Posts Tagged ‘Politics’

Conservative Court Approves U.S.A., Inc.

Apparently the free market should be so free that it should be free to run the government. That’s essentially the decision of the Supreme Court today in their decision to overturn limits to corporations’ abilities to spend money from their general funds to support or oppose candidates. Instead...
January 21st, 2010 | Politics | Read More

City fails Wick Park 2010 test

[Edit 11/18: Be sure to visit the Shout Youngstown post on the reactionary art that grew up in response to the Penn Ave arsons.] More than fifty interested residents from the Wick Park area and Youngstown’s north side attended a community meeting at Wick Park Pavilion with representatives from...
November 17th, 2009 | Youngstown | Read More

Financial Reform Showdown in Chicago: Wanna Go?

MVOC is sponsoring a bus to Chicago to join thousands of grassroots organizations to call for financial reform, to value people over profits. They have approximately 10 seats left on the bus… and it is free to go (meals, hotel for one night, and transportation are all included).  All you need...
October 20th, 2009 | Events | Read More

More on the importance of libraries

I authored a guest post for the Working Class Perspectives blog on technology, libraries and the working class. If you missed it earlier, I also published a Vindy post a few weeks back on the library-funding crisis. Ohio has made news in the last month by proposing to slash hundreds of millions of dollars...
July 13th, 2009 | Politics | Read More

Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 threatens community agriculture

Elsa Higby, Grow Youngstown founder, sent this e-mail today analyzing the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009. She graciously consented for me to share her findings with you. I am sure you will find her note as sobering as I did. Please note the call to action at the closing. — Hello friends, I’ve...
April 2nd, 2009 | Politics | Read More

Keep Traficant marginalized

I blogged yesterday about Traficant and the recent Vindy article saying Youngstown-area Democratic Party chairpersons would welcome him back “with open arms.” This is not a victim. Let me say it again: Jim Traficant is not a victim. Traficant is a perpetrator, a thief, a felon. Until this...
March 11th, 2009 | Politics | Read More