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The purpose of this group is to create solidarity among the left & to take action by any means necessary.
Location: The frontline is everywhere!
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How to Promote Solidarity? 1 Reply
I think this group is a great idea and a worthy goal, but the question is how do we achieve this or at least how do we take practical steps to it?I know of many different attempts to unify various…Continue
Started by Rhys Harrison. Last reply by Joe Balkis Sep 30, 2012.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 25, 2013 at 5:12 -
Thursday, April 25, 6
PM to 7:30 PM
The West Virginia Mine
Wars
Art Institute of Chicago Leroy Neiman Center, 37
S. Wabash Ave 1F, Chicago
Through talk, song, and slideshow by singer and
writer Saro Lynch-Thomason. MORE INFORMATION
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 24, 2013 at 16:30
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Wednesday, April 24, 5:30 PM to 8 PM Uproar Chicago Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, 800 S. Halsted St, Chicago Unveiling of audio collage project of Chicago voices against violence. RSVP & MORE INFORMATION.Wednesday, April 24, 7 PM The Earth Calls to Us Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, Homewood Dr. Richard Treptow presents a slideshow on climate change. MORE INFORMATION.Wednesday, April 24, 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM "Brokers of Deceit" International House, 1414 E. 59th St, Chicago Rashid Khalidi zeroes in on the United States's role as the purported impartial broker in a failed Middle East peace process. MORE INFORMATION.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 23, 2013 at 19:03
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If you would like a ride on a bus from Jobs with Justice (333 S. Ashland-Free Parking) to the action and back, email me at susanh@jwj.org. Seats are limited so email right away!
Wednesday April 24th
4:00 PM
St. James Cathedral
Chicago, IL
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 21, 2013 at 5:45
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 21, 2013 at 5:44
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Save blue whales from deadly ship strikes!Endangered blue whales are being needlessly struck and killed by commercial ships off the coast of California. Tell the Obama Administration to end this tragedy by opening Navy waters to shipping traffic!
At 100 feet long, the blue whale is believed to be the largest animal to have ever lived on our planet.
So it’s absolutely horrifying that these gentle giants are being struck and killed by commercial ships off the coast of California -- especially because there is a simple life-saving solution!
If the Navy opened the waters around its Pt. Mugu Naval Air Station to commercial traffic, then hundreds of cargo ships, oil tankers and cruise liners could bypass the blue whale’s feeding grounds and be much less likely to strike and kill them.
But so far, the Navy has refused.
Tell the Obama Administration to help save some of the world’s last blue whales by opening Naval waters to commercial traffic.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 19, 2013 at 4:41
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Friday, April 19, 3 PM to 4:30 PM From Harold Washington to Barack Obama UIC Great Cities Institute CUPPAH 400, 412 S. Peoria 4th Floor, Chicago Xolela Mangcu will discuss the impact of Harold Washington on the political culture of Chicago. MORE INFORMATION.Friday, April 19, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM "Harvest of Empire" IIT Perlstein Hall Auditorium, 10 W. 33rd, Chicago Screening of documentary. MORE INFORMATION.Friday, April 19, 7 PM to 8:30 PM Gaza After 'Pillar of Cloud' Wesley Methodist Church, 21 E. Franklin Ave, Naperville Joshua Brollier the military operation and its consequences. MORE INFORMATION.Friday, April 19, 7 PM to 9 PM "What Then Must We Do?" UIC Student Services Building, 1200 W. Harrison, Chicago Gar Alperovitz on his latest book. MORE INFORMATION.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 19, 2013 at 4:39
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Premature infants were subjected to medical experiments without their parents
being informed of the risks.
Not a century ago or in a faraway
country.
Within the past eight years.
In the United States of
America.
At prestigious institutions like Yale, Stanford, Brown and
Duke.
With federal funding.
Between 2005 and 2009 — at 23
hospitals throughout the country run by prominent universities — 1,316 premature
infants were the subjects of a government-funded clinical trial where some
received more oxygen than others.
The parents of these helpless
research subjects were never informed that some newborns would be at increased
risk of blindness, lung injury, brain damage or even death.
Add your name to our petition demanding that Health
and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: (1) apologize to the families of
infants who were experimented on without their parents’ informed consent; (2)
fully disclose to them the risks the study posed to their children; and (3)
ensure that no federally funded studies repeat this tragic breach of scientific
ethics.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 19, 2013 at 4:38
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Mexico's government is ignoring its own environmental laws and authorizing massive development projects near fragile marine ecosystems.
Take Action Today!
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 18, 2013 at 5:25
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In 2008, President Barack Obama pledged he wouldn't cut Social Security benefits, or Social Security cost-of-living increases. On Wednesday, he released a budget that would do exactly that.
Cutting cost-of-living increases will hurt seniors, veterans, and the disabled. Independent studies show that the current cost-of-living adjustment already is too low; this would drive it even lower. This is a terrible idea. If we wanted it, we would have voted for Mitt Romney instead of Barack Obama in 2012.
There is no reason for doing this. None. The Social Security Trust Fund has over $1,800,000,000,000 in it, and Social Security does not contribute one penny to the federal deficit.
Step One is to make our army grow. So far, over two million of us have signed our "No Cuts" petition. 34 members of Congress have signed on. But we need more.
We Need YOU. Please sign on at http://www.no-cuts.com.
Over the course of this week, I'm going to be talking to the media about this scheme to rip us off. I'll be working with my colleagues in Congress to deliver this message to the White House: "Hands off our Social Security and Medicare!" And I'll be offering suggestions for what you can do to have an impact.
I'll be your voice.
Forward it to your email list.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 18, 2013 at 5:23
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Rep Don Young shouldn't lead after using the term "wetbacks"
Send House Speaker John Boehner a tomato
Dear,
Last week, we asked members like you to demand Representative Don Young resign for calling tomato harvesters on his father’s farm “wetbacks,” and the response was overwhelming.
But Rep. Don Young has refused to respond, even after we delivered your signatures personally to his office in Alaska.
So we’re upping the ante. If Rep. Don Young refuses to resign, the least House Speaker John Boehner can do is remove him from his position as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. Someone who uses racial slurs to describe people should not be leading a committee tasked with overseeing all matters regarding Native American communities.
Here’s what we’re going to do: For every $5 you donate to hold politicians like Don Young accountable, we’ll deliver a tomato to Speaker John Boehner with the message, Tomato workers are not “wetbacks.” They are human beings, and anyone who doesn’t recognize them as such is not fit for leadership. We will demand Speaker Boehner remove Rep. Don Young from his position.
Rep. Don Young might be able to ignore us—but Speaker Boehner won’t be able to ignore a shipment of thousands of tomatoes in his office!
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