A Victory for the Poor is Still Possible At Least in British Columbia

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New Orleans        There are no good times to be poor, but these are especially hard times given persistent inequality and distorted public policies that throw a couple of nickels towards lower income families while opening the gateway to millions for those with big money.  All of which makes the ACORN victory in what might have seemed …

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Representative Bob Goodlatte Searching for ACORN behind the Woodpile

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New Orleans      The House directory may say that Bob Goodlatte is the elected Representative from Virginia and now, thanks to the drift of time and the Republican seizure of control of the Congress, he is also Chair of the Judiciary Committee.  Regardless of what the directory says though, Goodlatte is quickly proving he may have …

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Mutual Aid for the Rest of Us

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http://www.kabf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wadesworldjan30.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans       Maybe it’s because it’s the season? Not winter, but the season in the sense that “for every time there is a season,” as the psalm records. In this season, thinking about friends, comrades over decades of mutual struggle por la causa, and family who suddenly …

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