THE UNIVERSAL ECONOMY – UNIT I: CONCEPTUALIZING THE POSSIBLE
Where sovereign nations with sovereign currencies are concerned, asking “how are you going to pay for it” is always posing the wrong question. It automatically introduces artificial monetary constraints due to flawed manmade economic premises, and societies are invariably told “there isn’t enough money and they must do without.” The real question is, “do we have the resources, energy, manpower, and knowledge to provide for societal needs?” At 21st century levels of human knowhow, the answer to this question is virtually always “yes.” This is economic ...
ANOTHER DAY AT THE RALLY
On Saturday, Feb. 24, the American Federation of State and Municipal Employees, (AFSCME) and Friends, rallied in Solidarity at the Capitol of Wisconsin in Madison.
This Rally was part of a National Day of Action where Labor Unions and their Supporters gathered across the Country in a show of Solidarity. The themes echoed what one might expect to see, i.e., “…Unrig the System”, “It’s about Economic Justice!” and the like.
I’d guesstimate a few hundred folks joined in the activities and chanting. I was taken aback at seeing a lot of the same folks I saw ...
Guns Explained With Cats
Protecting Our Families
and Communities From...
“Vicious Cats?” Well...maybe we don't have a dangerous cat problem, but, don't we have an obligation to protect our children, ourselves and friends and neighbors from harm if we can? According to the latest “Quinnipiac Poll,” most Americans think so...
CLEAN GREEN ACTION LISTS 2018 PROJECTS
Clean Green Action (CGA). a local nonprofit environmental group, is beginning its 11th year of working on projects that focus on sustainability and reducing environmental impact. In 2018 Clean Green Action will continue to build on past successes while adding some new projects.
New projects for 2018 include:
Monarch Encouragement – This collboative effort between municipalities, the county and local organizations promotes pollinator gardens through education and action.
Groundwater/Surfacewater Forum – Clean Green Action has committed to sponsoring an educat...
A DAY WITHOUT MUSIC
One day. That’s all I ask. One day for us to recognize how much we’ve come to depend on and simultaneously disregard music. And to think about life without it.
One day without music in the doctor’s waiting room, the supermarket, the car repair shop. One day in silence while driving, while eating lunch at our favorite café, while having our hair cut. One day to live without a buffer against other people’s conversations, without music’s unique ability to suspend us in our own cocoon while noises of our increasingly crowded world batter us on all sides.
Think ...
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
Advance directives are documents signed when we are of sound mind to inform those who will be taking care of us in the future -- usually our power of attorney -- how we want our finances handled and what we would want for medical care under particular circumstances.
Until now, there was no advance directive addressing one's preference for medical treatment when suffering from dementia.
The National Public Radio show "On Point," heard on many public radio stations from 9:00-11:00 a.m. weekdays, recently discussed a new advance directive form created to address one's ...
RECOMMENDED ITEMS FOR EVEREST FOOD PANTRY
RECOMMENDED ITEMS FOR THE EVEREST FOOD PANTRY
From Jeremy Brandt, Special Education Teacher at D.C. Everest Senior High
Breakfast foods:
Oatmeal
Cereal
Granola Bars
Snacks:
Crackers
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Fruit cups
Canned meat: Tuna and Chicken
Ravioli
Spaghetti O’s
Soup
Mac and Cheese
Spaghetti noodles
Spaghetti sauce
Canned vegetables
Protect Workers
We are calling on politicians in Madison to immediately take up a number of pro-worker bills designed to boost wages, promote pay equity, ensure fair scheduling and protect retirement security.
The Legislature should hold an immediate vote on bills that protect Wisconsin’s workers and move our working families forward. A number bills, outlined below, that support and uplift working families have languished in committees since their introduction. Now is the time for these bills to receive a vote.
The Fair Scheduling Act (AB 866)
Authors: Rep. Hebl (D-Sun Prairie) ...
THIRD ANNUAL LABOR HISTORY THROUGH FILM
Do you like to watch films?
You are in for a big treat on Saturday, March 24.
Come to the North Hall Room 233, UW Marathon County, 518 South 7th Ave in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Registration is 8:30 – 9 a.m.
Films will be shown from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
This is the third annual Labor History Event, sponsored by Marathon County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, IBEW Local 388 and School for Workers of the Education for Workplace Democracy.
Lunch will be provided by the Northeast Wisconsin Building and Construction Trades Council.
RSVP is appreciated by March 14 ...
I WAS WRONG ABOUT THE RURAL URBAN DIVIDE
By Sarah van Gelder, YES magazine
I thought I knew something about Wisconsin politics. I assumed the state was neatly divided between blue cities, like Madison and Milwaukee, and solidly red rural areas that twice elected Governor Scott Walker, one of the nation’s most right-wing governors, and went for Donald Trump in 2016.
Turns out there’s a lot I didn’t know. And the assumptions and stereotypes that I—and many others—hold are dividing us and harming our chances of building powerful coalitions across rural–urban divide.
In early February, I visited ...
