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5/2 News Roundup & Open Thread – Sanders Speaks In Cleveland, DNC Lawsuit Coverage, Pipeline Activism & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on May 2, 2017 by LieparDestinMay 2, 2017

In Cleveland, Bernie Sanders says Democrats need a ‘progressive agenda that addresses the needs of working families’

In Cleveland on Monday, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders railed against economic inequality, the influence of corporate America and argued for expansion of social safety-net programs.

In other words, Sanders’ 30-minute speech, delivered at the Global Center for Health Innovation, wasn’t all that different from the presidential campaign the independent, liberal firebrand from Vermont waged last year in his failed bid to secure the Democratic Party nomination.

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Left reeling from Republican President Donald Trump’s improbable victory in November, Sanders are other progressives are jostling to chart out a future path for liberals in America.

Although he fell short in his presidential bid, Sanders clearly has captured the energy of his party’s young, liberal base.

On Monday, Sanders called for a series of policy proposals — a $15 an hour national minimum wage, 12 weeks of guaranteed, paid family leave, tuition-free public college education and a “Medicare for all” single-payer healthcare system — that are reminiscent of European-style social democracies. (Not to mention the 2016 Democratic National Convention platform that Sanders and his supporters pushed for.) He said the policies could be paid for by taxing the rich, or as he put it, making them pay their “fair share.”

“It seems to me that our job is not to just oppose Trump’s reactionary agenda. Although we’ve got to do that and we’ve got to do it vigorously,” Sanders said. “… But in addition to that, what we need to do is put forth a progressive agenda that addresses the needs of working families in the country, an agenda that has a very different moral compass than that of President Trump.

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Posted in Activism, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Meta, News, Open Thread, Video | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Cleveland, Global Center For Health Innovation, News, OH, Ohio, Open Thread, video

Ohio is an Open-Carry State Except If You’re an African-American Male

The Progressive Wing Posted on July 21, 2016 by LieparDestinJuly 21, 2016

The Republican National Convention is underway just a few miles from the park where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot dead by police in November of 2014 while he was playing with a toy pellet gun. We speak with Rev. Dr. Jawanza Karriem Colvin, the pastor of the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, which is one of the largest African-American congregations in Cleveland, about how city officials and activists responded to the killing. He was recently profiled in a Politico report titled “The Preacher Who Took on the Police.”

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Posted in Black Lives Matter, DemocracyNow!, Issues, News, Police Reform, Policy, Progressive Media, Video | Tagged Civil Rights, Cleveland, DemocracyNow!, Guns, Ohio, open carry, Police Reform, race, Tamir Rice

Nina Turner: Killing of 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice Highlights Value Gap Between Black & White Lives

The Progressive Wing Posted on July 20, 2016 by LieparDestinJuly 20, 2016

While covering the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Democracy Now! visited Cudell Park, where Tamir Rice was gunned down by two officers in November of 2014 while he was playing with a toy pellet gun. A 911 caller reported seeing Rice with a weapon, but noted it was “probably fake.” That information was not relayed to the responding officers, who shot him within two seconds of arriving at the scene. A grand jury failed to bring charges against either of the officers. In April, Cleveland officials agreed to pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of Tamir Rice. We speak with Nina Turner, who is a former state senator and former city councilmember whose son is a police officer and husband is a retired police officer.

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Posted in Black Lives Matter, Issues, News, Nina Turner, Police Reform, Policy, Video | Tagged Black Lives Matter, BLM, Cleveland, Nina Turner, Ohio, Police Reform, Tamir Rice

Nina Turner: Take a stand and join Ohio Against Hate

The Progressive Wing Posted on July 15, 2016 by LieparDestinJuly 15, 2016

From Cleveland.Com Times are hard, but I’ve never been more fired up to fight for the dreams of average people. I have seen firsthand what can happen when ordinary people take a stand for fairness and inclusion and against hate and division. Last week’s shocking wave of violence reminded me of the challenges our nation continues to face. As the mother of an African-American police officer, the tragic deaths of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the five Dallas police officers struck me at the core of my soul. Any one of those young men could have been my son. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Action Alert!, Activism, Issues, News, Nina Turner | Tagged activism, Cleveland, grassroots, Nina Turner, Ohio, Ohio Against Hate

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