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Alex Lawson wrote a new diary post: VIDEO: Sen. Sanders Speaks Out Against Pete Peterson’s Fiscal Summit
Yesterday we livestreamed a gathering of groups representing middle class families holding a discussion on national budget outside of Pete Peterson’s elite Fiscal Summit. Below are videos from the action held directly in front of Pete Peterson’s invite-only elite Fiscal Summit ( Ryan Grim published a must-read analysis of Peterson’s influence in Washington, DC). Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) http://youtu.be/wNJIxtVoXQY Roger [...] -
Alex Lawson commented on the diary post LIVESTREAM: Sen. Sanders Speaks Out Against Pete Peterson’s Fiscal Summit by Alex Lawson.
I organized it. I am telling you that it was supported by our labor allies who we work with everyday. Not sure what point you are trying to make. But I never understand the impulse to knee-jerkedly criticize something without taking the time to investigate whether your criticisms hold water. Do you disagree with organizing [...]
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Alex Lawson commented on the diary post LIVESTREAM: Sen. Sanders Speaks Out Against Pete Peterson’s Fiscal Summit by Alex Lawson.
The Alliance for Retired Americans (the retiree organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO) was part of the event. They are at their national field meeting right now or they would have spoken at the event.
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Alex Lawson wrote a new diary post: LIVESTREAM: Sen. Sanders Speaks Out Against Pete Peterson’s Fiscal Summit
Groups representing middle class families to hold discussion on national budget outside Pete Peterson’s elite gathering WATCH SENATOR SANDERS LIVE STARTING AT 1:30PM ET On May 15, Sen. Bernie Sanders will join with citizen groups to protest the Peter G. Peterson “Fiscal Summit” where elite power brokers including House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI), House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Sen. [...] -
Alex Lawson wrote a new diary post: #OccupySuperCommittee
Written By Nancy Altman and Eric Kingson The 1% is using the super-secret Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (a.k.a. the Super Committee), to reach directly into the pockets of the 99% and steal hundreds of billions of dollars from them. This committee has unprecedented power. It has been meeting behind closed doors for weeks. Finally, [...] -
Alex Lawson commented on the diary post Social Security Works’ Alex Lawson Talks Supercommittee Stupidity on C-Span by Alex Lawson.
thanks, and we would always love to talk to Occupy Wall Street. We have a few people who are at OWS now and we are trying to get our message out to folks at OWS. Any suggestions on how to best reach OWS besides being there and participating (which we are trying to do)?
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Alex Lawson wrote a new diary post: Social Security Works’ Alex Lawson Talks Supercommittee Stupidity on C-Span
I had a great opportunity to talk about Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the supercommittee on C-Span on Sunday. My favorite part was talking to the callers who, representing the views of the majority of Americans (PDF), were against any sort of cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. From C-Span:
Alex Lawson talked about the status [...]
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Alex Lawson wrote a new diary post: Super Committee LIVE!
CSPAN also has a livestream here . Last year, my livestream interview with Alan Simpson on FDL following a closed door meeting of the Catfood Commission helped expose the backroom shenanigans and attempts to destroy Social Security that were being hidden from the American people. Now we face an even greater threat to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from the [...]
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