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Tracy Knauss with Brian Haskins are reporting: THE KOCH MACHINE’S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT — At least twice NJ Gov. Chris Christie has secretly attended and addressed private, closed seminars by two of the world’s...
Grand Strategy & Creative Tactics is a signature workshop of Backbone that articulates a set of strategic principles and a frame through which our social movement can assess the effectiveness of the tactics we...
Now that the election is over, it is a good time to reflect. We elected these public servants. What do we expect our governments to do, from local fire districts and water districts to...
By Stan Sorscher, EOI Board Member, and Labor Representative at the Society for Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace I saw the movie Inequality for All, where Robert Reich explains the depth and meaning of inequality in...
On Thursday Nov 7, Gov. Inslee testified to the the House Finance Committee, chaired by Reuven Carlyle, in favor of extending til 2040 tax breaks for Boeing, in exchange for Boeing’s agreeing to build...
FDA moves to phase out trans fats from food, citing health concerns Put down that doughnut: FDA takes on trans fats F.D.A. Ruling Would All but Eliminate Trans Fats We wouldn’t want government helping...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Use Fun Visibility Tactics To Pull The TPP Corporate Coup out of the Shadows November 12th is a day of action in collaboration with Backbone Action Brigades, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, FlushTheTPP.org,...
We’ve got a new draft of our carbon tax legislation! It’s still a draft (with feedback welcomed on refinery operations and biofuels in particular), but it lays out our vision, which is to use...
The Seattle Times is reporting: “Gov. Jay Inslee has asked state legislators to pass a package of bills that include granting Boeing after 2024 estimated state tax savings of $8.7 billion.” They’re also asking...
