FOCUS | In Defense of Pete Seeger, American Communist
Bhaskar Sunkara, Al Jazeera America
Sunkara writes: "It's not that Seeger did a lot of good despite his longtime ties to the Communist Party; he did a lot of good because he was a Communist."
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FOCUS: Michael Moore | Ford Paid a $15 Minimum Wage 100 Years Ago, So Can We
Michael Moore, Open Mike Blog
Moore writes: "The CEOs will scream and weep now just like they did then, and just like then they'll be wrong. Not only would it not destroy American businesses, it might be the only thing that can save them."
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never occurred to me that Pete Seeger could die, for I thought of him as a
permanent piece of America--like the Bill of Rights. I first met Pete at the
Newport Folk Festival in 1969 and it was my good luck to learn from him over the
years by joining him in a few of the many grassroots causes he embraced. He
genuinely was "of, by, and for the People," and his exemplary life gives all of
us a rich up-tempo, belt-em-out songbook of how common people can team up to
battle the bosses, bankers, big shots, bastards, and bull-shitters.
The rest from Jim Hightower:
The highly-educated working poor: Adjunct professors
There's a growing army of the working poor
in our USofA, and big contingents of it are now on the march. They're
strategizing, organizing, and mobilizing against the immoral economics of
inequality being hung around... [read more]
The new loophole that connects Congress to corrupt corporate cash
The counselor advised, "an informal
setting," adding that it is "an effective way to build a better
relationship."
That sounds like advice that a love
counselor might offer to couples,... [read more]
Wall Street warns Democrats: Avoid Populism!
Here's a jarring headline: "Economic
Populism Is a Dead End for Democrats."
That's the title on a recent op-ed piece
written by a couple of longtime political flacks for Wall... [read more]
The Walmartization of higher education
We've learned from hard experience that the moral values of corporate
chieftains rarely penetrate deeper than the value of their multimillion-dollar
pay packages. But shouldn't we expect more from the chieftains of colleges and
universities?
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Moral Monday on the move
Rosa Parks became a powerful symbol of
courage and defiance in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s by simply
refusing to give up her seat to a white man and move to the back... [read more]
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