Philadelphia Greens Elect New City Committee
The members of the Green Party of Philadelphia (GPOP, www.gpop.org) met on the evening of February 23 to elect their new leadership. The meeting, which was held at Calvary Center…
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Tom Herman’s “Good Democrat”
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience…Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves…[and] the grand thieves are running…
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It’s Time To Take Sides – You Are Either with Occupy Wall Street or With the Criminal 1%
“There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes you so sick at heart—that you can’t take part. You can’t even passively take part. And you’ve got…
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Greens Support Philadelphia City Council’s Equal Benefits Bill
On November 16, Philadelphia City Council’s Committee on Law and Government unanimously passed the Equal Benefits Bill #110057. If it passes the full City Council in early December, this bill…
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Reading, PA – America’s Poorest City
Jane Palmer is an activist and tireless fighter for the well-being of the City of Reading. ******** As you may have heard, the New York Times reported this week that…
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Bob Freeman -The Severance Tax Tap-Dance!
The Frackchecker September was one of the most mind-blowingly busy months I’ve experienced in a long time. Now that the month-that-would-not-die has finally ended, I’m turning my attention to the…
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One More for the Road
Our esteemed editor could tell you stories about my last-minute story submissions. I often had no idea what I was going to write about when I sat down to get…
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Why Am I an Optimist?
A couple of weeks ago, I had dinner with an old friend I hadn’t seen in almost 20 years. She said she had no hope for the world. She wasn’t depressed. She’d just gotten to the point where she couldn’t see a way out of the mess we’ve created for ourselves. I told her I was still optimistic about the future. I guess I’ve been trying to figure out why ever since.
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Act 47 & Reading, PA. Your City Could Be Next!
If Reading fails, we all fail. We’re going to go down with it. If it succeeds, we will all succeed. It’s a great city.
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