Tuesday

State of Working America

State of Working America:

 "The State of Working America, an ongoing analysis published since 1988 by the Economic Policy Institute, includes a wide variety of data on family incomes, wages, jobs, unemployment, wealth, and poverty that allow for a clear, unbiased understanding of the economy’s effect on the living standards of working Americans. Cornell University Press will publish the hard edition and e-book in late November."




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Monday

Local Verizon Employees Pack Backpacks for Inaugural Benefit Project - Business - Morris Township-Morris Plains, NJ Patch

Local Verizon Employees Pack Backpacks for Inaugural Benefit Project - Business - Morris Township-Morris Plains, NJ Patch:

 "To help underserved students in the Philippines get ready for school, Verizon employees in New Jersey, Georgia, Pennsylvania and California will assemble 1,000 backpacks filled with school supplies and basic hygiene items to help children stay healthy and stay in school. The employees will do this over the next few weeks, according to Alicia Gentile, Tierney on behalf of Verizon Wireless."

Sunday

4 words that define civil rights movement - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mahalia Jackson
Cover of Mahalia Jackson
4 words that define civil rights movement - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

 "King hesitated in the silence, and according to Clarence Jones, one of his advisers, a voice cried out. It was Mahalia Jackson, the great gospel singer. "Tell 'em about the dream, Martin!" shouted Jackson, who had been impressed by his use of the "dream" language in an earlier speech.

Suddenly, King the orator stopped reading his text and became King the Baptist preacher.

"Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream," he began -- much to the chagrin of his startled adviser Mr. Walker."


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Thursday

SEVENTY YEARS OF LIFE AND LABOR

SEVENTY YEARS OF LIFE AND LABOR:

 "Oh, that a poor man's son as has been said,
Became a convict to earn his bread,
That a poor man's daughter to earn a crust
Became a victim of some rich man's lust.
Oh, angels shut thine eyes,
Let conflagration illumine the outraged skies!
Let red Nemesis burn the hellish clan
And chaos end the slavery of man!"

~~ Samuel Gompers

Sunday

My Dearest Nelly






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August 18/92
Sun Hotel
Ulverston

My Dearest Nelly,

I received your kind and welcome letter this morning and was very pleased to hear from you Dear Nelly I don’t know what to think about that letter you got but I can make a good guess who sent it I left your address on the table and the marker got it and he must have shown one of the girls that I suspect but I shall know for a sertin before I say anything about it and when I get to know there will be a row…

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An agreement made the 30th day of Aug 1893 Between Eleanor Thistlethwaite of Ulverston in the County of Lancaster Domestic Servant of the one part and John Farrell of 3 Bridges Pennington in the same county miner of the other part Whereas the said Eleanor Thistlethwaite was delivered of a male child on the 18th of May 1893… And whereas the said John Farrell admits that he is the father of such a child and is desirous of entering into the following agreement…
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via
Cumbria County Council Archives

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Commercial Appeal to Memphis Guild: 'Let the Company Do the Driving... Let's Not Sweat the Small Stuff' | The Newspaper Guild

Commercial Appeal to Memphis Guild: 'Let the Company Do the Driving... Let's Not Sweat the Small Stuff' | The Newspaper Guild:

 " "They’d like to be unleashed to run the business pretty much as they please, with a minimum of pesky rules protecting employees. Richard Lowe, the company’s chief negotiator, suggested during bargaining this week that the Guild should worry about economic issues and “let the company do the driving,” adding, “Given what’s happening in the newspaper industry, let’s not sweat the small stuff.” "


U.S. journalist marks year in captivity as risks increase for war reporters | McClatchy

U.S. journalist marks year in captivity as risks increase for war reporters | McClatchy:

"“We don’t even know if Austin knows what day it is,” Marc Tice, Austin’s father, said in a phone interview. “To him and the other journalists missing or captive, it’s just another horrible day for them, and for millions of Syrians.”"


A 60-Year-Old Man Killed Himself Yesterday And Left This Incredibly Detailed Website As His Suicide Note | Thought Catalog

A 60-Year-Old Man Killed Himself Yesterday And Left This Incredibly Detailed Website As His Suicide Note | Thought Catalog:

 "The apt analogy is that I’ve run the race. I already got to the finish line. I didn’t croak on the way. I didn’t get embarrassed. I didn’t break a leg. I sprinted most of the time and sometimes I slowed to a walk to catch my breath. But, I could see the finish line and I liked it!! The last thing on Earth I was going to do when I got there was… keep going. I completed the race because I went over every hurdle that was in my way. Sometimes I fell. But, I got back up and ran that much harder. Perhaps your finish line is a little farther off in the distance than mine. I don’t know. I only know I reached mine and when I got there the only thing I wanted to do was rest. And, so I shall."



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Tuesday

George Orwell’s Letter On Why He Wrote ‘1984’ - The Daily Beast

George Orwell’s Letter On Why He Wrote ‘1984’ - The Daily Beast:

"I must say I believe, or fear, that taking the world as a whole these things are on the increase. Hitler, no doubt, will soon disappear, but only at the expense of strengthening (a) Stalin, (b) the Anglo-American millionaires and (c) all sorts of petty fuhrers° of the type of de Gaulle"


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Sunday

OpEdNews - Podcast: Robert McChesney, on Jeff Bezos Acquiring the Washington POst

OpEdNews - Podcast: Robert McChesney, on Jeff Bezos Acquiring the Washington POst:

 "So, what's your analysis of Jeff Bezos as the new owner of the Washington Post?

     Back story, the context that's crucial is that commercial journalism is dying rapidly" because advertising has jumped ship. As a result there's just no money in journalism"

As a result the value of major media has dropped to one tenth of what it was 10-15 years ago.

So, billionaires who want to have political influence have gobbled them up.

Billionaires have different interests than the mainstream.

We need a fundamental discussion of the collapse of journalism in t his country.

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Who's Afraid of Zinn's Radical History? | Common Dreams

Who's Afraid of Zinn's Radical History? | Common Dreams:

 "This view of A People’s History as propaganda was not shared by the historians who named it a finalist for the American Book Award in 1981—an honor virtually never accorded to historical surveys—or by the more than 2 million readers who made A People’s History the most popular radical history in the United States during the last three decades."

Thursday

Read, I, Pencil | Library of Economics and Liberty

Read, I, Pencil | Library of Economics and Liberty:

 ""I, Pencil," his most famous essay, was first published in the December 1958 issue of The Freeman. Although a few of the manufacturing details and place names have changed over the past forty years, the principles are unchanged."




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