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January 25, 2011 /
  • Mobilizing the Jobless – Via Violence? By Francis Fox Piven
    Local protests have to accumulate and spread—and become more disruptive—to create serious pressures on national politicians. An effective movement of the unemployed will have to look something like the strikes and riots that have spread across Greece in response to the austerity measures forced on the Greek government by the European Union, or like the student protests that recently spread with lightning speed across England in response to the prospect of greatly increased school fees.

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    Piven is calling for organized protests and riots to protest unemployment – like in Europe. Yeah, that will really work to increase the number of jobs.

    It reminds me of the old Communist crap of the 1970's – you know, the Socialist Worker's Party lunacy.

    (tags: Frances_Fox_Piven unemployment)
  • "History tells us" something that history doesn't tell us, say sociologists stumbling to protect Frances Fox Piven.
    Fox News? And do you also call on The Nation, which published "Mobilizing the Jobless," by Frances Fox Piven, the article Glenn Beck brought to the attention of his large audience? Piven called for riots. She wrote:

    An effective movement of the unemployed will have to look something like the strikes and riots that have spread across Greece in response to the austerity measures forced on the Greek government by the European Union, or like the student protests that recently spread with lightning speed across England in response to the prospect of greatly increased school fees….

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    But, Glenn Beck dared to call her out – oh the humanity!

    (tags: Frances_Fox_Piven glenn_beck)
  • Harry Reid brushes back Obama earmark ban – Means its DEAD in the Senate
    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday brushed back an expected proposal from President Obama to ban earmarks.

    Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Reid said that the plan is "a lot of pretty talk" and would cede too much power to the executive branch.

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    DOA = dead on arrival according to Harry Reid

    It would give "the president more power and he's got enough power already," he said.

    Obama is expected to include a call for an earmark ban in his State of the Union address, which he will deliver Tuesday night. Obama and Reid have long been on opposite sides of the earmark debate, and Reid's comments indicate that the proposal could run aground in the upper chamber.

    (tags: Earmarks barack_obama harry_reid)