Clean Elections and the Movement for Social Justice...

West Queens Independent Democratic Club
and
Citizen Action of NY

Learn more about Clean Money/Clean Elections...

Invite you to a Panel Discussion:

CLEAN ELECTIONS AND THE MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

Thurs., May 15, 2008 -- 7 PM at All Saints' Church Hall, 43-12 46 St, Sunnyside [#7 Train - to 46/Bliss Street]

Clean Elections puts Power back where it belongs:
IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE

All of the movements for social justice are dramatically affected by the influence of private money in our elections.

Panel Discussion Will Include:

* The Fight for Universal Healthcare Through Clean
Elections
* Clean Elections: A Civil Rights Necessity
* Power and the Rent Wars: Why Are Tenants Losing?
* Clean Elections Here and Now

Why Full Public Financing of Elections?

Clean Money/Clean Elections is a full public financing system for election campaigns under which candidates who agree to limit spending, not take any private interest money, and collect only a limited number of small, individual contributions from their constituents, can qualify for a set amount of public funds to run their campaigns.

Clean Elections levels the playing field, focuses on the needs and interests of the voters, and is a common-sense solution to restoring democracy.

Sponsorship list in formation. Initial Co-Sponsors:

Democracy for NYC, Met Council on Housing, Metro NY Healthcare for All Campaign, Mitchell-Lama Residents Coalition, West Queens Greens, Long Island City Alliance, Democracy Matters, Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens, New Visions Democratic Club....

JOIN US!

For more info, to RSVP, and to co-sponsor, please contact Citizen Action of NY at 212-523-0180 ext 43, kguild@citizenactionny.org

GoLeft TV - The "Dumbing" of America with Susan Jacoby

GoLeft TV

The "Dumbing" of America

Mike Papantonio of GoLeft TV and Air America's Ring of Fire talks with author Susan Jacoby about the decline of intellectualism in America. Susan is the author of "The Age of American Unreason."

Susan Jacoby was on Bill Moyers Journal last week...

Susan Jacoby
Bill Moyers talks with Susan Jacoby about her new book, THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON.

Watch Video Transcript

Keith Olbermann on Bill Moyers Journal - December 15th 2007

Keith Olbermann's interview on Bill Moyers Journal Dec. 15, 2007...

Part 2

Part 3

PBS: Bill Moyers Journal..Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich...

Bill Moyers Journal . Transcripts | PBS

Watch video...

Barbara Ehrenreich - After studying theoretical physics at Reed College and earning a Ph.D. in cell biology from Rockefeller University, Barbara Ehrenreich joined a small nonprofit in New York City in the late 60's, advocating for better health care for the city's poor.

She began researching and writing investigative stories for the company's monthly bulletin, and as she explains in her biography, "There was no decision to become a writer; that was just something I started doing."

What Ehrenreich calls her "big writing break," was a cover story for MS. MAGAZINE about feminism and heart disease, which lead to steady essay writing and opinion pieces in MS., MOTHER JONES, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, HARPER'S and other magazines.

In 2001, she released perhaps her most influential book, NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA, which chronicles the year she spent working low-income jobs and living in low-income housing. She writes:

"We would stop at a convenient store for quote 'lunch' and people just didn't have money in their pockets. By money, I mean, two bucks. That's when I realized that people...were not eating because they couldn't afford to. And I asked this one girl...'How do you get through a whole day without eating?' And she said, 'Oh, I get faint by the end of it, I feel dizzy.' So, that's no good."

Ms. Ehrenreich has since released many additional books including BAIT AND SWITCH: THE (FUTILE) PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, based upon her undercover work as a white-collar job seeker, and her latest book, DANCING IN THE STREETS: A HISTORY OF COLLECTIVE JOY, which focuses on our species' desire for collective joy.