Monday, July 18, 2016

Big Pharma Feels the Bern

The Republican National Circus w/ Jesse Ventura

‘GOP out of touch with grassroots’– conservative on RNC rules protest

Sinquefield groups dumped $4.45M into three Missouri races in the past month | Political Fix | stltoday.com

Sinquefield groups dumped $4.45M into three Missouri races in the past month | Political Fix | stltoday.com:



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ST. LOUIS • The biggest political donor in Missouri history just had a really big month.
Between June 1 and July 1, groups funded by St. Louis-based conservative activist Rex Sinquefield donated more than $4.45 million to three Republican candidates for Missouri statewide office, records show. More than $1.75 million of those contributions were made on Friday.
Those kinds of numbers would look like typos in almost any U.S. venue other than Missouri, one of the few places in America where a wealthy donor can still write any size check he wants to any candidate.

Recipients of campaign donations from Rex Sinquefield-funded organizations between June 1 and July 1, 2016

• Catherine Hanaway, candidate for the Republican nomination for Missouri governor: $2,358,900
• Kurt Schaefer, candidate for the Republican nomination for Missouri attorney general: $1,401,517
• Bev Randles, candidate for the Republican nomination for Missouri lieutenant governor: $691,850

Are We The Only Species That Votes?

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Billions of Gallons of Fracking Waste Into Gulf?

Don't Miss The Young Turks LIVE From The RNC and DNC

demonstration in saint louis against low wages

RALLY AGAINST LOW WAGES!
Thursday, July 14th
3:15 pm
Clayton Metrolink Station
St. Louis, Missouri
Friend -
Join us to stand with SEIU Local 1 for Justice for Janitors TOMORROW, July 14th to rally for fair wages.
St. Louis workers deserve better treatment than they're getting from contractors like Centaur -- and its time contractors pay their fair share!
Our collective voices are stronger when we stand together and St. Louis families are counting on us to fight for good jobs so our city can thrive.
For more information or to RSVP, contact me at kristian@mojwj.org.
See you tomorrow,
Kristian Blackmon, St. Louis Organizer

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Stephen Colbert Takes The Gloves Off: Hillary's Email Scandal

Old Town Farmer's Market - We will be tabling at the Old Town Market in downtown Belleville for a letter writing campaign supporting the Global Fund. The Global Fund is the single most powerful tool in the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the three deadly diseases that collectively claim the lives of more than 3 million people each year. Through innovative partnerships with governments, civil society, the private sector, and affected communities, the Global Fund channels resources to country-driven programs to deliver essential treatment, prevention and care services. Since 2002, the Global Fund has helped save the lives of 17 million people. We will need at least TWO volunteers at each shift. The first shift is from 8:00-10:00am, and the second shift is from 10:00am to noon. Please indicate which shift you can attend and the number of people in your party. Thanks, and we look forward to fighting the good fight together with the people of Belleville! | ONE

Old Town Farmer's Market - We will be tabling at the Old Town Market in downtown Belleville for a letter writing campaign supporting the Global Fund. The Global Fund is the single most powerful tool in the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the three deadly diseases that collectively claim the lives of more than 3 million people each year. Through innovative partnerships with governments, civil society, the private sector, and affected communities, the Global Fund channels resources to country-driven programs to deliver essential treatment, prevention and care services. Since 2002, the Global Fund has helped save the lives of 17 million people. We will need at least TWO volunteers at each shift. The first shift is from 8:00-10:00am, and the second shift is from 10:00am to noon. Please indicate which shift you can attend and the number of people in your party. Thanks, and we look forward to fighting the good fight together with the people of Belleville! | ONE:







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Old Town Farmer's Market

We will be tabling at the Old Town Market in downtown Belleville for a letter writing campaign supporting the Global Fund. The Global Fund is the single most powerful tool in the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the three deadly diseases that collectively claim the lives of more than 3 million people each year. Through innovative partnerships with governments, civil society, the private sector, and affected communities, the Global Fund channels resources to country-driven programs to deliver essential treatment, prevention and care services. Since 2002, the Global Fund has helped save the lives of 17 million people. We will need at least TWO volunteers at each shift. The first shift is from 8:00-10:00am, and the second shift is from 10:00am to noon. Please indicate which shift you can attend and the number of people in your party. Thanks, and we look forward to fighting the good fight together with the people of Belleville!

Old Town Market in Belleville

Corner of 1st and Main
Belleville, IL 62221

The Safe Side of the Fence (Official Trailer)





being shown on eastside now

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Trumka bringing campaign to St. Louis July 9; you’re invited | The Labor Tribune

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Trumka bringing campaign to St. Louis July 9; you’re invited

JULY 4, 2016 by ADMIN in LABOR NEWS FROM OUR REGION with 0 COMMENTS
TRUMKA
TRUMKA
By CARL GREEN
Correspondent
St. Louis – ­The nation’s highest-ranking union leader, Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, will be in St. Louis on July 9 for a Labor 2016 political rally.
Sign-in for the event will be at 9:30 a.m., followed by the rally at 10:30 a.m. on that Saturday at Sheet Metal Workers Local 36, at 2319 Chouteau Ave.
Union members, leaders, volunteers and activists are invited.
“The stakes are too high in this election for working people to sit out,” the Labor 2016 campaign states. “Join us as we speak up together.”
Trumka is now campaigning to support the AFL-CIO-endorsed Hillary Clinton for president and to explain to union members why apparent Republican nominee Donald Trump is a threat to unions, even though some of his promises may sound enticing.
“If left unattended, the anger and the frustration Trump has tapped into will carry the day,” Trumka told the Washington Post. “But when you give working-class people the facts, I think he falls apart. He’s a house of cards.”
For instance, Trump has stated that workers’ wages are too high and that he fully supports right-to-work.
“When you go in and tell them the truth, you’ve got a yardstick to measure,” Trumka said. “We need to give voters alternatives point for point – wages, taxes, making the rich pay.”
He has described Clinton as a “proven leader who shares our values” and pledged a strong effort by the AFL-CIO to get her elected.
“We will run a sophisticated, targeted ground campaign,” he said. “And with the dire consequences Donald Trump poses for America’s working families, it has to be.”

saint louis demonstration for nurses of slu hospital, ssm hospital

Support the Nurses of Saint Louis University Hospital!
Monday, July 11th
8:00 - 10:00 am
Corner of S. Grand and Vista Ave
St. Louis, Missouri
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Saint Louis university Hospital (SLUH) isn't meeting it's own plan for safe staffing -- that's why we're rallying with SLUH nurses to fight for staffing that will keep workers safe and provide better quality care for our loved ones when they are sick.
Meet us at the corner of S. Grand and Vista Ave, next Monday, July 11, to show SLUH nurses that we're standing with them to demand safe staffing!
Our collective voices are stronger when we stand together and SLUH nurses are counting on you. For more information or to RSVP, contact Richard Von Glahn at richard@mojwj.org.
See you Monday,
Kristian Blackmon, St. Louis Organizer

Missouri GOP contenders for governor mince no words during heated debate | St. Louis Public Radio

Missouri GOP contenders for governor mince no words during heated debate | St. Louis Public Radio:



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With time slipping away, Missouri’s four Republican candidates are heightening their attacks — in person and in their ads — as they head into the final stretch before the Aug. 2 primary.
By even their own accounts, Wednesday’s debate at St. Louis Public Radio’s studio – and broadcast by public radio stations around the state — appeared to be their liveliest. And the nastiest.

Union Thugs Gone Wild





from earlier this year and bad language