(2022-07-31). Milwaukee activists protest for abortion rights outside downtown meeting of Federalist Society. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On July 28, a group of more than 20 people rallied at Dontre Hamilton (Red Arrow) Park in downtown Milwaukee before marching a half mile to the Wisconsin Club, where the Milwaukee chapter of the notorious Federalist Society were hosting its summer cocktail party. The crowd included members of the Democratic Socialists for America, Reproductive Justice Action Milwaukee, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and the National Lawyers Guild. Speeches were made just outside the big front windows of the building with some of the Federalists looking on. | "I am not three-fifths of a person," declared Bran…
(2022-07-30). [Perspectives] Lower taxes or greater health equity. thelancet.com "We have to lower taxes." A former UK Government minister and prominent member of the Conservative Party recently said this nine times in 3 minutes. He said it with passion, as if it were a fresh diagnosis of the problem. It was probably his solution to any problem, but this time we were on a radio news programme to discuss inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. It is not a uniquely British obsession. The sour joke in the USA is that Republicans were put on earth to lower taxes. Perhaps equally predictably, my concern was not a priori with the level of taxation, but with what action was necessary to prevent a s…
(2022-07-30). 2022 CA Fed Meeting, Internationalism, Fascism & A Workers Party With LA Roofers Local 36. indybay.org Cliff Smith, the business manager of Roofers Local 36 in Los Angeles was a delegate to the 2022 California AFL-CIO convention and raised issues about fascism and internationalism at the convention. The leadership opposed a resolution calling for the prosecution of people who participated in the insurrection and attempted coup on January 6, 2020. He also discussed the issue of the formation of a workers party.