VOTE ON AUGUST 14
Vote on August 14. This is a very important election. Early voting begins two weeks before. Check with your local municipal office for times.
The next election in Wisconsin is the Fall Primary Election on August 14, 2018. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
Voters must be registered to vote (see VOTER REGISTRATION, below). You may register to vote at your polling place on Election Day. You must be 18 years or older.
Voters who move within 10 days before the election must vote at the poll from their previous address (in person or by requesting an absentee ...
3rd Annual Unity Concert
3rd Annual
Unity Concert
Saturday, August 4, 2018
Wausau’s 400 Block
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Free Admission! Free Food! Free Fun! Join us as we celebrate the diversity of our community and demonstrate the joys that come from living in a community without boundaries dividing us. Musical entertainment by David Deon and Unified Soul.
715-301-8385
Naomi4justice@yahoo.com
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WHOSE FREEDOM ARE WE CELEBRATING?
On our beautiful July 4 celebration of fireworks, picnics and watermelon, I wonder what kind of freedom we are celebrating. There are many versions of freedom, but two main ones operate in our nation. One is the progressive view and the other is conservative. Each side thinks it is right and the other will destroy our nation.
I refer to George Lakoff’s THE LITTLE BLUE BOOK, for the following:
Freedom, to the conservative, is based on a strict family model. The strict father is responsible for providing for himself and his own family, but is not responsible for ...
Marathon County’s Ka Lo: Keynote Speaker at State OWR Convention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF-wgTWygl4
Marathon County Board Supervisor and the head of the Marathon County Progressive Dems, Ka Lo, was invited to be the keynote speaker at Our Wisconsin Revolution's (OWR) State Convention.
Among other critical issues, she discussed the Marathon County Board's decision to raise its own compensation even while a significant number of its constituents live in poverty, the unfortunate outcomes that occur in elections when progressives are unfairly shut out, and the need to strive for workers' wages that allow citizens not simply ...
WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US
What’s missing from the debate about our borders? The reason why.
People don’t just pick up and leave their ancestral homes and extended families without a good reason. In so doing, they face a dangerous and expensive journey in search of a new home. Yet despite the risks and hardship, these folks feel they have no choice.
What we hear is news about brown-skinned folks mobbing our borders, crossing rivers and sneaking into the promised land. We see them standing in lines, tear-stained kids’ faces, our media swamped with shouting heads about illegal immigration. ...
PASS FAIR MAPS LEGISLATION
The U.S. Supreme Court sent the Gill v Whitford case back to the district court, effectively leaving Wisconsin’s unconstitutional election maps in place for the 2018 election. This ruling leaves the onus on Wisconsin to protect voters from gerrymandering for the time being.
“The courts didn't fix our current unfair maps, and politicians won't either. We, the people, want fair maps. We do not want partisan politicians to continue fighting over our maps in court and wasting taxpayer money. Wisconsin needs a nonpartisan process for drawing our election maps,” said ...
THE UNIVERSAL ECONOMY UNIT VIII: STRATEGIES OF THE RICH CLASS WAGING WAR ON AMERICA
“The issue of debt cannot be segregated from the overall organization of society. Now, just imagine if instead of banks and their bondholders holding student loans and profiting from it, if the government had made these loans, the government could easily forgive them, because it would be forgiving money owed to itself. But when you privatize not only education, but also student loans, that is what has led to the student loan crisis. It was completely unnecessary. But Joe Biden, as senator for the credit card companies centered in Delaware, pushed it through, saying, ...
HATE IS STUPID
As I write this, Pride Month 2018 is drawing to a close. Two trans women in my social circle had very different experiences this past month. One found acceptance and a sense of well-being, the other one suffered from despair so deep that she took her own life.
This has prompted a lot of reflection on my part. Will (my significant other) and I have always been big advocates for the LGBT community. Through the years we have seen great strides being made toward acceptance and understanding. But I realize that I was lulled into feeling that the community in which I live is ...
ECONOMICS AND THE PAY GAP
AAUW and the YWCA present:
ECONOMICS AND THE PAY GAP
With featured speaker
Linda Barrington, PH.D.
Executive Director, Institute for Compensation Studies
Associate Dean, Outreach and Sponsored Research
Cornell University, ILR School
Linda Barrington has conducted research on gender economics, compensation, employees with disabilities, new workforce entrants, and the working poor. Her work appears in numerous business-research reports. Her recent book, Employment and Work – Disability: Key issues and Future Directions, is published in the SAGE ...
THE UNIVERSAL ECONOMY UNIT VII: THE FINANCIAL WAR ENSLAVING AMERICA
“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” – Warren Buffet – one the world’s 8 richest men whose combined net worth equals more than the bottom half (3.6 billion people) of all humanity.
“What we are seeing now is a fight for what is going to be the rest of the 21st century by creating a new kind of class, a new class much like the invasions of Europe a thousand years ago. A thousand years ago, invaders from the north and from Italy would grab land and grab public utilities by military ...