Every word of this is important. And if you disagree, we want to hear from you, too. The struggle for a better New Jersey Democratic Party, and local parties, is real. – Promoted by Rosi Cross-posted at the Local Knowledge Blog. …
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Activism is part of the CA Dem Convention, here calling for a single-payer platform plank (LA Times) UPDATED4 (June 8): The CADEM Chair election is not over, almost 3 weeks after the vote May 20. Kimberly Ellis says she has…
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I love Hetty Rosenstein. We are lucky we have an organizer of her gravitas and her fearlessness who is with us. Last night, Hetty, who runs CWA in NJ was honored along with several other Labor leaders. Here’s the thing: There…
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This was cross-posted from the Local Knowledge Blog. I missed a protest on Monday night. I’d hoped to be at the Congressman Don Norcross (D) town hall (one of my students was receiving an award that night and invited me)….
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Tom Perez and Keith Ellison are coming to New Jersey Friday; Newark, organized by Working Families, and Monmouth. The new Chair & Deputy Chair of the DNC. In addition to the event above, they’re in Monmouth 2pm (details below). Note…
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Professor Danley’s excellent column about the parochialism of the Democratic Party struck home when I heard a passing remark by a high-ranking state party leader lamenting the fact that the various grass roots activities like Action Together are not coalescing…
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The story of a charter school that should never have opened, but did, because of bad public policy, the wishes of Jersey pols, campaign donations, big-money and entities set up to make profit. A deep dive, a cautionary tale. Photo: Darcie Cimarusti, Don…
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promoted by Rosi Betsy DeVos was confirmed by the Senate yesterday despite a historic national outcry. Tens of thousands of people called, emailed, tweeted and, when offices turned off the phones, faxed (!) statements against her. This vote– a 50-50 tie with…
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“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.” …
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I had to be somewhere last night (Mon) so I missed CNN’s hour-long Town Hall with Bernie live from the campus of George Washington University, with questions from CNN’s Chris Cuomo and from the audience. The topic was the future…
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