by Steve Showen A variety of organizations and speakers participated in the conference, focusing on building an independent political movement that is pro-worker, pro-immigrant, anti-war, anti-genocide, pro-healthcare, and that responds to the climate emergency. Kshama Sawant and Jill Stein gave powerful speeches reflecting the character and experiences of their respective organizations, Workers Fight Back and […]
CWA Build Broadband Better We Need Reliable Internet Service and Good Jobs Target: National Telecommunications and Information Administration $42 billion in public funding for internet infrastructure buildout is hitting our streets this year, and CWA members have worked hard to make sure it will create good, union jobs. Because of that work, the National Telecommunications […]
Facing RealityBy Lorenzo Canizares6/18/22It feels wonderful to be corroborated. For some time, I have been saying that we are a nation in deep trouble. On 6/1/22 in an article titled “The Nation Can’t Wait Any Longer,” I wrote “Somebody would have to be willfully blind not to see the crisis of inaction that we are […]
The Time Has Come To Do More Than Just Protest By Lorenzo Canizares 6/5/22 On 6/1/22 on an article titled “The Nation Can’t Wait Any Longer,” I wrote “Somebody would have to be willfully blind not to see the crisis of inaction that we are living through. Today, another nationally reported massacre that luckily was […]
The Nation Can’t Wait Any Longer By Lorenzo Canizares 6/1/22 Somebody would have to be willfully blind not to see the crisis of inaction that we are living through. Today, another nationally reported massacre that luckily was smaller in numbers with just five people losing their lives including the gunman. Living in America today is […]
Time To Build a United Front Against Fascism By Lorenzo Canizares 12/24/21 The Sense of Urgency that I and some others have indicated several times in the past regarding the state of our democracy is finally gaining speed. Many nationally and locally important players in our fight for a better tomorrow, are understanding that we […]
Who Are We Kidding About Our Democracy? By Lorenzo Canizares 12/12/21 President Biden has just finished his Democracy Summit, and not many people noticed. In reality it was sort of a bad joke for President Biden that he gathered other friendly world leaders to discuss an idea that most know is slipping away from us. […]
To Survive : Aim High By Lorenzo Canizares 11/8/21 There is no doubt that democracy in the USA is hanging by a thread. But sadly, not many people realize that. Not everyone has the time to be following the latest news and be to tie the knots that makes some of us capable of […]
Today the nation and people on the Blue side of the equation received the bad news that Congressman John Yarmouth from Kentucky is retiring. Cong. Yarmouth is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and is also chairman of the House Budget Committee. This is what he is quoted as saying in an article posted […]
Mitch McConnell is back to his old ways of making sure Democrats can’t do anything that will help the people of this country. Remember his famous pledge “our task is to make sure that Obama is a one-term president.” Obama was able to get some good things done, but it could have been much […]