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Jessie Jackson: Benton Harbor Needs An Uprising

Jessie Jackson: Benton Harbor Needs An Uprising

This is pretty scary.. Under Michigan’s new law, elected officials can be stripped of their powers and a corporate head can be appointed to run the city…This is what happens when you don’t vote as folks in Michigan are finding out..Extremist get into office and run the table -Davey D- Benton Harbor, Mich., is a [...]

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Remember Dr Martin Luther King Was Against Union Busting

Remember Dr Martin Luther King Was Against Union Busting

As we remember Dr Martin Luther King who was assassinated April 4th 1968, folks should never forget that King was against Union Busting.. He wanted workers to be elevated and treated with dignity. He wanted them to have a living wage. His opponents sounded very much like Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker and his billionaire Koch [...]

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We Remember Cesar Chavez in the mist of Union Busting by the Greedy Rich

We Remember Cesar Chavez in the mist of Union Busting by the Greedy Rich

Today March 31st is Cesar Chavez Day. We think its important that this iconic Labor Leader of the United Farm Workers have his birthday made into a national holiday. We also think in the wake of all the drama and attacks being directed at labors unions in Wisconsin and in Ohio to name a couple, [...]

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What Next, Wisconsin? Some Ideas for the Movement by Josh Healey

What Next, Wisconsin? Some Ideas for the Movement by Josh Healey

My man Josh Healey drops another gem of an article for all those watching the drama as it unfolds in Madison, Wisconsin. His first article Class Warfare gave us some good background information and solid food for thought. This one lays out some great strategies.. -Davey D- I’ve never been so proud to rep Wisconsin. [...]

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Governor Scott Walker gets Phone Pranked-Very Scary to Hear How He Thinks

Governor Scott Walker gets Phone Pranked-Very Scary to Hear How He Thinks

Not sure if people heard this tape of union busting Governor Scott walker talking to a prank caller who he thought was billionaire backer David Koch… We learned a lot from Gov Walker in this exchange including how he actually though of planting troublemakers in the crowd of protesters but thought it wasn’t politically expedient. [...]

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We Dedicate this to Evil Koch Brothers

We Dedicate this to Evil Koch Brothers

Observing the callousness and mean spirited disposition of the billionaire Koch brothers who are behind the Tea Party, Prop 23 in California and the  union busting going on in Wisconsin, I was reminded of this classic song from the 60s by the Last Poets-The White Man’s Got a God Complex… With each passing day we [...]

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