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Si Kahn Awarded Winthrop University’s Medal of Honor in the Arts
America’s best living folk song writer, a great organizer, and my close longtime friend and brother Si Kahn is receiving Winthrop University’s very prestigious Medal of Honor in the Arts. It is well...
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150th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
This year we commemorate the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, who led the greatest freedom struggle in the history of our country, and one of the greatest freedom struggles in the history of the...
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Gov. O’Malley on NPR
National Public Radio’s Steve Inskeep interviewed former Maryland Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley. It was a very revealing interview, because Inskeep asked and allowed...
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Gov. O'Malley: The status quo will not stand
This is part 2 of my take the Steve Inskeep NPR interview with former Maryland Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley. Martin O’Malley:“I think what’s going on right now,...
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Happy May Day!!
Happy May Day!! Today is the real workers’ day celebrated around the world as May Day!!Today let us honor our martyrs like Dr. King, Cesar Chavez, Walter Reuther, and every worker who’s ever fought for...
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Senator Bernie Sanders is running for President
“I am running for president. I intend to stand up and fight for working families all over the country.” -Bernie SandersMy friend and one of my heroes, Bernie Sanders, is running for President of the...
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Former Gov Martin O'Malley Appears on Meet the Press
Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley appeared on Meet the Press on Sunday passionately calling for “an agenda for America’s cities.” He said we as a nation must address the structural weaknesses...
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America, look in the mirror, your children are starving
I’m in a rage right now. Washington is not playing political games. They are destroying our country and our people. America is a world leader in child hunger, poverty, and homelessness. We are...
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Philly’s mayoral race is a microcosm of movement across America
On May 19th, Philadelphia voters will elect their party candidates for all city offices. 1199, led by the legendary Henry Nicholas, AFSCME, and almost all of organized labor are pushing as hard as...
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A Letter from Sen. Bernie Sanders
Most of you know that Senator Bernie Sanders and I have been friends and cohorts in various worker struggles for over ten years.We first became friends when the Senator was a very early and...
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Mayoral candidate Anthony Hardy Williams promotes right-wing agenda through...
By now, it should be apparent to all watching the Philadelphia Mayoral campaign that candidate Anthony Hardy Williams doesn’t believe in public schools. Instead, he believes in taking huge sums of...
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Bernie Sanders Wants to Make the Economy Work For the American People
American democracy is no longer just under attack, our democracy and the institutions that support it are being decimated right now. The Koch Brothers are giving Scott Walker of Wisconsin $400...
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University Adjuncts, Walmart Associates
Something very disturbing and destructive to an active democracy is happening on the campuses of our colleges and universities. More and more of the teachers are not professors, but academics paid...
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Sen. Bernie Sanders and 17 Colleagues Urge Obama to Lift Wages
President Obama has been stymied by radical right-wing Republicans in the effort to raise the minimum wage. Of course, the $10 amount is not enough. We need the minimum wage to be doubled at the very...
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Acuff on Cavuto Today Talking about the #FightFor15
Today I’ll be on “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on Fox News at 4pm ET talking about the #fightfor15 protest at the McDonald’s HQ in Oak Brook, IL!Image source:@chifightfor15
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Bernie is Running to Win
“Today, we learn that JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and other huge banks were fined $5 billion for rigging interest rates and manipulating currency exchanges. Sadly, this is just the tip of the iceberg....
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Bernie Sanders is for AMERICA
I’m fixing to deal with some grown up truth right now and I’d appreciate it if you’d hear me out.Bernie SandersBernie Sanders is my friend and my candidate for President of the United States. Even if I...
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1199 President Henry Nicholas to Kick Off Major Labor-Environmental-Community...
On Tuesday June 2nd, iconic 1199 President Henry Nicholas will kick off a major forum at the Electricians Local 98 Union Hall in Philly. The forum will include trade unionists, environmentalists,...
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Here's my recent speech at IBEW Local #47's 2015 Annual Stewards & Safety Conference.
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Robert Reich: Strong Unions Mean a Strong Middle Class
In a recent blog and video, former Bill Clinton Secretary of Labor Robert Reich noted that the decimation of the American labor movement is directly related to the diminution of the middle class. Reich...
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