The Evening Blues - 5-2-16
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 4:02pm
Loretta Lynch on inclusion and equality
Submitted by Robyn on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 2:29pmLoretta Lynch spoke with Buzzfeed's Chris Gender on Friday on a range of issues, including transgender protections.
Lynch’s Justice Department is one of the key agencies advancing that Obama administration position — first adopted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — that sex discrimination bans for the workplace and schools should be read to include a ban on anti-transgender discrimination, including allowing people to use restrooms that correspond with their gender identity.
Hellraisers Journal: May Day in New York City! Unionists & Socialist Turn Out by Tens of Thousands!
Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 12:57pmPut on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
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Tuesday May 2, 1916
From The New York Times: Thousands March Singing Marseillaise
The state of the revolution is strong
Submitted by OPOL on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 12:36pmWestern states, here we come. Let's turn up the heat on the GOTV, everybody check your status. Here's some important information on voting for Bernie, state-by-state.
Hillary's "helping downballot Dems" was a big scam. Shocker!
Submitted by geebeebee on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 12:17pmBernie's Press Release: https://berniesanders.com/press-release/politico-exposes-clinton-campaig...
Remember all the Hillpeople always ripping Bernie for not helping the downballot Dems and bragging on Hillary's wonderful generosity and selflessness in helping the party faithful? SHOCKER -- like everything else Clinton, all bullshit and mirrors.
I would like to remind some of what a real Democrat Stands for:
Submitted by LaFeminista on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 12:12pmEven as the Second World War continued
In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all regardless of station, race, or creed.
Among these are:
The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the Nation;
Brand new poll has Donald Trump beating Hillary 41 - 39 percent
Submitted by vl baker on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 11:38amBrand new poll has Donald Trump beating Hillary 41 - 39.
Bernie beats Donald EVERY SINGLE TIME. https://t.co/XTKEmrZdl1
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 2, 2016>
Californian Independents Check Your Registration ASAP if You Want to Vote in CA Primary: 500,000 may be improperly registered as members of right wing fringe party
Submitted by Steven D on Mon, 05/02/2016 - 7:58amCalifornia's Democratic Party allows independents to vote in its upcoming primary.
Anti-Capitalist Meetup: May 1, 2017--mass intersectional direct action after "the 1st 100 days"
Submitted by Galtisalie on Sun, 05/01/2016 - 6:06pm
When the oppressed are divided and ruled, a dialectic of united versus divided response emerges (February 6, 1869 illustration from Harper's Weekly: The National Colored Convention in Session at Washington, D.C.--Sketched by Theo. R. Davis in 1869.)
Bernie takes the gloves off and brings down the hammer
Submitted by vl baker on Sun, 05/01/2016 - 4:14pmWhoa! Did you have any doubt that Bernie is in it to win it? You won't after watching his press conference today on C-Span. Bernie is on fire (literally berning) You have to hear the press conference for yourself. Bernie is trying to dispel the media narrative that has been pushed since the losses in the Acela primaries.
I believe his supporters should also not buy into that defeatist narrative as it kills activism.
