Posted on October 31st, 2008 by Howard
There are seemingly countless reasons why political issues should matter to working people (especially union members). So why is there such a disconnect between our livelihoods and the way we think about politics?
I’ve already chronicled various ways the coming U.S. elections could affect working class voters (see here and here for example). Today I’d like [...]
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Posted on October 29th, 2008 by Howard
If you haven’t seen it (or just haven’t seen it in a while), here’s the excellent scene from the movie Gettysburg with the “Killer Angels” monologue in it:
Thanks to Tom for the link.
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Posted on October 5th, 2008 by Howard
Teamsters across the country have been receiving mailers about the upcoming election, many of them featuring actual Teamster members explaining why they’re voting for Barack Obama this year. This past week, one of those fliers bore a face familiar to Local 384 members. The member featured in this one was none other than Local 384 [...]
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Posted on September 30th, 2008 by Howard
The Pennsylvania voter registration deadline for this year’s general election is October 6. That’s less than a week away.
If you or someone you know isn’t registered to vote in this year’s election, please make sure you do so before next Monday. Wherever you are, you can jumpstart the registration process by clicking here.
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Posted on September 10th, 2008 by Howard
A “pattern of deceit” is being used by the McCain campaign — not only to lie about the Obama tax plan, but also to keep voters from noticing how McCain plans to raise taxes on millions of regular Americans.
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