Elections & Democracy
Philippines: 25,000 Workers March on May Day
APL-Nagkaisa, 02-05-2013 - 02:32
Chiding President Aquino’s pronouncement that Labor Day should be celebratory with both labor and capitalists greeting each other for “doing a good job” for the past year, workers renewed the call for government to create “not just jobs” but “more regular jobs with living wage.”
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Rogue Advocates Appeals Jackson County’s Decision on Mt. View Paving
R o g u e * * A d v o c a t e s, 08-04-2013 - 19:41
➤ For Immediate Release ➤
➤ Medford, Oregon ➤
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Rogue Advocates Appeals Jackson County’s Decision on Mt. View Paving
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Rogue Advocates is filing appeals today of Jackson County’s March 25th approval of Mountain View Paving’s application for non-conforming use and floodplain development permits.
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CP&J's 10th Anniversary PEACE RALLY & PROGRAM
CITIZENS FOR PEACE & JUSTICE, 05-04-2013 - 16:40
Citizens for Peace and Justice invites you to attend our 10th Anniversary PEACE RALLY & PROGRAM
Saturday, April 6, 2013 — Starts at Noon!
Vogel Plaza in Downtown Medford
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Oregon House Bill 3260
The Oregon House Health Care Committee, 31-03-2013 - 03:11
Oregon House Bill 3260
The Oregon House Health Care Committee will soon consider a study of health care financing options. HB 3260 is sponsored by state Representatives Michael Dembrow and Jennifer Williamson and by Senators Chip Shields and Laurie Monnes Anderson.
On April 5th (Friday) at 1 p.m. in Hearing Room D, the Health Care Committee of the Oregon House of Representatives will hold a hearing on the bill which, if passed, would require the Oregon Health Authority to conduct a study comparing at least four methods for financing health care -- and then recommend the best system for financing universal health care in Oregon.
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PHILIPPINES - Akbayan Celebrates Compensation
Akbayan (Citizens Action Party), 27-01-2013 - 01:24
Akbayan Celebrates Compensation Act to victims of Martial Law
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Southern Oregonians Mobilize to Salem for Healthcare Reform
H E A L T H * C A R E * F O R * A L L * O R E G O N, 18-01-2013 - 00:45
Sign Up to Rally for Universal Health Care in Salem on Feb. 4, 2013
Get on the bus in Ashland, Medford or Grants Pass!
Rally for Universal Health Care in Oregon
Monday, February 4 – State Capitol
Kick off the 1st day of the legislative session and the push for universal health care for everyone in Oregon. Representative Michael Dembrow has re-introduced the Affordable Health Care for All Oregon Act. It is time to get behind the bill and push for passage. This is a tremendous job and to do it, we need to create a massive grassroots movement that is impossible to ignore.
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Congress Needs to Extend Emergency Unemployment Insurance - Now
Chuck Sheketoff--Oregon Center for Public Policy, 31-12-2012 - 04:12
THIS IS A STORY FOR ALL OREGON -- Here in Southern Oregon ordinary working people and their families are suffering—rogue valley independent media center volunteer
"CONGRESS NEEDS TO EXTEND EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE - NOW"—by Chuck Sheketoff
Tens of thousands of unemployed Oregonians need Congress to act now to extend Emergency Unemployment Insurance.
Emergency unemployment compensation is helping 29,240 Oregonians who, despite looking for over 26 weeks, have not been hired. That is about the number (29,600) of Oregonians OCPP estimates will abruptly lose benefits on December 29 if Congress does not act to extend the program, reducing the number receiving unemployment compensation support of any kind by a third.
The disappearance of this safety net, however, will have an even wider impact. Also affected will be those who will exhaust their 26 weeks of state benefits after December 29. OCPP estimates that about 12,100 Oregon workers will be in this situation during just the first three months of 2013
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The Fiscal Cliff is an Excuse for Austerity
Another Excuse for Austerity, 29-12-2012 - 00:10
The fiscal cliff is a bipartisan excuse to introduce austerity measures in the form of "needed" cuts to social safety net programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The stage is set for "Jason vs. Freddy" or Obama vs. Boehner as we the people wait to see which politician serial killer will be cutting the U.S. people with their sharp knives of austerity.
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More Proof of Chupacabra than Fiscal Cliff
Bloodthirsty Goatsuckers in DC!, 28-12-2012 - 00:03
The bipartisan hype over the so-called "fiscal cliff" is an attempt my the status quo to institute severe austerity measures that would effect seniors, disabled and other people dependent upon the social safety net that is set up on the chopping block by BOTH Democrats and Republicans. There may be more evidence of the mythical chupacabra (goat sucker) than there is proof of any upcoming fiscal cliff. Either way we are dealing with some really mangy bloodsuckers!
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If Not Now, When? (talking Single Payer Health Care)
By Samuel Metz, MD, 25-12-2012 - 04:43
"No one will ever tell us it’s safe to move forward. No one will ever tell us that it’s finally time for single payer. We can’t wait for someone else to give us permission."—Samuel Metz
READ This Article by Dr. Metz who is a spokesperson for Health Care for All—Oregon
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Fiscal Cliff is a Hoax
Richard Eskow, 13-12-2012 - 20:20
The "fiscal cliff" comedy routine in Washington DC is a staged act where Democrats play the "good cop" who want to tax the rich and cut social welfare programs vs. the "bad cop" Republicans who don't want to tax the rich and promise heavy cuts on social welfare programs. Where is the voice of reason that says maybe this so-called fiscal cliff isn't really such a big deal after all?
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Message to Gabriela Women's Partylist
Jose Maria Sison, 27-11-2012 - 11:26
We, the International League of Peoples´ Struggle (ILPS), express our warmest greetings of solidarity to GABRIELA as you hold your 11th National Congress and celebrate your 28th year of activism and service to the Filipino women and the Filipino people in the struggle for national freedom and democracy.
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Rogue Residents Against Walmart urges Walmart to Respect Workers
Rogue Residents Against Walmart (Worker Retaliation), 24-11-2012 - 22:25
RRAW, Rogue Residents Against Walmart is in the process of possibly changing our name to RRAWWR - Rogue Residents Against Walmart Worker Retaliation.
RRAWWR asserts that most of the workers get so few hours that they qualify for food stamps, get no health or pension benefits until they have been with the corporation so many years, and that the Walton family has accumulated as much wealth as nearly half the US population by depriving their workers of a living.
KEEP READING TO SEE THE LETTER PRESENTED TO THE SOUTH MEDFORD WALMART GENERAL MANAGER
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RRAW stands with Walmart Workers on Black Friday
J U S T I C E * A T * W A L M A R T, 21-11-2012 - 01:46
This Friday, 23 November, is known in the USA as "Black Friday©," the day following Thanksgiving and the traditional beginning of the Christmas☃shopping season.
It will also go down in history as a turning point in the effort to win rights at work for employees of Wal-Mart, the world's largest employer, as strikes take place at Wal-Mart locations across the United States.
Rogue Residents Against Walmart RRAW has adopted the new South Medford Walmart and joins in the national campaign to win rights at work. Southern Oregon Stands with Walmart Workers! ✌
Follow the news on LabourStart -- bookmark this page: 
http://www.labourstart.org/wal-mart
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"The Case for Not Bombing Iran" at SOU Nov 19
Reza Mohajerinejad, 17-11-2012 - 19:02
What: “The Case for Not Bombing Iran: The Case for Peace,” talk and discussion with Reza Mohajerinejad, author and participant in the 1999 Iranian student uprising
When: 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
Where: Rogue River Room, Stevenson Union, Southern Oregon University, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, OR
Admission: Free
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Robin Hood Tax — Make Wall Street Pay!
P E O P L E * O V E R * P R O F I T !, 14-11-2012 - 03:07
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — November 13, 2012
Actions in Four U.S. Cities Coincide With Anti-Austerity Protests Across Europe
U.S. Robin Hood Tax Campaign Says No to Social Service Cuts, Calls for Wall Street Sales Tax to Spark Recovery
Says Yes on H.R. 6411: “The Inclusive Prosperity Act” http://www.robinhoodtax.org
(reposted on Rogue IMC in recognition of S. Oregon support for making Wall Street Pay!)--rogue imc volunteer
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5% Protest Vote Against Never Ending War
Breaking Bipartisan Corruption, 06-11-2012 - 20:10
Since both Republicans and Democrats are heavily dependent upon lobbyist contributions from the military-industrial complex, our only result on Nov. 7th will be more of the same status quo whether it be Tweedledee Omaba or Tweedledum Romney. Please help break the bipartisan grip on democracy by giving third party Libertarian and anti-war candidate Gary Johnson your vote today!!
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Gary Johnson for President; Peace
Peace Now!, 02-11-2012 - 21:25
Governor Johnson, on the ballot in 48 states, would withdraw troops from Afghanistan immediately, be noninterventionist re Iran, repeal the Patriot Act, balance the budget, decriminalize marijuana etc.
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Meet Amy Goodman and Support KSKQ Radio
Jason Houk, 24-10-2012 - 04:57
KSKQ, Ashland's Community Radio, is excited to be hosting world renowned reporter Amy Goodman on Sunday, October 28, prior to her lecture at Ashland High School. Amy Goodman—anchorwoman, fearless journalist and Producer of Democracy Now—is celebrating 16 years of reporting on hot topics at the cutting edge of politics often ignored by mainstream media. On her current tour, she is promoting her new book, The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope, written with Denis Moynihan.
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Medea Benjamin's keynote address at the Peace House 30th anniversary celebration
Allen Hallmark, 22-10-2012 - 15:23
An abridged introduction from author Allen Hallmark follows...
Today I decided to share an article about Medea Benjamin's speech last Friday evening (Nov. 19, 2012). I believe that what she had to say about Pakistan and drone warfare is important enough to ask you to consider reading this longish article, which I composed this morning from my notes. Thanks.
Medea Benjamin is one of the co-founders of CodePink and Global Exchange and has been a powerful advocate for peace and economic and social justice for the past 30 years. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize along with other women in 2005 and was the 2010 recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Prize.
Medea is just back from Pakistan where she was a leader of a delegation of peace and justice advocates who went there to show Pakistanis that there are many Americans who want the U.S. to stop killing Pakistani civilians with drone attacks. She received the Marjorie Kellogg National Peacemaker Award at the Peace House 30th Anniversary Dinner at Southern Oregon University on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2012. Ms. Benjamin’s most recent book, Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, was published earlier this year and informed the speech she gave at the Peace House dinner. Keep reading to see my summary of her speech...
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12 Steps to Overcoming Addiction to Voting for the “Lesser” of 2 Evils
The World Can't Wait, 22-10-2012 - 02:41
Brought to Southern Oregon by a Rogue Independent Media Center volunteer. This twelve step program is needed for the Rogue Valley where the lesser evilism epidemic is ramping up and swiftly running out of control.
Pass this along... As a result of these steps, you can now carry the message to those who still suffer from an addiction to the Democratic Party. Nothing is as liberating as resisting an evil when you know it’s wrong.
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Undignified Corporate Takeover ➡ Ashland Community Hospital
S T O P * D I G N I T Y * H E A L T H, 19-10-2012 - 20:55
Here is the latest on the "Corporate Takeover" in (so-called) progressive Ashland, Oregon!
Following you will find a well written update on how things stand regarding the current takeover of our community hospital. Our city council is run by the chamber of commerce and they line up time and time again to do the bidding for the 1%. The privatization of what we locally have owned continues and it hurts to see this happening not just here, but everywhere.
Wes Brain, Community Organizer
Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice
www.sojwj.org
Keep reading and see the Update about "Ashland City Council: Vote NO on Dignity Health's acquisition of Ashland Community Hospital"
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Single Payer Champion State of Oregon Representative Michael Dembrow
Diane Lund-Muzikant — The Lund Report, 18-10-2012 - 19:57
Oregon activists are lining up for our state's grassroots campaign: Health Care is a Human Right!
State Representative Michael Dembrow is the "Oregon Single Payer Movement Champion" for sure. Read this article to get just a taste of what is yet to come when All Oregonians line up for this important change in health care—rogue imc volunteer
Health Care for ALL-Oregon is a grassroots campaign — http://hcao.org/
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RRAW takes letters to Medford Walmart Boss
(Rogue) Residents Against Walmart, RRAW, 12-10-2012 - 19:02
RRAW (Rogue) Residents Against Walmart challenged the giant on 10/10/12 when at 11a.m. activists arrived at the South Medford Walmart with two letters. One was for Medford Walmart manager Ms. Rachel Ciddio and the other letter was addressed to Mr. Rob Walton, Chairman of the Board of Walmart Stores, Inc.
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Why Chavez Won BIG! A Comparison Between the
Mark Vorpahl, 09-10-2012 - 05:30
U.S. workers and those who are unemployed are frequently told that the current presidential elections are among the most important in this country’s history. With continuing high unemployment and underemployment, declining wages, and looming massive cuts to social programs that help workers, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, we are at a grave point regarding the direction of this country. However, the policies of both presidential candidates and their parties have perpetuated the devastating effects of the Great Recession for workers. Wall Street, the banks, the corporations, and the wealthy have been the beneficiaries of these policies while the only thing workers have received has been more sacrifices.
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