The State Auditor candidates debate hosted on Tuesday (12 Oct) by the Rappaport Center and State House News Service at Suffolk University Law School hasn’t generated much press coverage, but it should! You can find a link to a full length video of the debate here on the Rappaport Center home page (requires Windows Media Player): http://www.rappaportcenter.org/
I obviously hope that if you watch the full debate then you will find yourself convinced you should vote for me, but I would appreciate any feedback you have on the arguments put forward by my opponents and me in either case.
One small exception to the coverage focus on what Bump said about Connaughton (and what Connaughton did or didn’t say about Bump) are the following two paragraphs from Matt Murphy of State House News Service in the extended text. Note that I only got a couple of paragraphs of coverage, but these were two good paragraphs to get! http://ow.ly/2Szw0
Continue reading Video: State Auditor Candidates’ Debate at Rappaport CenterThe Real Story The headlines are familiar: The economy is fragile, Economists meeting in Denver share gloom as they consider next step, unemployment is high: one in 10 Americans is unemployed – not counting the people whose unemployment benefits ran out – and in communities of color, the unemployment rate is higher. We turn on the TV and see images of fear and anger that fan the politics of division.
We at the Alliance to Develop Power, however, also see a different story, one where solutions are being shaped by the people most affected by policies created to benefit the minority of wealthy institutions and people. Where respect, dignity and shared prosperity are valued. Where everyday people are coming together to build vibrant sustainable communities. Where all people are valued and participating fully in our democracy. This version of the story may not make it into the headlines at FOX news, but it will be front and center at our ADP Convention 2010 on Oct. 16.
More than 700 community delegates will be in attendance to continue to move forward our vision and to celebrate our many gains of the last year, including:
Continue reading Alliance to Develop Justice Secures Commitments from Elected Officials for Social JusticeTo the extent that I am part of the anti-war movement, I must admit that we are getting our asses kicked in a futile, futile effort to stop the gears of the machine. The killing, the advance of empire, the crass profiteering, and the worthlessness of our supposedly representative form of government in representing the people’s will to end the nonsense continue as though no anti-war movement existed at all.
To the extent that I am part of the environmental movement or climate movement, I must admit that we are getting our asses kicked in a futile, futile effort to stop the gears of the machine. The greenhouse gas emissions by humans, the advance of earth-destroying industries and fossil-fuel insanity, the crass profiteering, and the worthlessness of our supposedly representative form of government in representing the people’s desire for a cleaner, greener way continue as though no environmental or climate movement existed at all.
To the extent that I am part of an ecological electoral movement, I must admit that we are getting our asses kicked in a futile, futile effort to stop the gears of the duopoly. The private takeover of our government at every level and the advance of special interest money and for-profit ideology into nearly every inch of our politics continue as though no electoral alternative existed at all.
On all 3 fronts, I will happily and thankfully concede that there are some exceptions. And I consider myself part of other movements for social change. But across the board, each small step forwards is met by more and bigger steps backwards. We are losing. And I am tired of losing. I am ready to win.
Continue reading The Politics of Peace & PlaceGreen Party candidate for governor Laura Wells was arrested trying to attend a gubernatorial debate to which she had a valid ticket, because she was a gubernatorial candidate excluded from the debate itself. Marnie Glickman of GreenChange.org, and a spokesperson for Laura Wells, tells the San Francisco Chronicle about the incident here:
Continue reading Green Party candidate for California governor arrested at sham debateGreen Party candidate for governor Laura Wells was arrested trying to attend a gubernatorial debate to which she had a valid ticket, because she was a gubernatorial candidate excluded from the debate itself. Marnie Glickman of GreenChange.org, and a spokesperson for Laura Wells, tells the San Francisco Chronicle about the incident here:
Continue reading Green Party candidate for California governor arrested at sham debateGreen Party candidate for governor Laura Wells was arrested trying to attend a gubernatorial debate to which she had a valid ticket, because she was a gubernatorial candidate excluded from the debate itself. Marnie Glickman of GreenChange.org, and a spokesperson for Laura Wells, tells the San Francisco Chronicle about the incident here:
Green Party candidate for governor Laura Wells was arrested trying to attend a gubernatorial debate to which she had a valid ticket, because she was a gubernatorial candidate excluded from the debate itself. Marnie Glickman of GreenChange.org, and a spokesperson for Laura Wells, tells the San Francisco Chronicle about the incident here:
Green Party candidate for governor Laura Wells was arrested trying to attend a gubernatorial debate to which she had a valid ticket, because she was a gubernatorial candidate excluded from the debate itself. Marnie Glickman of GreenChange.org, and a spokesperson for Laura Wells, tells the San Francisco Chronicle about the incident here:
Green Party candidate for governor Laura Wells was arrested trying to attend a gubernatorial debate to which she had a valid ticket, because she was a gubernatorial candidate excluded from the debate itself. Marnie Glickman of GreenChange.org, and a spokesperson for Laura Wells, tells the San Francisco Chronicle about the incident here: