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Addie Wyatt 1924-2012: A Life of Christian Faith & Labor Solidarity

Thursday, May 3, 2012
By Bobbosphere
Addie Wyatt 1924-2012: A Life of Christian Faith & Labor Solidarity

How does a person of faith live a purposeful life in a world gone wrong?  Where does a moral vision come from, a vision that can thrive despite the inevitable blows that fall upon it? I’ve been thinking about that a lot since Addie Wyatt, the celebrated South Side Chicago labor leader died in... »

Occupy Mental Health!

Monday, April 16, 2012
By Bobbosphere
Occupy Mental Health!

While riding the El down to the Monday morning press conference by Chicago’s Mental Health Movement, I couldn’t help but reflect on Rahm’s Emanuel’s obsessive-compulsive disorder. He is obsessive about funneling money to Chicago’s wealthy and compulsive about his attacks on services for Chicago’s... »

Occupy Transit! Transit Workers & the Occupy Movement Team Up

Thursday, April 5, 2012
By Bobbosphere
Occupy Transit! Transit Workers & the Occupy Movement Team Up

Calling mass transit “a genuine civil rights issue,” the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), which represents transit workers across the nation, joined with the Occupy Movement, community organizations and transit riders to demand a revitalization of our transit systems. Citing such problems as “older vehicles,  deferred maintenance... »


Hey Rahm Emanuel! Libraries Are Sacred Spaces!

Monday, April 2, 2012
By Bobbosphere
Hey Rahm Emanuel! Libraries Are Sacred Spaces!

“I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I got out of the... »

The Social Worker and the Massacre: A Chicago Labor Story

Tuesday, March 20, 2012
By Bobbosphere
The Social Worker and the Massacre: A Chicago Labor Story

May 30th 1937: Thirty-one year old Hull House social worker Guadalupe “Lupe” Marshall stood amongst the crowd  in front of Sam’s Place on a warm afternoon. Approximately 1500 people... »

The War Against Economic Recovery

Saturday, March 10, 2012
By Bobbosphere
The War Against Economic Recovery

Phillip Wilson is a foot soldier in the war against our economy recovery. It’s not a one man war, Wilson has help from politicians like Wisconsin’s Scott Walker(Republican) and... »

Remember the Ladies

Thursday, March 8, 2012
By Marty

“I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you... »

Dr. Beatrice Tucker: Home Birth for Chicago’s Working Class

Wednesday, February 29, 2012
By Bobbosphere
Dr. Beatrice Tucker: Home Birth for Chicago’s Working Class

“In the hospital you’re on duty for 8 hours and if you get into trouble they’ll come and help you out. If you’re out in the district, you know,... »

America’s Ports: The Place Where Old Trucks Go To Die.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012
By Bobbosphere
America’s Ports: The Place Where Old Trucks Go To Die.

Aynalem Moba doesn’t want to kill anyone. He doesn’t want to injure anyone. He certainly doesn’t want to poison anyone. No, he is not a draftee in a horrible... »

GOP Economics: Failure is not an Option. It’s a Requirement.

Saturday, February 11, 2012
By Bobbosphere
GOP Economics: Failure is not an Option. It’s a Requirement.

  Republicans are very good at confusing people about the economy. Our economic problems are variously blamed on immigrants, blacks, liberals, environmentalists, unions, China, Democrats, women, government regulation or... »

Alice Peurala: A Woman of Steel

Friday, February 10, 2012
By Bobbosphere
Alice Peurala: A Woman of Steel

The fires of steelmaking burned all along the southern shores of Lake Michigan when Alice Peurala entered US Steel’s South Works in 1953. Today most of those fires have... »

You are afraid of the one, I, the few.

Sunday, February 5, 2012
By Marty

In an exchange of letters between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams (while both were still serving in Europe – Jefferson in France, Adams as the first U.S. minister to... »

Pelosi: Gingrich will never be President.

Saturday, January 28, 2012
By Marty

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Are we a country founded on hypocrisy?

Saturday, January 28, 2012
By Marty

Life, Liberty and the Fact of Slavery – N.Y. Times Alone at his desk at Poplar Forest, where more than a hundred slaves labored in the fields beyond his... »

Populism on the right?

Thursday, January 21, 2010
By Marty

Jimmy Carter committed political suicide by telling the American people that austerity and reason could lead us to future health. Ronald Reagan preached greed and god. The American people... »