Things are looking up. But there is work to do.
Vanessa Warheit greets the new year with optimism, but that doesn’t mean things are getting any easier. Read her excellent story here.
After reading Runaway Inequality, what next?
A friend writes: “I have a small book club reading Runaway Inequality as part of our Indivisible Suffragists Group. We will finish the first week in November. What should our next steps be? There are four of us.” We asked some Reversing Runaway Inequality trainers for their suggestions. Margarita Hernandez said: “There is a huge tax fight right now that folks should plug into. It’s not enough they learn about runaway inequality but now it’s time for them to step up to fight back. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders talk about the plan in a video here. She should try to do short presentations at her local community …
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What Does A Reversing Runaway Inequality Train-the-Trainer Look Like?
There’s a training going on right now in Woodbury Heights NJ, with CWA Local 1038. There’s another session scheduled for tomorrow.
Link: Stripmining Toys
What can happen when debt is used to buy a troubled business and financial manipulation ensues. The bankruptcy of Toys R Us. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/09/toys-r-us-and-the-trump-voter
Communication Workers of America on Runaway Inequality
The CWA is a major partner of runawayinequality.org. Their help has been essential to spread the word and conduct trainings around the country. Here’s a link to their update about what’s going on. Click here to read.
New Video is Released!
The North Carolina State AFL CIO is hosting a professionally shot video of Les Leopold’s talk in Wilmington NC on September 19th. Les starts talking at about 9 minutes in. Click here to watch it.
We’ve Updated the Trainers Map!
We have 26 new members who would like to participate in Train the Trainer sessions to Reverse Runaway inequality. They’ve signed up from across the country. Meanwhile we’re working with local groups and Trained Trainers to bring trainings to areas with enough interest across the country. Here’s the full map of interested trainers on the continental US.
Activism 101—Les Leopold in Boone North Carolina, October 19th.
When: Thursday, October 19th. 12:30 PM to 2 PM Where: HOW Space. 182 Howard St., Boone, North Carolina 28608 What: Facilitated by Les Leopold, co-founder of the Labor Institute in New York, this nuts and bolts workshop provides an opportunity to learn more about developing successful grassroots campaigns for social and economic justice. + learn skills to create effective campaigns and actions + explore the historical context for social justice movements and contemporary organizing + develop concrete tools you can use in your own work Leopold is a veteran activist with over 40 years of dedication to labor rights as well as …
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A report from our Wilmington NC appearances and training
Les was in Wilmington NC on September 19 and 20. George Vlasits, one of the event’s organizers, sent us a report about what went on: On September 19th and 20th a coalition of 15 labor and community groups sponsored a book tour on Runaway Inequality by Les Leopold in Wilmington, North Carolina. The two public events, one at the ILA Union Hall and the other at the University of North Carolina – Wilmington, drew 200 activists and students to hear Les’ presentation on “What Happened to the American Dream?” Les also spoke to a sociology class at UNCW and was interviewed …
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