SR's blog
Administration changes to farm worker hiring afoot
By SUZANNE GAMBOA – December 10, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — As it prepares to leave office, the Bush administration is moving to make it easier for U.S. farming companies to hire foreign field workers, which farmworker groups say will worsen wages and working conditions.
Two important pieces here. Greenwald is brilliant.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/12122008/watch.html
Bill Moyers sits down with political commentator and Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald who asks: Are we a nation ruled by men or by laws? A former constitutional and civil rights lawyer, Greenwald looks at the legacy of the Bush Administration, the prospects for President-elect Obama's cabinet choices, as well as the possibilities for government accountability.
And,
Nation's Largest Anti-War Coalition Resolves to Work for Prosecution of War Criminals
davidswanson's Journal
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/davidswanson/689
Sat Dec 13th 2008, 08:02 PM
United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), the largest coalition of peace organizations (over 1,400 of them) in the United States, held a national assembly in Chicago December 12-14, and drafted documents establishing the movement's agenda for the coming year.
If we are talking real, meaningful change toward sustainability, this issue is of fundamental importance--linked as it is to other critical issues: public health, revitalized local economies, clean environment, energy, climate crisis...
The following article brought my attention to two important petition drives.
Obama's "Secretary of Food"?
Wednesday 10 December 2008
by: Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times
Renaming the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Food would assist in moving away from what has been a bankrupt structure of factory farming..
PDNC FAQS
• What is the purpose or mission of the PDNC?
• What type of organization is PDNC?
• Is PDNC part of the NC Democratic Party?
• Does the PDNC lobby the legislature?
• Can I find PDNC at the State Executive Committee meetings or state party conventions?
• What is PDNC’s relationship to the Progressive Democrats of America?
What is the purpose or mission of the PDNC?
Article II of our bylaws states:
The Progressive Democrats of North Carolina pledge themselves to:
A bylaw amendment to include a Cultural Outreach position on the Board will be voted on at our 2008 Annual Convention in December.
