FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 AT 4 PM PDT – 5:30 PM PDT Free · Liberty Plz, New York, NY 10006, United States Details Event by OWS Special Projects Affinity Group, Occupy Wall St. and OWS Outreach/Canvassing Group · OCCUPY WALL STREET’S GLOBAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSION GROUP Liberty Plz, New York, NY 10006, United StatesDuration: 1 hr 30… Continue reading
SEP 15, 2021 ANDREW PEREZ, DAVID SIROTA (dailyposter.com) Three House Dems working to kill drug price legislation raked in roughly $1.6 million from pharma donors — and the top aide for one of them is now a pharma lobbyist. The three conservative Democratic lawmakers threatening to kill their party’s drug pricing legislation have raked… Continue reading
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Astra Taylor, co-founder of the Debt Collective and author of the recent book Remake the World: Essays, Reflections, Rebellions, to discuss the 10-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. Then Sam and Emma are joined by Heather Digby Parton, proprietor of Hullabaloo and… Continue reading
Remake the World: Essays, Reflections, Rebellions by Astra Taylor An incisive collection of essays from an author who is consistently ahead of the curve. Over the last decade, author and activist Astra Taylor has helped shift the national conversation on topics including technology, inequality, indebtedness, and democracy. The essays collected here… Continue reading
Few Events – NOT back 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. ARTICLES: A. Ten… Continue reading
SEP 15, 2021 JULIA ROCK (dailyposter.com) A running tally of which Democratic lawmakers are — and are not — publicly committing to withhold their votes on the bipartisan infrastructure bill in support of robust budget Editor’s Note: This story is being cross-posted at The Intercept and The American Prospect. Additional reporting from Austin Ahlman,… Continue reading
California employees looking for a better deal in union negotiations as the company posts record profits Michael Sainato Wed 15 Sep 2021 06.00 EDT (theguardian.com) Thousands of workers at CVS stores across California are demanding better pay, increased safety standards, healthcare improvements and more security for workers in new union contract negotiations…. Continue reading
TYT’s The Conversation Thom Hartmann (@Thom_Hartmann) joins Cenk Uygur to discuss the racist history of the US healthcare system. https://www.thomhartmann.com/https://hiddenhistorybooks.com/produc… MORE TYT: https://tyt.com/trial *** The Largest Online News Show in the World. Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. LIVE STREAMING weekdays 6-8pm ET. http://tyt.com/live Subscribe to The Young Turks… Continue reading
Saturday 7:00AM (theonion.com) WASHINGTON—As they reminisced 20 years later about a devastating and historic national tragedy, Americans reportedly took note Saturday of how the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were the last time the country was able to put aside its differences and stand united in a bloody, homicidal thirst for… Continue reading
