Professor Chomsky speaks on American politics’ descent into madness.
Why the Middle Should Care About the Bottom
The middle has to care about the bottom because it represents how far our society will let someone fall.
Read the article: A Real Movement of the 99%—Don’t Look Down | Talking Union.
The Catholic Labor Network
I was very happy to run across a resource this morning for Catholic unionists and those who are interested in the Church’s teaching on economic justice. It’s called the Catholic Labor Network.
Here’s the description from their Website.
“The Catholic Labor Network hopes to be a place for those Catholics, lay, religious and clergy, who are active in their churches and in unions to learn about their Church’s teachings as regards to labor issues, pray for those who are working for economic justice and share information about events and struggles that may be taking place in their area. For over one hundred years, the Catholic Church has been a voice of support for workers, and a conscience to the body politic when it pondered issues dealing with the distribution of wealth and the condition of workers.”
Here are some links.
Kshama Sawant’s Inauguration Speech
“To all those prepared to resist the agenda of big business – in Seattle and nationwide – I appeal to you: get organized.”
Read the full speech: Kshama’s Inauguration Speech – Vote Sawant.
Also, here’s Sawant’s Monday appearance on Democracy Now.
Another Insightful Piece from Ben Irwin
“I’ve seen the other kind of poverty — the kind that’s at least partly self-inflicted and more than a little self-destructive.”
Read the full essay: The other kind of poverty « Ben Irwin.
The Last Gasp
“We increasingly do not remember what it means to be free. And because we do not remember, we do not react with appropriate ferocity when it is revealed that our freedom has been taken from us. The structures of the corporate state must be torn down. Its security apparatus must be destroyed. And those who defend corporate totalitarianism, including the leaders of the two major political parties, fatuous academics, pundits and a bankrupt press, must be driven from the temples of power. Mass street protests and prolonged civil disobedience are our only hope. A failure to rise up—which is what the corporate state is counting upon—will see us enslaved.”
Read More: Chris Hedges: The Last Gasp of American Democracy – Truthdig.
Ease My Revolutionary Mind
“I need a union working woman! I need an Occupy Wall Street woman!”
Fellow Worker Tom Morello, at the Woody Guthrie Centennial…
The Life of Dorothy Day
Here’s an introduction to Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement that aired on PBS’ Religion & Ethics Newsweekly back in February of 2013.
Transcript is here.
Our Salvation – A Quote From Dorothy Day
“I firmly believe that our salvation depends on the poor.”
– Dorothy Day
The Place To Learn How To Fight
I’ll see you in Chicago.