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Progressive leaders and thinkers from around the country will meet next month in Washington, D.C., at Take Back America 2008, a conference to discuss the challenges facing our country and the way forward.
The annual conference has become a ritual gathering place for activists and organizers to discuss strategies and tactics necessary to confront problems in the economy, foreign policy, the media, health care and more. The conference runs Monday, March 17, to Wednesday, March 19, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka will take part in a discussion on the economy and shared prosperity and AFL-CIO Organizing Director Stewart Acuff will join in a session on empowering workers. For political campaign junkies, AFL-CIO Deputy Political Director Mike Podhorzer, along with Maryland congressional candidate Donna Edwards and others, will head up a session on the Electoral Map. Other workshops address housing, health care, green jobs and the “second Gilded Age” that has enriched corporate elites at the expense of working families.
You can register for Take Back America 2008 here. Look for coverage of the seminar here at the AFL-CIO Now blog.
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I wish I knew how to get this out to you so you would have it before the primaries but, at least you can think about before November. This is an article On Obama & NAFTA
CTV just aired another NAFTA story, they continue to stand by their claims.
Of note, the CTV Washington Bureau Chief claims that the source, a high-ranking embassy official, reconfirmed the story this afternoon (even after the Canadian embassy issued its statement).
You can watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMpbpov-H cA
I’m from Illinois and a longtime subscriber to MegaVote which sends notification of how your elected officials vote. Obama was a steady voter in the Senate UNTIL he announced his presidential run almost two years ago. Since that time, he’s missed approx. 90-95% of the votes on issues that are of a concern to me.
Too busy running for his next job to do the job he was elected to do, I guess…