Wednesday, April 06, 2005

KUCINICH SOCIAL SECURITY TOWN HALL IS ONE FOR THE BOOKS (and DVDs)

Dennis has written and produced a deeply analytical one hour DVD presentation on Social Security [purchase via http://store.kucinich.us/], which is the product of over a dozen town hall meetings held throughout his district. The presentation, which is being extended into a book, is a highly critical assessment not only of the Administration's plan to privatize Social Security, but also of the Administration's overall handling of the economy.

Just as Kucinich built the case that the Administration was fabricating a cause for war against Iraq, he makes the case that the need for privatization is also manufacturered. As usual, he is quite blunt in his assessments. This is the video [http://store.kucinich.us/] for those who are looking for a host of arguments to refute the privatizers. More than 100 slides including charts, graphs and pictures are integrated into a fast-moving Powerpoint production.

The presentation is especially designed for a town hall format. Dennis will be available, in person, for a limited number of town hall presentations outside Ohio. He also will be available to call in to town hall meetings where the Kucinich Social Security video is shown, subject to scheduling limitations.

Social Security is the first in a series of hour-long Town Hall videos forthcoming from Kucinich. Others will focus on Energy and the Environment, the American Economy, Health Care and the Department of Peace. [Duchess is board secretary for NYC Chapter DoP] The Town Hall videos will become a powerful, new organizing tool for a new social and economic movement in America. To learn more about Ohio Congressman Kucinich, go to: http://www.kucinich.us/

HEAR YEA! HEAR YEA! HEAR NOW THE NEWS

WE TOLD YOU SO
Rahul Mahajan, AlterNet
The latest WMD report merely confirms what antiwar activists were claiming all along -- way before the invasion of Iraq.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21687/

CIA 'REFORM' RINGS HOLLOW
Robert Parry, Consortium News
The problem with the CIA -- and the Washington establishment -- is cultural, systemic, even ethical, not structural.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21685/

THE UGLY SIDE OF PRETTY
Rebecca Ephraim, Common Ground
Emerging science suggests that untold numbers of cosmetics and personal care ingredients may be silently and insidiously promoting cancer, ravaging women's reproductive functions and causing birth defects.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/21686/

GOING FOR BLACK
Andrew Seifter, Media Matters for America
In wooing African-American voters the GOP is resorting to deception and cynical claims of racism -- in other words, business as usual.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21638/

A PACT WITH THE COMMUNITY
An open letter to the CEO of Wal-Mart: "We believe that it's time for Wal-Mart to focus less on image and more on substance."
http://www.alternet.org/story/21677/

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