‘Amtrak Joe’ Is the Golden State’s Last, Best Hope for Making a Rail From the Bay Area to L.A. a Reality President “Amtrak Joe” Biden speaks aboard an Amtrak train in September 2020 during a train tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania. Courtesy of Andrew Harnik/Associated Press. by JOE MATHEWS | APRIL 27, 2021 (zocalopublicsquare.org) Dear Joe, I know I should… Continue reading
A Hundred Days Into the New Era, Looking Back on the Old By Rebecca Solnit April 29, 2021 (lithub.com)_ The impact of the Trump era will probably be remembered as crimes and outrages, but what it did to our psyches may be harder to recall. It did a lot to our psyches. The… Continue reading
New Video on May Day by Fred Glass, to be shown April 29 at 7 pm, registration attached: https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1873/2021-04-29-may-day-history-video-and-the-pro-act/ MAY DAY HISTORY In the 19th century, it was common for American workers to labor for 10 or more hours a day, six or even seven days a week. The struggle… Continue reading
Periodic posting… *** ASL interpretation – Let me know if your event needs this service .*** Please include Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action is ‘child friendly’ Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12 See Indybay for many other listings of events. Site for other Bay Area Events ARTICLES:… Continue reading
Thank Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street and other organizers and activists for forcing the Democratic Party to the left ByTIM REDMOND APRIL 28, 2021 (48hills.org) If the economic policy Joe Biden put out tonight sounds incredibly progressive, it’s because the bar has been set so incredibly low. Biden… Continue reading
NowThis News Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) delivers a video op-ed on behalf of the Working Families Party in response to Pres. Biden’s address. » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/KnowThis Jamaal… Continue reading
Neighborhood of Fear: The Suburban Crisis in American Culture, 1975-2001 by Kyle Riismandel (Goodreads Author) The explosive growth of American suburbs following World War II promised not only a new place to live but a new way of life, one away from the crime and crowds of the city. Yet, by the… Continue reading
In April 2014, Buddy Roemer became a partner at The Young Turks, an online progressive news network founded and run by Cenk Uygur. Roemer’s firm – Roemer, Robinson, Melville & Co, LLC – invested $4 million into the company. According to Uygur, the two met and bonded over their shared support of campaign… Continue reading
