April 4 Day of Action

Support working families and our communities: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr., come out on April 4th to demonstrate. See WE ARE ONE Respect Our Rights. to find out where. Here in NYC these are some direct actions (mostly on April 4):

Workers' Rights Are Civil Rights
April 4, 2011 - 7 PM to 8:30 PM
Battery Park

Unite and Win: Stand Up for Workers' Rights
April 4, 2011 - 5 PM to 7:15 PM
City Hall Park

MLK Rally
April 4, 2011 - 4 PM to 6 PM
City Hall Park - Murray and Chambers Sts.

"We Are One" - Queens Solidarity Rally and March
April 4, 2011 - 4 PM to 8 PM
Hosted by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1056
Meet at the bus depot on Merrick Blvd across
from the Queens Library marching to Grace Church (by 6PM)

Protect Our Children Save Our Teachers and Schools
April 14, 2011- 4:30 PM to 6 PM
Queens Borough Hall - Kew Gardens

One Bronx Rally for a Living Wage
April 4, 2011 - 7 PM to 9 PM
Bronx Pentecostal Deliverance Center
1755 Watson Ave, Bronx NY

Living Wage NYC
April 4, 2011 - 6 PM to 9 PM
Bethel Baptist Church, Brooklyn NY

We Are One! We Are NY!
April 9, 2011 - Noon to 1 PM
Times Square (7 Ave @ 42nd)

Explaining Wisconsin, a FB comment repost

The governor and Republican legislators are not dictators and Wisconsin has a long labor history. What is happening in Wisconsin and Ohio, etc., most likely follows what was decided at the recent Koch weekend meetings. Kill the one supporter of the middle class working people and make it easier for Republicans to win. Meanwhile wi-fi has just been shut down in Wisconsin capitol area. And per Mike Elk the AFL CIO is debating releasing a poll done by Stan Greenberg showing Scott Walker's approval dropping by 20% in last week (from 58%). Over-reaching has its effects. The last election was colored by the outrageous Citizens United vs FEC decision allowing unregulated money to shower on elections (more over-reaching). People elected are supposed to represent the people not dictate. If Wisconsin plays out the way the governor wants welcome to the American oligarchy. The Democratic legislators follow in the tradition of Abraham Lincoln in escaping a very undemocratic vote in order to better represent the will of the people. (Lincoln escaped through a window.)

[And Republicans who protest about Walker/GOP being allowed to follow the will of the people who voted them in do not see the irony of their own impeding of the agenda / will of the people who voted for Obama and Democrats in 2008.]

Said on the White House Contact Page - Taxes

Left on the White House Contact page, under policy issue - Taxes:

Extending the unfunded Bush tax cuts to the rich people who don't need it while talking about freezing middle class working people's wages is an OUTRAGE. We NEED the Middle Class. They did not cause the economic crisis.

Listen to Dr. Howard Dean -- hear what he said on Rachel Maddow Monday night. Listen to the POLLS. People don't want to extend tax cuts past the first $250,000 in income.

We need a strong White House who tells the truth and sticks up for WE the PEOPLE rather than seeking to please Republicans who only want to please the rich and powerful and make YOU a one term president. Please stand up for the other 98%. Be Franklin Delano Roosevelt. We need FDR and stimulus to the REST of us.

Don't Blame Unions For Detroit's Ills

Mike Papantonio does another great Pap Attack, this time explaining who is really behind the failure of the Big 3 (and it isn't the workers!!). Love Pap, Ring of Fire, and Bobby -- catch the full audio on AirAmerica.com but this four minute visual says much.