer GREED. …This must end.http://www.twitpic.com/cs9r4g
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty This needs to go viral.http://www.twitpic.com/cs1fg2
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Kinsley loves austerity because it is “spinach” http://www.salon.com/2013/05/17/kinsley_loves_austerity_because_it_is_spinach/ The liberal pundit supports a worthless international initiative So the other day Paul Krugman had a long, very good piece in the New York Review of Books on the arguments and flawed research used to justify austerity measures, and why the notion that it’s necessary for countries to “pay” for booms and expansionary fiscal policy with spending-slashing measures in the midst of recessions has so much appeal to certain elites. And in this month’s New Republic, former editor Michael Kinsley responds to Krugman’s anti-austerity crusade with a very poorly argued piece about how even though austerity has been a disaster basi…http://www.twitpic.com/cs25y3