March 2, 2019 by Bob of Occupy For those of you who have bothered to watch what I have presented on the Fate of the Venezuelan People, you may be aware that I have attempted to highlight at least two opposing views, those of the Maduro camp and those of… Continue reading
1In an image posted to the Congressional Western Caucus’s Facebook page, Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, holds a hamburger while making a statement during the Western Caucus’s press conference on the Green New Deal bill at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 27, 2018. Photo: Congressional Western Caucus Kate AronoffFebruary 28 2019 (theintercept.com)… Continue reading
Youth climate activists as young as 7 years old confronted California Senator Dianne Feinstein last week in San Francisco, demanding she sign on to the Green New Deal. We speak with 12-year-old Rio and his sister, 10-year-old Magdalena, who were among the protesters who spoke to Senator Feinstein. They are… Continue reading
By Natalie Orenstein March 1, 2019 (Berkeleyside.com) Recreational vehicles will have to roll out of town soon, per a citywide ban on overnight parking. The Berkeley City Council voted Thursday to enforce a prohibition on parking from 2-5 a.m., while developing a permitting system exempting some RVs for two weeks each year. Officials… Continue reading
February 28, 2019 by Public Seminar Defeating Trump politically, part 5 by Jeffrey C. Isaac (commondreams.org) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez really is a breath of fresh air and an exemplary politician of the left. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has taken Washington, D.C by storm. She successfully ran an insurgent, grass-roots… Continue reading
posted by PUBLIC BANKING INST | 8gbFebruary 28, 2019 Photo courtesy Michael Hudson Michael Hudson, one of the few economists who accurately predicted the Great Recession, has written a book — …and Forgive Them Their Debts — that caused John Siman to remark in Naked Capitalism: “To grasp his central argument is so alien to our modern way… Continue reading
posted by PUBLIC BANKING INST February 28, 2019 California Public Banking Alliance at the Feb 4 public bank joint informational hearing in Sacramento. Photo courtesy Public Bank East Bay The bill SB 528, introduced Feb 21 by CA State Senator Ben Hueso, would convert the California I-Bank — a state revolving fund with… Continue reading
