Thursday, July 29, 2010

Paul Krugman on The Young Turks October 29, 2007

Paul knows his stuff--history and economics


Krugman on Social Security October 29, 2007

interesting commentsmade during campaign

more social security cutters

Time To Cut Social Security & Medicare - Tucker Carlson. theme of this short

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Can Obamanomics solve the crisis--increase,not cut, social security

some economists argue increasing social should be done such as James K. Galbraith

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Mother Jones 'Letter to the Governor'

Mother Jones was a superactive union organizer. I would invite her to join Soar were she alive. many unions owe this woman
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Therese Diekhans, from her award winning one woman show 'The Most Dangerous Woman in America: Machine Guns, Coal Dust, Mother Jones and the Making of the American Dream. Recorded live in Seattle 2010.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Salt of the Earth - Herbert Biberman (1954)

Movie made by people that had been blacklisted by the McCarthyism at that times. It's about the strike of mexican workers, fighting for better work conditions. Public domain film.

folks still doing these sort of documantaries


The Wobblies Documentary

interesting labor history doc. believe or not, my grandfather belonged. 1979 is date of film I believe