Meeting # 3,030 - Tim Bell or Leone Jose Bicchieri will speak about issues affecting very marginalized workers. "Our projects include a worker-owned green cleaning cooperative, an association of street vendors, and organizing in the temporary staffing industry which employs approximately 500,000 workers in the 6 county Chicago region.
August 8
Railroading "Railroad" Charlie
Meeting # 3,028 - Walter D. Collins will expand upon the college's in-house railroad expert Charles Paidock's April 25th, 2009, presentation "Why There Are Rails Across America." Using historic slides for illustration, Walter will take a true-fact track to American railroading's past, present and future. Program Freatures a Slideshow
August 1Peace - External
The Proposed U.S. Department of Peace (H.R. 808)
Meeting # 3,027 - Karen Johnson, Illinois State Coordinator, dopillinois@aol.com
A Plan for Peace, including a Secretary of Peace to counterbalance the then Secretary of War, was drafted and endorsed in 1792 by the Founding Fathers Benjamin Bannecker and Benjamin Rush, and endorsed by Benjamin Franklin.. Hear about the work that led up to Congressman Dennis Kucinich introducing this legislation, the progress of the grassroots campaign, national organization and worldwide movement since then, as well as an overview of the structure of the current legislation. You can review/download the 12-page bill ahead of time at www.ThePeaseAlliance.org to enhance your understanding. Part II of Peace Programs scheduled for October 3rd
August 29
A Monster, Out of Control, Heath Care Reform Bill
vs A Focused, Heath Insurance Reform Bill, Outlined
by Obama
Meeting # 3,031 - Dr. Lora Chamberlain et al, to be announced
August 15
"Green Army" The Case for a Liberal Militia
Meeting # 3030 - Alan Augustson, MPP, says that with the economy failing and an increasingly desperate populace already looking for scapegoats, liberal and radical thinkers need to be on their guard - both from heavily armed hate groups, and from thee very authorities to whom they would normally look for protection.
Peace - External
