My 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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