In his anticipated speech at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected to, once more, make a passionate plea for the recognition of Palestine as a full member. 

Lawsuit Filed Against Wake County Director of Elections for Violating the
Constitutional Rights of a Wake County Voter in Retaliation for her Advocacy

Contact:
TylerBrooks, Esq., 336-707-8855 btb@btylerbrookslawyer.com
Lynn Bernstein, 910-764-8328 transparentelectionsnc@gmail.com 

Case # 5:22-cv-00277-BO
Link to legal documents & exhibits: https://bit.ly/3Raegnf

Kroger corporate negotiators told UFCW 1059 on Wednesday they will return to the bargaining table on September 27.

Kroger 1059 members and union stewards are calling it “a win” for their union and, more importantly, themselves.

Overworked, exhausted, and stressed out, Kroger 1059 members exhaled deeply Wednesday night as word spread the standoff had ended since they rejected the last contract vote a week ago, the third time in 45 days they voted down their three-year deal.

These same Kroger 1059 members were telling the Free Press that word was spreading through the stores that union stewards were pressing 1059 leadership – its main office in White Hall – to authorize a strike.

But what made Kroger corporate return to the bargaining table, and not make their last offer its “last, best, and final offer,” is unknown.

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We are then joined by the legendary KEITH ELLISON, Attorney-General of Minnesota and lead prosecutor in the legendary George Floyd case. 
Keith is a former multi-term US Representative and Vice-Chair of the national Democratic Party.
We discuss with him the relatively safe, democratic voting conditions in Minnesota and the desperate need to replicate them nationwide.
Keith is gratefully joined by RAY MCCLENDON of the Georgia NAACP, connecting powerful pro-democracy organizers in critical states where conditions are very different.
Joining them also are BOB FITRAKIS, JULIE WIENER, WENDI LIEDERMAN, HEDI TRIPP, TATANKA BRICCA and others.
The need for a national organization of progressive state Attorneys-General and secretaries of state has never been more critical.
We finish this amazing hour with JAMIAH HARGINS and his truly mind-boggling organization promoting urban farming and water conservation.

Ah, the children!

They belong to us, sayeth the Department of Defense. At least some of them do.

It’s a little more complicated than it used to be, thanks to one of the changes that occurred back in 1973, a year of startling historical significance. That was the year of the Roe v. Wade decision and, oh yeah, the Watergate hearings (remember those?). But there was more. The United States, tangled militarily in the quagmire of Vietnam and increasingly torn apart on the home front by protests, was on the brink of conceding defeat in Nam and getting the hell out of the ravaged country. Before that came about, the military-industrialists made a pragmatic decision. They got rid of the draft.

The idea was to shut up the protesters by taking away their personal stake in America’s militarism. The term that was then emerging was “Vietnam syndrome” — people were sick of war. Uh oh! Big problem for the defense industry and all the groveling politicians indebted to it. Patriotism itself had become poisoned. People began calling for profound national change, including (God help us) an end to war. Was the antiwar movement becoming the new patriotism?