Category: Economic Justice

NEIL YOUNG COMES THROUGH AGAIN!

This is so right on!  Good for today!    

TELLING TRUTH TO POWER

There is no better than Chris Hedges  

EUGENE DEBS 1917

Tim Robbins reading what got Eugene Debs into prison for 10 years.     Tim Robbins performs Eugene V. Debs Canton, Ohio speech June 1918 Tim Robbins performed this excerpt of Eugene V. Debs' 1918 speech at a May 2009 performance at the 92Y in New York City, as part of a celebration of the …

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WHAT WOULD OBAMA SAY?

THIS WORKS!   Seriously – Sara Bareilles and Leslie Odom, Jr. We asked Sara Bareilles to imagine what President Obama might be thinking about this election and Donald Trump. She wrote this song, which Leslie Odom Jr. sings. Posted by This American Life on Friday, October 28, 2016  

NEED YOUR HELP ON TPP

Watch this and send it out to your Facebook friends.  Then call your Washington DC lawmakers (Larsen, DelBene, Murray and Cantwell) and demand that they OPPOSE the TPP.  Patty Murray is running for reelection this year – maybe she can be convinced if we let her know we will not support her if she votes …

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STILL OPPOSING THE TPP – HELP US

Robert Reich is a person who can tell you about the TPP in a very short time. Local people have met with Rick Larsen in a town Hall and Suzan DelBene in 2 small meetings to voice our opposition to the TPP.  Will it help?  Time will tell.   We held banners and yelled slogans in front …

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KEEP THE OIL IN THE GROUND

This is also relevant to the newest Dirty Trade Deal that attempts to convince us that the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) will protect the environment but there is really nothing in the document that says it will prevent this kind of corporate activity. Stop the TPP – call your representative NOW!   Tell them to vote …

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TPP- THE END OF DEMOCRACY?

OCCUPY WALL STREET – BELLINGHAM (OWS-BELLINGHAM) has been opposing TPP and all other dirty trade deals for the past 3 years. We lost on FAST TRACK and now the final TPP deal is struck which Obama will sign on February 4. Then the clock starts ticking for the congress to vote on it – either an …

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TPP FOR DUMMIES

KEEP LEARNING FOLKS AND CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES   What does the TPP (TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP DEAL) mean for you.. Why you should care about the #TPP (TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP DEAL) and what it mean for your #sovereignty…TPP Wiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_PartnershipTPP Trade Deal Will Cost US 448,000 Jobs, Say Researchers:http://dailypresser.com/2016/01/tpp-trade-deal-will-cost-us-448000-jobs-say-researchers/WHAT IS THE TPP: How the TPP will impact youhttp://www.exposethetpp.org/TPPImpactsYou.htmlTPP …

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LARSEN TOWN HALL ON TPP

Yes, That’s right – Congressman Rick Larsen wants to meet with us and hear what we have to say for or against the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership)  He will be in Bellingham on Friday, November 13 at the City of Bellingham Council Chambers at 5:30 – 7 pm OCCUPY WALL STREET BELLINGHAM will have a rally …

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