David Pakman Show Thom Hartmann, host of The Thom Hartmann Program and author of his latest book, “The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich,” joins David to discuss healthcare in the United States. Get the book: amz.run/4sBl — Become a Member: https://www.davidpakman.com/membership… Continue reading
This op-ed argues that the Fed could be turned into an institutional force for economic progress. BY VASUDHA DESIKAN AND TRACEY LEWIS SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 (teenvogue.com) Imagine if your city could buy up vacant houses and rent them to community members at a reasonable price. What if your city could afford to retrofit… Continue reading
TODAY! Wednesday, September 29 – 3:30pm STOP Pandemic Evictins Meet at Embarcadero Plaza, San Francisco Friday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Shut Down the San Francisco Police Officers Association In person SF Police Officers Association (outside)800 Bryant St.SF RESIST with “Mothers On The March”, “Black and Brown for Justice and Equality”, Family’s… Continue reading
Anna Tong Sep. 25, 2021 (SFChronicle.com) San Francisco’s criminal justice system is under an international spotlight. Our district attorney, Chesa Boudin, has been the subject of dueling profiles in New York Magazine and the New Yorker. Our shoplifting issues have been covered ad nauseam in outlets from the Wall Street Journal to CNN. Yet… Continue reading
FRI, 9/17/2021 – BY CARL GIBSON (Occupy.com) Now that the Occupy movement has turned 10 years old, it’s worth looking back and gauging how effective our protest against capitalism and oligarchy has been over the past decade. Yes, the tents and occupations are long gone. Yes, capitalism is still the dominant ideology…. Continue reading
FRI, 9/17/2021 – BY MICHAEL LEVITIN THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON THE ATLANTIC (Occupy.com) A decade before United Nations climate scientists issued a “code red for humanity,” the 20-year-old college junior Evan Weber joined several thousand protesters descending on Wall Street to declare a code red for democracy. At the height of the… Continue reading
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, center, works during the certification of Electoral College ballots in the presidential election, in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Elizabeth MacDonough’s hubristic approach was on display in her fight against Democrats’ rule change. Ryan GrimSeptember 22… Continue reading
A misleading mailer attacking the record of DA Chesa Boudin hits the streets—but who paid for it? By TIM REDMOND SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 (48hills.org) A new dark-money organization is sending out mailers that seem to encourage people to support the recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin—but it’s not part of… Continue reading
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Remembering Spain’s 15-M Movement, Occupy’s scrappy precursor By MARKE B. SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 (48hills.org) As the US looks back a decade later, a necessary reminder that Occupy was a reverberation of a global movement.ByMARKE B.SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 l In May and June of 2011, I traveled with my photographer husband to… Continue reading
