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Si Kahn Awarded Winthrop University’s Medal of Honor in the Arts
America’s best living folk song writer, a great organizer, and my close longtime friend and brother Si Kahn is receiving Winthrop University’s very prestigious Medal of Honor in the Arts. It is well...
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150th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
This year we commemorate the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, who led the greatest freedom struggle in the history of our country, and one of the greatest freedom struggles in the history of the...
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Gov. O’Malley on NPR
National Public Radio’s Steve Inskeep interviewed former Maryland Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley. It was a very revealing interview, because Inskeep asked and allowed...
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Gov. O'Malley: The status quo will not stand
This is part 2 of my take the Steve Inskeep NPR interview with former Maryland Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley. Martin O’Malley:“I think what’s going on right now,...
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Happy May Day!!
Happy May Day!! Today is the real workers’ day celebrated around the world as May Day!!Today let us honor our martyrs like Dr. King, Cesar Chavez, Walter Reuther, and every worker who’s ever fought for...
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Senator Bernie Sanders is running for President
“I am running for president. I intend to stand up and fight for working families all over the country.” -Bernie SandersMy friend and one of my heroes, Bernie Sanders, is running for President of the...
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Former Gov Martin O'Malley Appears on Meet the Press
Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley appeared on Meet the Press on Sunday passionately calling for “an agenda for America’s cities.” He said we as a nation must address the structural weaknesses...
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America, look in the mirror, your children are starving
I’m in a rage right now. Washington is not playing political games. They are destroying our country and our people. America is a world leader in child hunger, poverty, and homelessness. We are...
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Philly’s mayoral race is a microcosm of movement across America
On May 19th, Philadelphia voters will elect their party candidates for all city offices. 1199, led by the legendary Henry Nicholas, AFSCME, and almost all of organized labor are pushing as hard as...
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A Letter from Sen. Bernie Sanders
Most of you know that Senator Bernie Sanders and I have been friends and cohorts in various worker struggles for over ten years.We first became friends when the Senator was a very early and...
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Mayoral candidate Anthony Hardy Williams promotes right-wing agenda through...
By now, it should be apparent to all watching the Philadelphia Mayoral campaign that candidate Anthony Hardy Williams doesn’t believe in public schools. Instead, he believes in taking huge sums of...
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Bernie Sanders Wants to Make the Economy Work For the American People
American democracy is no longer just under attack, our democracy and the institutions that support it are being decimated right now. The Koch Brothers are giving Scott Walker of Wisconsin $400...
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University Adjuncts, Walmart Associates
Something very disturbing and destructive to an active democracy is happening on the campuses of our colleges and universities. More and more of the teachers are not professors, but academics paid...
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Sen. Bernie Sanders and 17 Colleagues Urge Obama to Lift Wages
President Obama has been stymied by radical right-wing Republicans in the effort to raise the minimum wage. Of course, the $10 amount is not enough. We need the minimum wage to be doubled at the very...
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Acuff on Cavuto Today Talking about the #FightFor15
Today I’ll be on “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on Fox News at 4pm ET talking about the #fightfor15 protest at the McDonald’s HQ in Oak Brook, IL!Image source:@chifightfor15
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Bernie is Running to Win
“Today, we learn that JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and other huge banks were fined $5 billion for rigging interest rates and manipulating currency exchanges. Sadly, this is just the tip of the iceberg....
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Bernie Sanders is for AMERICA
I’m fixing to deal with some grown up truth right now and I’d appreciate it if you’d hear me out.Bernie SandersBernie Sanders is my friend and my candidate for President of the United States. Even if I...
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1199 President Henry Nicholas to Kick Off Major Labor-Environmental-Community...
On Tuesday June 2nd, iconic 1199 President Henry Nicholas will kick off a major forum at the Electricians Local 98 Union Hall in Philly. The forum will include trade unionists, environmentalists,...
View ArticleMy speech at IBEW Local #47's conference
Here's my recent speech at IBEW Local #47's 2015 Annual Stewards & Safety Conference.
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Robert Reich: Strong Unions Mean a Strong Middle Class
In a recent blog and video, former Bill Clinton Secretary of Labor Robert Reich noted that the decimation of the American labor movement is directly related to the diminution of the middle class. Reich...
View ArticleBernie Sanders is one of us
Senator Bernie Sanders shares our political values. Senator Sanders has worked on our issues. Sen. Sanders has worked to build a real grassroots political movement in his home state of Vermont. For...
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The TPP Hurts Workers Around the World
Whether labor’s leadership makes a vote on TPP a line in the sand, the rank and file will make it a line in the sand. Lest anyone forget the fight against NAFTA was begun and prosecuted at the...
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Bernie Sanders' momentum continues to surge
A straw poll conducted at the Wisconsin Democratic Convention gave Sanders 41 percent support, making him a close second behind Hillary Clinton. Yes it’s only a straw poll in one state, but with every...
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Bernie Leads Our Fight Against the TPP
I swear sometimes it seems that the only elected voice in Washington we hear opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership belongs to Sen. Bernie Sanders. I fear this gigantic, destructive trade deal will be...
View ArticleAcuff on Hartmann Talking about the #TPP & #TPA
I recently went on Thom Hartmann's show and talked about the TPP and TPA.Check it out!
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We Need a Franklin Delano Roosevelt Moment
Corporations are fake people that the Supreme Court determined are “people” for the SOLE purpose of undermining and dismantling our democracy. My longtime friend Harold Meyerson recently wrote a...
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Some of the reasons I’m supporting Bernie Sanders.
Early this morning, I wrote some of the reasons I’m supporting Bernie Sanders.Because it is happening now, let me start with the disastrous Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership. This is not a trade deal. I...
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TPP Battle Continues
The House passed the controversial, standalone Trade Promotion Authority bill on Thursday.“Supporters of dangerous, job-killing trade treaties have regrouped after failing to pass a trade package last...
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Three Economists Speak Out Against the TPP
Three very important economists have made important statements regarding the TPP.Larry Summers, who almost always favored neoliberalism and trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, said,"What we...
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The Confederate Battle Flag, The Stars and Bars
The racist, terroristic slaughter of nine Black Americans was carried out by a white man who has loudly and proudly discussed his hatred of Black Americans. The horrific act happened in Charleston, a...
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Trade Unionists Back Bernie for President!
Over 1,000 local union leaders and members back Bernie Sanders for President!Grassroots labor initiative urges Democratic primary support for Sanders by AFL-CIO and national unionsOver 1,000 union...
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Pope Francis Offers A New Vision
“We need to reject a magical conception of the market, which would suggest that the problems can be solved simply by an increase in the profits of companies or individuals… Finance overwhelms the real...
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Philly Crude Oil Tanker Kayak Flotilla
My Goddaughter, Elizabeth Arnold, who's an anti-fracking activist wrote today's blog. It is another reminder of why I'm supporting Bernie Sanders for President in 2016. Bernie opposes fracking and...
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Bernie Sanders CAN Be President
If you believe Senator Bernie Sanders:• has the best ideas• has values that connect to yours• cares about you and your family• has proved his integrity over a lifetime of public servicethen you have a...
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The 4th of July
Time to celebrate independence Freedom from tyrannyThe long struggle to free all AmericansAnd to extend America’s promiseTo all her people, right?Without regard to race, creed, color,Gender, sexual...
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Poverty is growing and democracy is dying
The Pope is right. Unfettered and unrestrained greed and market "magic" and capitalism have failed the world.The recent column from David Brooks about the Pope's new Papal Encyclical is arrogant and...
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Why I’m Working Hard For Bernie
There are a lot of great reasons that I’m working as hard as I can for Bernie Sanders.But the two most important reasons I’m committed to Bernie are named Samuel Martin Acuff and Sydney Elizabeth...
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Keep on Bernie
Carl Sandburg once wrote The strong men keep coming onMakes me think of Bernie to read that quoteBernie keeps coming on like he just won’t be done.We need you Bernie, keep coming!We need to hear the...
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July 29th: Bernie's Historic Grassroots Organizing Event
The Bernie Sanders presidential campaign truly is a Grassroots Phenomenon. Bernie is running the first truly grassroots presidential campaign in a century of American history. Bernie is running for...
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Black Lives Matter
We have multiple racial, social, economic and moral crises in America today. We must not blame young African-Americans for expressing outrage over weekly killings of other African-Americans.We all...
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AFL-CIO delays primary endorsement as Bernie's support surges
THE NEWS RIGHT NOW COULD HARDLY BE BETTER FOR BERNIE!!!!My old union, the Utility Workers Union of America, support Bernie Sanders by over 60 percent in an internal poll.5000 rank and file union...
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Please Attend Bernie's Historic, Nationwide Grassroots Organizing Event Tonight!
3,344 organizing meetings are happening across the nation tonight, with 98,308 RSVPs. Will you be a part of it?Find an organizing meeting in your area now!Bernie Sanders can be our next President, but...
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Trump is a joke, but a serious joke.
Everybody hurry and pull over. The Donald has taken the wheel of the Clown Car and what a fun ride it’s gonna be. The screaming narcissist with the swoop-de-doodle hairdo is leading the Republican...
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Hillary Has Been Pushing TPP from the Start
No wonder Hillary Clinton didn’t want us to know about her secret emails and cables from her post as Secretary of State. As Secretary of State, Clinton pushed and praised the Trans-Pacific...
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Bernie Speaks Out Against Racism at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Just last week Sen. Bernie Sanders made a great and very important speech to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights organization that Dr. King founded to lead the modern civil...
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Labor Day is on the Way
Labor Day will be here before we know it. This is an important year to remind all Americans of what workers and their unions have done for America and all our people. Given the assault on unions and...
View ArticleAcuff on Hartmann Discussing the GOP Fox News Debate
Last Friday I went on Thom Hartmann's great, progressive show to discuss the Fox News GOP Presidential debate.My segment starts at the 1 minute mark.Watch it now!
View ArticleBernie’s Fantastic Speech To a Union Audience!
Please watch this fantastic speech that Sen. Bernie Sanders recently made to a union audience at the SMART Business Agents’ Conference.SMART is the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail...
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What a great week for Bernie!
According to one poll, Bernie now leads the race in New Hampshire, jumping ahead of Hillary by seven points. That is an amazing surge of support, which will only get stronger as he opens five new...
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