Dear nancy, Good Morning!
There are amazing events going on all over the Metroplex this week- get out your google calendar and get these events set in your plans. Please make sure I am on your organization/ group's mailing list and I'll keep getting the word out about all these events to progressives all over North Texas.
Thanks,
Nancy Cunningham
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Diane Wilson and Dan Savage visit Dallas this week tickets still available to both events | 
Unreasonable Woman Diane Wilson to speak UNT -Tue March 29 University Union / UNT Denton Texas  More info Dan Savage, Savage Love Live - Thurs March 31 Kessler Theater/Kessler X+ Art Gallery /1230 W. Davis Dallas, TX 75208 /214.864.1748 phone More info |
Voter ID bill passes in Texas state House | 
By Aman Batheja | The Fort Worth Star-Telegram AUSTIN - After more than 11 hours of debate, the Texas House voted 101-48 late Wednesday for a bill requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls, increasing the likelihood that the measure will take effect in time for the 2012 elections. House Republicans achieved a long-sought political goal by passing the bill. Now they will have to iron out differences with the version the Senate passed in January. Gov. Rick Perry had declared that the bill was one of a handful of emergency items. Republicans say their constituents demand the change to ensure election integrity. Read more: **Texas Observer - As the Texas House's five Hispanic Republicans announce their unanimous support of the voter ID bill, investigative reporter Melissa del Bosque considers that while Hispanics voting for a bill that reduces Hispanic voter turnout is curious in itself, it might also have long lasting negative effects for at least one of the new Hispanic Republicans in the chamber. |
Democracy Now | 
Today marks the centennial anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the deadliest workplace accident in New York City's history and a seminal moment for American labor. On March 25, 1911, 146 garment workers, mostly young immigrant women, died after a fire broke out at the factory. Many of them leaped to their deaths when they tried to escape and found the emergency exits locked. Watch/Listen/Read The U.S. and allied air strikes on Libya have entered their fourth day as part of an international effort to enforce a no-fly zone. While the United States is denying it is attempting to assassinate Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi, allied forces bombed his compound for the second night in a row. Watch/Listen/Read |
Frontline Magazine Hour | 
An inside look at the money behind the NCAA's "March Madness"... An intimate portrait of China's most provocative artist... An examination of the life of the Army Private at the center of the Wikileaks controversy... This Tuesday night's FRONTLINE magazine hour features all three of these stories--and each delivers a powerful punch on some very timely topics. |
The History of American Progress on April 5, 2011 Progressive Center of Texas | 
Important notice: On the evening of April 5th, this event will be held 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 "The Future and Progressive Branding." Mr. Dalton is well known as the strategist behind several successful coordinate campaigns for the Dallas County Democratic Party. |
North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion | 
Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression Jack Rasmus (Author) List Price: $35.00 Price: $28.63 & eligible for free shipping with Amazon Prime You Save: $6.37 (18%) BUY HERE Review"Extensive research, thoughtful analysis and articulate writing have created a great book. Jack Rasmus doesn't just talk about the economic catastrophe of the last two years he identifies the problems, the root causes of the problems and offers sound and insightful solutions. Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression should be required reading for anyone who has a responsibility in formulating public policy. Not that they would adopt any or all of Rasmus' alternative program, but at least they couldn't say they weren't warned."
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North Texas Democrats : Notes and News | 
Wednesday, March 30:Dallas County East Democrats (7 PM, Martinez Restaurant, 901 Gross Rd, Mesquite) Saturday, April 2: Precinct Chair 101 Training All materials provided. RSVP by email to phyllis AT dallasdemocrats.org. (8:30 AM, DCDP Office, 4209 Parry at Fletcher, Dallas) - Lecture and Book Signing by Chris Hedges Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. More info at this page. Tickets $20 Adults $15 Students. (7 PM, First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 415 Normandy at Preston Road)
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| The Dallas Peace Center presents Connecting the Dots: Action for Justice in Deficit America | 
Throughout the country, lawmakers are attempting to solve municipal, state and federal budget crises on the backs of the most vulnerable members of society. Cutbacks are being proposed that could be disastrous for education, housing, health, public services and worker rights. Take this opportunity to learn the skills you need to make your voice heard! Saturday, March 26, Registration 8:30 a.m. /Program and Workshops 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Caruth Hall, Vester Hughes Auditorium, SMU 3145 Dyer St., in Dallas. Featured Speakers /Judge Scott McCown /Center for Public Policy Priorities Vicki Washington /St. Luke's Community United Methodist Church Jim Schutze /Columnist, Dallas Observer Equity in Education * Work Place Relations * Inclusive Communities Community and the Law *Legislative Visits/Advocacy Training The Role of Church and Social Justice To Register: Call the Dallas Peace Center, 214-823-7793, or email Office@DallasPeaceCenter.org No Cost - All encouraged to attend (Contributions are welcome) The North Texas LULAC Symposium "Building a Prosperous America" will immediately follow this event, from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at the same venue. Onsite registration will begin at 12:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion: "Turning Swords into Ploughshares: The Many Paths of Non-Violence" | 
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will appear in two forums when he visits the University of Arkansas May 11. He will take part in a morning panel discussion on "Turning Swords into Ploughshares: The Many Paths of Non-Violence", from 9:30 to 11 a.m. He will deliver his keynote address, "Non-Violence in the New Century: The Way Forward" from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Both events will be in Bud Walton Arena. The Dalai Lama will be joined on stage by two iconic figures of non-violence: Sister Helen Prejean, the nun and death-row activist whose opposition to the death penalty has won her an international audience, while inspiring her to write the New York Times best-seller, Dead Man Walking; and Vincent Harding, whose long career in the African-American freedom movement began when Martin Luther King, Jr. invited him to stay in Atlanta in 1958 and work for the movement; Harding would eventually be called to write King's epochal speech against the Vietnam War, 'Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,' which King delivered on April 4, 1967 at the Riverside Baptist Church in New York, precisely one year before he was assassinated. See if tickets are still available here |
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Documentary HBO | 
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Powerfully pairing home videos, archival footage and other images with true stories, The Darkness of Day examines suicide in a new and evocative way. more here |
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| Losing Our Way By BOB HERBERT NY Times | 
So here we are pouring shiploads of cash into yet another war, this time in Libya, while simultaneously demolishing school budgets, closing libraries, laying off teachers and police officers, and generally letting the bottom fall out of the quality of life here at home. Welcome to America in the second decade of the 21st century. An army of long-term unemployed workers is spread across the land, the human fallout from the Great Recession and long years of misguided economic policies. Optimism is in short supply. The few jobs now being created too often pay a pittance, not nearly enough to pry open the doors to a middle-class standard of living. | read on Bob Herbert Resigns As New York Times Columnist
Bob Herbert writes in his resignation letter: "I have been writing a column for 25 years, nearly 18 at The New York Times. The deadlines and demands were a useful discipline but for some time now I have grown eager to move beyond the constriction of the column format, with its rigid 800-word limit, in favor of broader and more versatile efforts." He says he's writing a book about "some of the great challenges facing the United States." HuffPost: Herbert's departure is the second high-profile exit from the Times' op-ed page this month. Frank Rich also bolted from the paper for New York magazine, citing the same feeling of constriction and the desire to try new things. |
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Labor Dallas events ! | All of them lead up to the April 6th Statewide Coalition March, Rally, and Lobby day at the Capitol. Get your bus tickets from the Texas State Employees Union quickly! On Saturday, April 2nd at 11 AM, We'll join the Tarrant County AFL-CIO in Barnett Park, downtown Ft Worth, for a big rally for our rights. Please do what you can to join the nationwide protests! Bus tickets $15 from www.tseu-cwa.org. Join or donate to North Texas Jobs with Justice
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Keith Olbermann Releases Online 'Worst Persons' Video, First Since MSNBC Exit (VIDEO) | 
| Keith Olbermann Special Comment: Libya, Obama and the Five-Second Rule |
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Thom Hartmann | The Corporate Conquest of America | 
Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Kohler Publishers: "While corporations can live forever, exist in several different places at the same time, change their identities at will, and even chop off parts of themselves or sprout new parts, the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, according to its reporter, had said that they are 'persons' under the Constitution, with constitutional rights and protections as accorded to human beings. Once given this key, corporations began to assert the powers that came with their newfound rights.... Interestingly, during the era of the Santa Clara decision granting corporations the full protections of persons under the Constitution, two other groups also brought cases to the Supreme Court, asking for similar protections. The first group was women. This was a movement with a fascinating history, its roots in the American Revolution itself." Read the Article
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Dallas Mayor Candidate Frorum | Meet all four candidates for Dallas Mayor and decide for yourself whom to support At our meeting this Saturday, we will host a forum for the Dallas mayoral candidates. All four candidates have agreed to participate: David Kunkle, Ron Natinsky, Edward Okpa, and Mike Rawlings. We will begin our meeting promptly at 10:30, so be on time. Date: April 2nd TIME: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm LOCATION: Oak Lawn Branch Library Cedar Springs at Knight in the Kroger parking lot PARK CITIES/CENTRAL DALLAS DEMOCRATS
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