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We Are One National Day of Action | 
Rally for Dallas Sanitation Workers Workers deserve a living wage On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was in Memphis to support the sanitation workers there when he was felled by a sniper's bullet. On the anniversary of his death, let us honor his struggle by continuing to support a living wage for these essential workers. Forty-three years after King's death, Dallas's garbage is collected by workers making minimum wage with no benefits. Where & When Dallas City Hall Plaza 1500 Marilla St., Dallas, Texas Monday, April 4 5:30 p.m. We Are One National Day of Action Honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s rich legacy The Dallas Branch NAACP honors Dr. King with a program to include a history piece, spoken word, songs, prayers, dancing and other means of expression. Where & When Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center (on the lawn near the statue) 2922 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Dallas, Texas Monday, April 4 5:00-7:00 p.m. |
Progressive Center of Texas: The History of American Progress April 5, 2011 | 
Important notice: This event will be held April 5th in The Blue Room at South Side on Lamar rather than in The Progressive Center. Enter from Lamar Street, the front door of South Side. A volunteer will direct you to the room. Please arrive by 6:30 for registration and be ready for our phone call with Michael Lux at 7 pm. Your donation of $5 or more to help with expenses will be appreciated. Michael Lux, author of The Progressive Revolution: How the Best Came to Be will join us by phone at 7 pm from Washington, D.C. for this evening. Mr. Lux served as Special Assistant to President Clinton for Public Liaison in the White House, was on the Obama Transition Team, was Senior Vice President for Political Action at People for the American Way (PFAW), and is currently CEO of Progressive Strategies. Jeff Dalton of Democracy Toolbox will be speaking on " Picturing Progress: The Personal Journey of a Moderate Progressive." Mr. Dalton is a well known strategist behind several successful coordinated campaigns for the Dallas County Democratic Party |
Democracy Now | 
Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich has signed a bill that strips collective bargaining rights for more than 360,000 state workers and bars them from striking. Democrats have announced plans to collect some 230,000 signatures in the next 90 days to block immediate implementation of the law and put it to a public referendum on the November ballot. Watch/Listen/Read |
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Yemen on Wednesday as part of the unwavering protests for the resignation of U.S.-backed President Ali Abdullah Saleh. We speak to independent journalist Jeremy Scahill, who argues the U.S. secret war has unintentionally played a significant role in weakening Saleh's regime, and Joshua Foust, who recently left his post as Yemen analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. Watch/Listen/Read The crisis in Japan has refueled the rigorous global debate about the viability of nuclear power. Japan remains in a "state of maximum alert" as the experts scramble to contain radiation that is leaking from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. Democracy Now! hosts a debate today about the future of nuclear energy between British journalist George Monbiot and Dr. Helen Caldicott.Watch/Listen/Read As many as 500,000 protesters marched in London on Saturday to protest Britain's deepest cuts to public spending since World War II. Meanwhile, in the United States protesters gathered in 40 cities on Saturday to oppose tax cuts for the wealthy amid budget cuts to public services. We broadcast a video report from the streets of London and speak to British journalist Johann Hari and Allison Kilkenny of Citizen Radio in New York. Watch/Listen/Read |
Killing the Economy Without Even Trying by Errington Thompson | 
Massive protests in Wisconsin are entering their third week. In my opinion, unions are in a battle with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker for the future of the middle class. On one hand, Governor Scott Walker states that the state of Wisconsin is broke. In order to get their fiscal house in order, they must balance the budget and cut the size of government. Among the budget-cutting proposals, and the most controversial, is Governor Walker's proposal to end collective bargaining among public workers. On the other side of this titanic argument sit the Wisconsin unions. The unions have unequivocally stated that they're willing to take salary cuts but are not willing to give up their right to collective bargain. So the unions have met Governor Scott Walker more than halfway and yet we still have an impasse. Who's right? read on |
North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion | 
Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul By Howard Schultz, Joanne Gordon List Price: $25.99 Price: $13.91 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. BUY HERE Details In 2008, Howard Schultz, the president and chairman of Starbucks, made the unprecedented decision to return as the CEO eight years after he stepped down from daily oversight of the company and became chairman. Concerned that Starbucks had lost its way, Schultz was determined to help it return to its core values and restore not only its financial health, but also its soul. In Onward, he shares the remarkable story of his return and the company's ongoing transformation under his leadership, revealing how, during one of the most tumultuous economic times in history, Starbucks again achieved profitability and sustainability without sacrificing humanity. |
| March & Rally to Save Our State Join TSEU and Texas Forward in Austin | 
Texas State Employees Union and Texas Forward are calling for a massive show of strength to tell the legislature that we will fight the proposed and unnecessary cuts to state services and state workers. There is no fat to cut in a state that ranks dead last or close to it in nearly every category of human services. The impact on health and education, the disabled, poor, and unemployed will be disastrous. We need to say this loud and clear, just like our brothers and sisters in Wisconsin. We've had enough! Save essential services for Texas citizens! We need you to be there! Everyone will meet at Austin's Waterloo Park at 12th & Trinity, and march four blocks to the Capitol starting at 11:00 a.m. Buses from Dallas: The TSEU is providing buses to and from Austin, plus registration and lunch for $15. (If you are providing your own transportation, registration and lunch is $8.) The buses from Dallas will leave the Child Protective Services office at 8700 N Stemmons Fwy (I-35E at Empire Central exit) at 5:45 a.m. Register and/or get your bus ticket today by going to the TSEU website HERE. You can either mail your money in to the address on the ticket, or drop it by the local TSEU office at 737 S. RLThornton Frwy. To register through Texas Forward, go to their website http://www.txforward.org/. More information on other groups who are organizing around this is at http://www.labordallas.org/apr6details.htm Where & When Dallas Buses: Child Protective Services office at 8700 N Stemmons Fwy. Wednesday, April 6 5:45 a.m. Rally: Waterloo Park in Austin, 12th & Trinity Wednesday, April 6 11:00 a.m. . For bus rides from all over the state, contact the Texas State Employees. |
Texas news ..... | 
Texas bill seeks moratorium on executions Clarence Brandley spent 10 years on Death Row for the slaying of a 16-year-old girl, a crime he didn't commit. Now, more than two decades after being cleared, the former custodian hopes to convince Texas lawmakers that it's time to abolish the death penalty in Texas - or least impose a moratorium on executions. Texas has executed more inmates than any other state - 446 since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Read on Stephen Pizzo | Proof of the Pudding The state of Texas has been a testbed for small-government conservatives who believe in the curative powers of low taxes and slashing government services. Just a year ago Texas republicans were pointing and laughing at liberal California's $25 billion budget deficit. What's that I hear now? Silence. No, not just silence, but embarrassed silence. Read on Texas college students debate guns on campus bill Peter Salas is a self-described gun-rights supporter whose family has a hunting tradition, but he opposes concealed handguns on college campuses. Clayton Smith, 21, went to federal court two years ago to win the right to stage "empty holster" protests on campus in support of gun rights. The disparate views reflect the divide among college students as Texas lawmakers continue to tinker with legislation that would allow students to carry guns. Read on |
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| Forget the Tea Party: The left is waking up By Gabriel Winant | 
You know those experiences that serve as a living example of something you're studying or reading about? You learn a word's meaning, and then you hear it everywhere; the natural angling of your bike as you turn around the corner makes sense of a physics lesson, or your grief over a loss is reflected in an assigned novel. I'm in a PhD program in history. (Just before coming here, I wrote regularly here at Salon.) Studying history means that it's my job to learn how to look for change in human action over time, to ask a certain set of questions: How does the old die, and how is the new born? What does it look like when change happens? Of course, mostly I read books and listen to my professors and colleagues. Lately, though, I've been getting a history lesson up-close.
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Teach-In: Austerity, Debt, Corporate Greed (and what YOU can do about it) with Cornel West and Frances Fox Piven | Come be a part of a nationwide Teach-in conducted by Cornel West of Princeton University, and Frances Fox Piven of City University of New York. The seminar will be streamed live from New York City from the historic Judson Memorial Church at 1:00-2:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time, and will feature nationally known social justice activists and experts. In Dallas the webinar will be followed by a local strategy session from 2:30-4:00 p.m. Where & When Cathedral of Hope Fellowship Hall 5910 Cedar Springs Rd., Dallas, Texas Tuesday, April 5 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
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Collin County Gay and Lesbian Alliance Participates in Municipal Elections | 
Collin County Gay and Lesbian Alliance Participates in Municipal Elections COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS - The Collin County Gay & Lesbian Alliance (CCGLA) has sent an online survey to City Council, School Board and Mayoral candidates in Allen, Frisco, Plano, and McKinney. In April, Meet & Greets for candidates are planned in Frisco, Plano, and McKinney. "Our membership has come to rely on our Votersʼ Guide and Meet and Greet events to be informed about those who would represent us at the local level. These representatives have more impact on our daily lives than officials in Austin or Washington," said CCGLA President Morris Garcia, "The recent spate of teen suicides has reminded our community of the importance of being involved locally." Ron Turner, Chair of the Victory Committee added, "The cities of Dallas and Ft Worth have ordinances that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and in Austin lawmakers are debating legislation that would protect Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) students against bullying and harassment. We need to elect officials who will advocate for us in Collin County." CCGLA has been sending Candidate Questionnaires for a number of years. Results of the survey will be posted on the CCGLA website prior to each event. The purpose of the Meet & Greets is to allow the LGBT community and other fair-minded voters to meet the candidates and discuss issues that are not typically addressed in other forums.
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Sam Seder's Who's the Caboose released on DVD ! | 
Who's the Caboose? is finally being released on DVD in the U.S. a mere 16 years after its creation. Written and starring Sam Seder, as well as Sarah Silverman before she was a star, this 1995 mockumentary is as low budget as they come.
The film begins with a brief introduction about some New York art students who set out to make a documentary about a rare fatal disease plaguing homeless people. They quickly find that topic too depressing, and shift their focus to Susan Underman's (Silverman) trip to Los Angeles for pilot season. Pilot season, we are told, is the time period each year in L.A. where actors are auditioning for new television series. So it should come as no surprise that Who's the Caboose is a prequel to a TV mini-series titled none other than Pilot Season, which was out in 2004. read on
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