July 12, 2019 by Common Dreams Nearly two-thirds of Americans support replacing the Electoral College with a national popular vote system, according to recent polling by Jake Johnson, staff writer Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to the crowd during the 2019 South Carolina Democratic Party State Convention… Continue reading
New info page for event #5. Their posting is not on the list of “Lights for Liberty” events nor on Indybay. Am including the resources from 2600 Magazine below! Concentration Camps in the U.S. (Map) https://concentrationcamps.us/ 2600 Magazine has compiled a full listing of Customs and Border Patrol stations, a number of… Continue reading
Announcements are divided into two groups: 1. general announcements 2. actions for Friday & Saturday around “Lights for Liberty” Please encourage groups you are involved in to post their events on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12 Thank you to all who are posting there! Check Indybay for other listings. ARTICLES: A. U.A.E. Pulls Most Forces From… Continue reading
(kelsoinstitute.org) 1956Louis Kelso invents the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) leveraged buyout to enable employees of Peninsula Newspapers, Inc., of Palo Alto, California, to buy the company from its founders. 1958Louis Kelso innovates the Consumer Stock Ownership Plan (CSOP) to enable farmers in California’s central valley to become owners of… Continue reading
Illustration by Nicolás Ortega Fighting inequality by turning workers into owners By JOHN CASE July 8, 2019 (newrepublic.com) The 2020 Democratic field now teems with proposals to mitigate rampaging wealth and income inequality, from Kamala Harris’s plan to increase tax credits for low- and moderate-income families to Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax…. Continue reading
Posted on July 10, 2019 by Ellen Brown (ellenbrown.com) The Democratic Party has clearly swung to the progressive left, with candidates in the first round of presidential debates coming up with one program after another to help the poor, the disadvantaged and the struggling middle class. Proposals ranged from a Universal Basic… Continue reading
XR France – Sur le Pont, Solidarity 28 JUN | Pont de Sully, Paris, France At the 45°C peak of a record-breaking heatwave, French rebels peacefully occupied a bridge in Paris. They intended to spend the day singing, dancing and learning; instead, they suffered a brutal response from the police. The protestors… Continue reading
The Rational National Published on Jul 10, 2019 Support the show at http://TheRationalNational.com/Join Bernie’s anti-endorsement page: https://berniesanders.com/anti-endorsements/ July 10, 2019 by Common Dreams ‘We Welcome Their Hatred’: Sanders Unveils Anti-Endorsement List of Billionaire CEOs and Wall Street Bankers “I am proud to announce the modern-day oligarchs who oppose our movement.”… Continue reading
Glenn Greenwald: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the founding editors of The Intercept. JULY 09, 2019 (democracynow.org) A political crisis in Brazil is growing in the wake of The Intercept’s investigation into a judge who likely aided federal prosecutors in their corruption case against former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio… Continue reading
