The New New Deal Project

A New New Deal:
Obama Year One

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Taking Stock: Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here? Saturday, February 20, 2010, 1:30pm - 4:30pm Roosevelt University Auditorium Building (430 S. Michigan), Room 232 This past year, in the aftermath of the historic 2008 elections and in the midst of the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression,  activists and... »

A New New Deal: How We Make It Happen!

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Saturday, June 13, 2009, 12:30-5:00 p.m. Workers United Hall, 333 S. Ashland, Chicago An organizing workshop to build the movement for change based on human needs by connecting the fights for ending wars and militarism; workers' rights; the right to health care; and stopping foreclosures. Visit the event page for details Join other Chicago area labor, community, religious leaders and... »

A New New Deal: What Should It Look Like?!

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Video / Resource Page for the New New Deal Panel View video segments from this successful panel, held on Jan. 25 to discuss progressive solutions to the unprecedented domestic and global crises we all face.  Panelists discussed policy recommendations that can bring about real change. Topics included: the economy, green energy, health care, and foreign policy. The Panel ... »

Working for a New New Deal

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By John Bactell People's Weekly World, 02/02/09 OAK PARK, Ill. - Nearly 100 activists and concerned citizens gathered on Sunday, Jan. 25 for a lively forum hosted by the Oak Park Coalition for Truth and Justice (OPCTJ) entitled, “A new, new deal: what should it look like?” http://www.opctj.org The gathering was like hundreds of others that have been held in the wake of the... »

A Jobs Program for the U.S.

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Presented By the Chicago Political Economy Group This paper proposes a jobs program to address both the chronic problems of unemployment and underemployment in the U.S. economy and the debilitating economic and political impacts of growing inequality in the U.S. The jobs program... »

“Yes We Can, End the War!”: Opening Panel, UFPJ National Assembly

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Opening panel at the United for Peace and Justice National Assembly; December 2008. Left to right: Leslie Cagan, UFPJ Nat'l Coordinator (podium); Bamshad Mobasher, UFPJ Steering Committee; Tom Hayden, long-time activist and author; William McNary, President of USAction; Antonia Juhasz, author and activist (author of "The Tyranny of Oil").

Opening Panel at the United for Peace and Justice National Assembly Chicago, Illinois - December 12, 2008 ))}}|.+)&%/" class="readmore"> »

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A NEW NEW DEAL

Feb. 20, 2010 - Obama Year One - Taking Stock: Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here?Join leaders of the labor, peace, immigrant rights, healthcare reform, and economic justice movements in assessing the past year and current political conditions to determine ways we can work together towards progressive change.


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