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Alexander Applauds Michael Moore’s Movie “Sicko”
The major problem with Michael Moore’s new movie “Sicko” is that the movie is right on; the movie takes aim at America’s healthcare system and how profit and cost has taken priority over patient care....
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007 6:26pm PDT
Where is the American Working Class?
The American media and politicians deliberately confuse working class identity to defuse and weaken class based politics....
Posted: Mon, May 21, 2007 12:00pm PDT
Candidate Alexander: LAPD Assaults May Day Supporters
Los Angeles police officers brutally assaulted peaceful marchers and supporters at a rally in Los Angeles creating outrage and anger from millions nationwide. Many of the people that were present in the park were mothers, children and babies. The cops were seen beating many with sticks on television; people and children that were offering no resistance. Also there were members of the press that were brutally assaulted....
Posted: Fri, May 4, 2007 6:48pm PDT
Presidential Candidate Wants to Supplement Social Security
The Social Security Administration was established in 1937 under the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, it was an important part of Roosevelt’s New Deal to America; now 70 years since the system was introduced, Stewart Alexander, Candidate for President, wants to give more to an aging America....
Posted: Sun, Apr 29, 2007 9:46am PDT
Iraq War: Counting the Cost
The post invasion Iraqi death toll is now estimated to be as high as 1,000,000, far higher than the previous estimate of 655,000; this is according to recent scientific data. Over 5,000,000 Iraqis have been hurt or wounded. Recent figures indicate the refugee numbers have climbed from 2,700,000 to over 3,900,000 and the refugee crisis is broadly impacting the entire region of the Middle East. These are the figures that are not being reported on American television or in American newspapers...
Posted: Mon, Apr 2, 2007 10:05pm PDT
Saturday March 31- Cesar Chavez Marcha
Cesar Chavez Day march will occur on Saturday, March 31 at Southside Park in Sacramento. See the flyer!...
Posted: Sat, Mar 24, 2007 1:32pm PDT
Urgent Alert: Call House Rules Committee NOW to Allow Debate on Lee Amendment!
I strongly urge you to call the House Rules Committee RIGHT NOW and tell them to allow a debate and vote on the Lee Amendment. The lives of thousands of Iraqis and Americans are at stake! Then please call Representative Doris Matsui (or whoever your Congressperson is) and urge them to allow the debate and vote!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 21, 2007 12:36pm PDT
Troop Withdrawal Timetables Divide Democrats
The campaigning for the 2008 election is off to an early start and the Democrats in both Houses of Congress are using the Iraq War for political leverage to boaster early public support; however Democrats are deeply divided on troop withdrawal timetables, ranging from mid 2007 to various open-ended commitments to continue the war and occupation beyond 2008....
Posted: Thu, Mar 15, 2007 9:45pm PDT
Looking Back at The 2007 National Conference for Media Reform (with correct photos)
Randy VanDalsen -- member of Sacramento Media Group and producer of the “Media Edge” series on Sacramento area cable access stations -- attended the National Conference on Media Reform in January. His report about this conference was originally published in the current issue of Sacramento's "Because People Matter."...
Posted: Wed, Mar 7, 2007 11:36am PST
Peace and Freedom Party Begins 2008 Presidential Search
Peace and Freedom Party State Chair Debra Reiger has sent a letter to left activists and groups around the country suggesting that they work together with the party to develop a 2008 presidential ticket. Anyone with proposals for possible Presidential or Vice-Presidential candidates is urged to write to her as the chair of the party’s National Campaign Committee....
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 10:06am PST
We can revive the electric car
We can revive the electric car. 1:30 minute video...
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2007 10:20am PST
Border Fence- The Cost is Far Too High
A study released last December by the non-partisan Congressional Research Service says a proposed 700 mile stretch of fence, along the 2,000 mile U.S. – Mexico border, could cost an estimated $49 billion. But what the report fails to say, U.S. –built walls on the border would cost both the U.S. and Mexico trillions of dollars in economic losses over the predicted 25-year lifespan of the fence, and non-monetary damage to political and cultural relations between the two countries would also la...
Posted: Fri, Feb 9, 2007 5:34pm PST
"Poison pill" amendments would cut farm workers from the minimum wage
Will farm workers be exempt from minimum wage increases?...
Posted: Thu, Jan 25, 2007 1:22pm PST
Another World is Possible
The 7th World Social Forum is underway in Nairobi, Kenya. This is a report from Jean Hayes, who is from Fresno Ca. Jean also attended last year’s WSF in Caracas Venezuela. The photo below is Uhuru Park, where opening ceremonies were held....
Posted: Sun, Jan 21, 2007 3:26pm PST
BTL:Human Rights Groups Demand Closure of US Guantanamo Detention Center on...
...Prison's Fifth Anniversary~Interview with Jennifer Daskal, U.S. advocacy director with Human Rights Watch, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Sun, Jan 14, 2007 6:25am PST
News from Havana: In Search of Peace with Cindy Sheehan
Here's Cindy Sheehan's latest article, written from Havana, Cuba....
Posted: Mon, Jan 8, 2007 4:17pm PST
Impeachment Is Not Optional; And it will get attention!
Impeachment is not optional. One doesn’t choose whether or not to enforce the law—unless you are Bush/Cheney. And that is just the problem....
Posted: Thu, Dec 21, 2006 10:08pm PST
Why Hugo Chavez is My Number One Hero
This article appears in the current edition of Because People Matter, a Sacramento area progressive newspaper....
Posted: Wed, Nov 15, 2006 3:42pm PST
Doolittle, Delay, Pombo, NorCal Scammer's Trinity Collapses
The far right's political hold on the NorCal voters is disintigrating as additional scandals emerge, tying John Doolittle with former Texas Savings and Loan collapser, Pacific Lumber pension raider Charles Hurwitz.....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 2:41pm PST
TAKE AIM AT TARGET’S DISCRIMINATION
The National Federation for the Blind, an organization that represents blind people, is suing Target Corp., because Target’s Web site is inaccessible to blind Internet users. Target's argument is their Web site isn't subject to the Americans With Disabilities Act, a 1990 law that requires retailers and other public places to make accommodations for people with disabilities. Target argued that the law only covered physical spaces. Making information technologies available to persons with dis...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 9:50am PST