September 21st 2015 MDT
Reflections on the United States Social Forums, 2015 Temple University’s Student Center hummed with activity from June 25-28 with registration, tabling and meet-ups associated with the Philadelphia US Social Forum (USSF) 2015. The Philly Forum, organized by members of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign and Disabled in Action, was driven by the “understanding that people’s movements are what create social change… and a commitment to reaching far and near to lift up all community voices so that they can be ...Continue Reading
August 14th 2015 MDT
THE FIGHT FOR $15 by Mary Zepernick “Worker pay is rising at the slowest pace ever recorded. But it’s worse than that because the new data include everyone who’s paid - -- including the top CEOs and Wall Street Moguls. The fact is, most people's pay is stagnant or dipping then the adjusted costs of living, including rents, are going through the stratosphere.” - Robert Reich, former US Labor Secretary Reich goes on to say that “Conservative Republicans like it that way. They’ve long said that the only way to revive t ...Continue Reading
June 11th 2015 MDT
Economics for Activists by Mary Zepernick Below are a number of recent economic justice related resources and subjects that democracy activists should be aware of. There’s a direct link between growing economic injustice and growing political injustice. Putting Families First: Good Jobs for All This is the title of a new report by a coalition of progressive groups, plus affiliates across the country. They include the Center for Community Change, Center for Popular Democracy, Jobs With Justice, Leadership Conference ...Continue Reading
May 14th 2015 MDT
OLDEST PERSON IN THE U.S. TURNS 129! by Mike Ferner and Virginia Rasmussen PNS (POCLAD News Service) – U.S. Health and Human Services director, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, today announced plans for a National Day of Observance to mark the birthday of the oldest person in the United States. “May 10, 1886 is a day we simply cannot overlook,” Burwell noted. “On that little-noted day, without fanfare, an American was born who has surpassed all others in longevity, changed the very direction of our nation and the character o ...Continue Reading
April 27th 2015 MDT
POCLAD [and You?] at the U.S. Social Forum Greetings! We are writing to share the exciting news that the Program on Corporations Law & Democracy (POCLAD) is gearing up to participate in a big way with the third US Social Forum, one of the premiere movement spaces anywhere in the country. Over 10,000 people gathered in Atlanta in 2007, and 15,000 gathered in Detroit in 2010. This political motion comes out of the World Social Forum, which is a meeting of individuals and organizations representing civil society th ...Continue Reading
March 24th 2015 MDT
Fracking “Banned” in New York State? Think Again! by Virginia Rasmussen On December 17, 2014 Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York announced that his administration would “ban” hydraulic fracturing in the state. To some of our POCLAD readers interested in the long, traumatic saga of communities struggling to protect lands and people from the many assaults of this fossil fuel extraction technology, the news brought celebration. But just how much whooping is warranted? Not so much! Hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking o ...Continue Reading
February 24th 2015 MDT
Nuclear Power & Corporate/Regulatory Collusion by Mary Zepernick I was inspired by Cecile Pineda’s book, The Devil’s Tango; How I learned the Fukusima Step by Step (Wings Press) "EARTH IS FLAT -- PIGS FLY -- NUCLEAR POWER IS SAFE" - Molly Johnson, Motherers for Peace FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Fukushima was owned by the TEPCO Corporation, with Mark reactors, including Mark 1 (the reactor at both Pilgrim and Vermont Yankee plants). It is now majority owned by the Japanese government which notified s ...Continue Reading
January 22nd 2015 MDT
Dreaming and working for a real democracy after Citizens United ruling by Greg Coleridge It's a cruel irony that the very week our nation celebrates the life and work for justice and equality of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., our country also marks mark the 5th anniversary of the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision that diminished political justice and equality. The controversial decision, issued Jan. 21, 2010, broadened the rights of corporate entities and individuals to donate (or, more appropriately, i ...Continue Reading
January 22nd 2015 MDT
Dreaming and working for a real democracy after Citizens United ruling by Greg Coleridge It's a cruel irony that the very week our nation celebrates the life and work for justice and equality of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., our country also marks mark the 5th anniversary of the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision that diminished political justice and equality. The controversial decision, issued Jan. 21, 2010, broadened the rights of corporate entities and individuals to donate (or, more appropriately, i ...Continue Reading
January 22nd 2015 MDT
Dreaming and working for a real democracy after Citizens United ruling by Greg Coleridge It's a cruel irony that the very week our nation celebrates the life and work for justice and equality of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., our country also marks mark the 5th anniversary of the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision that diminished political justice and equality. The controversial decision, issued Jan. 21, 2010, broadened the rights of corporate entities and individuals to donate (or, more appropriately, i ...Continue Reading
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