by Jamie Horwitz | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Do you remember the old Elvis hit "Return to Sender," and its lyrics “Return to sender, no such address, no such zone?” That’s the message that 2,000 postal workers from across the nation delivered at a rally against TPP Tuesday at Disney World’s Dolphin Hotel,...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 24, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Calling the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) a "trade" deal (it isn't) the corporate community and the Obama administration are also trying to sell it as important for national security. Recent op-eds make a strong case that this is just wrong. First, Brigadier General...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Contrary to recent headlines, Donald Trump isn’t reaching out to African-Americans. He isn’t even talking to us. He’s talking past us, and saying exactly what his alt-right base wants to hear him saying to black folks. Donald Trump is telling African-Americans that...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is revving up for a vote in the "lame duck" session of Congress that follows the election, and the Rock Against the TPP Concert Tour is drawing large crowds. Awareness of TPP drives opposition, and Rock Against the TPP is doing its...
by Mark Weisbrot | Aug 22, 2016 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
How much is President Obama willing to harm the Democratic Party in order to win approval for the deeply unpopular Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “trade” agreement? We may soon find out. On Tuesday, Politico broke the story that the White House will be “making an...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 19, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump’s announcement of his new campaign team completes the process of bringing white supremacists and white nationalists from the extreme fringe into the mainstream of American conservatism and the GOP, which began when Donald Trump started his campaign. If...