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Warren gives Keynote for new Populist campaign coalition - "Putting Families First"
Sen. Warren Backs Plan for Working Families To Overthrow Corporate Rule
4/30/15
...Sen. Warren (D-Mass.) lamented the loss of previous eras, specifically as the nation emerged from the Great Depression in the last century, when government policies and resources were aimed bolstering the common good. "We were investing in opportunity," she said, citing 1930s and 40s-era spending on education and large-scale infrastructure projects. "We're weren't perfect, we didn't get it all right," Warren admitted, "but we were moving in the right direction."
The senator was speaking at a kick-off event in Washington, D.C., as a coalition of five national organizations, plus affiliates from across the country, came together to announce a new campaign aimed at channeling the economic frustrations of tens of millions of Americans—including the poor, low-wage earners, and a struggling middle class. The effort, as laid out Wednesday, seeks to overthrow the entrenched policies of the wealthy and the powerful with a vision that addresses structural financial inequities while uplifting those who have been left behind and dis-empowered by the status quo.
The essential thing at this moment is for us to connect with each across issues of race and class,' said Rep. Keith Ellison, 'and form ourselves into a great force to create better lives for ourselves.' (Photo: Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty)
Endorsed by a coalition that includes the Center for Popular Democracy, Jobs With Justice, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the Working Families Organization, the report's findings and arguments form the foundation of the "Putting Families First" platform that they intend to put before lawmakers and candidates leading up to the 2016 campaign.
According to a statement by the coalition in the report's introduction:
Low-quality jobs are keeping Americans struggling as they work to make ends meet — forcing millions of families to sacrifice on support for elders and compromise their children’s future. Structural unemployment is strangling opportunity. Racial and gender discrimination are baked into the labor market. These dynamics are not the product of remote, impersonal forces. Instead, they are the result of decisions we have made as a nation.
The good news is we can change how our economy is organized — if we can summon our collective will and strength. Here is a plan to do it....
(For more on their FANTASTIC platform, please see http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/04/29/putting-families-first-good-jobs-all )
...In her keynote address, Sen. Warren put an exclamation point on the day by saying that changes like the ones she and Ellison are calling for—and that the audience is clamoring for—won't be easily realized. "But they are possible," she said, "because we have seen David beat Goliath before. We have seen the lobbyists lose."
And, she added: "The way I see it, you only get what you fight for."...
Please read more here~
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/04/30/sen-warren-backs-plan-working-families-overthrow-corporate-rule
4/30/15
...Sen. Warren (D-Mass.) lamented the loss of previous eras, specifically as the nation emerged from the Great Depression in the last century, when government policies and resources were aimed bolstering the common good. "We were investing in opportunity," she said, citing 1930s and 40s-era spending on education and large-scale infrastructure projects. "We're weren't perfect, we didn't get it all right," Warren admitted, "but we were moving in the right direction."
The senator was speaking at a kick-off event in Washington, D.C., as a coalition of five national organizations, plus affiliates from across the country, came together to announce a new campaign aimed at channeling the economic frustrations of tens of millions of Americans—including the poor, low-wage earners, and a struggling middle class. The effort, as laid out Wednesday, seeks to overthrow the entrenched policies of the wealthy and the powerful with a vision that addresses structural financial inequities while uplifting those who have been left behind and dis-empowered by the status quo.
The essential thing at this moment is for us to connect with each across issues of race and class,' said Rep. Keith Ellison, 'and form ourselves into a great force to create better lives for ourselves.' (Photo: Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty)
Endorsed by a coalition that includes the Center for Popular Democracy, Jobs With Justice, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the Working Families Organization, the report's findings and arguments form the foundation of the "Putting Families First" platform that they intend to put before lawmakers and candidates leading up to the 2016 campaign.
According to a statement by the coalition in the report's introduction:
Low-quality jobs are keeping Americans struggling as they work to make ends meet — forcing millions of families to sacrifice on support for elders and compromise their children’s future. Structural unemployment is strangling opportunity. Racial and gender discrimination are baked into the labor market. These dynamics are not the product of remote, impersonal forces. Instead, they are the result of decisions we have made as a nation.
The good news is we can change how our economy is organized — if we can summon our collective will and strength. Here is a plan to do it....
(For more on their FANTASTIC platform, please see http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/04/29/putting-families-first-good-jobs-all )
...In her keynote address, Sen. Warren put an exclamation point on the day by saying that changes like the ones she and Ellison are calling for—and that the audience is clamoring for—won't be easily realized. "But they are possible," she said, "because we have seen David beat Goliath before. We have seen the lobbyists lose."
And, she added: "The way I see it, you only get what you fight for."...
Please read more here~
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/04/30/sen-warren-backs-plan-working-families-overthrow-corporate-rule
Video link (not on youtube yet, unable to embed here)~
http://livestream.com/accounts/13118794/events/4009417/videos/85603781
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Progressives standing up for People, not just faking it for votes. There is a true movement!!!!