by Dave Johnson | Aug 26, 2013 | Trans-Pacific Partnership
There is a big strike in Colombia, and you probably don't know about it. Farmers and others are protesting over a variety of grievances including the devastating effect of free-trade agreements, privatization and inequality-driven poverty. Corporate-owned American...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 23, 2013 | Trans-Pacific Partnership
Members of Congress are starting to pay attention to the upcoming, secretly-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) "trade" agreement that isn't really about trade. And the public is also becoming aware that this runaway job-loss express train is coming straight at...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 22, 2013 | Making it in America
We have to have things to sell to others to bring in the money to buy things from others. Detroit’s bankruptcy shows what happens when a country forgets that. I hosted a blogger call yesterday with Carl Pope and Scott Paul to discuss the new book ReMaking America. I...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Martin Luther King Jr. outlined his dream 50 years ago this weekend. We made much of it happen. Let's dream some more. Let's dream about what we could do in the next 50 years. Fifty years ago Martin Luther King Jr. led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 20, 2013 | Blog
Every new job helps the economy. Because every new job is another person shopping at local stores. And every few new jobs mean the stores are hiring, too. Every new job is another person not trying to take your job. So let’s hire people to fix our roads and bridges,...
