Lessons in Alinsky: An AFL-CIO Conference Teaches Targeting & Manipulating Workers

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  October 5th at 08:30 AM  | 

This past weekend, the AFL-CIO played host to “more than 800 young people” at a conference in Minneapolis in an effort energize young activists to go forth and multiply the members by targeting America’s youth. As noted last week, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis attended the organizing “summit” and the labor secretary used some of her 30-minute speech to call for passage of the AFL-CIO’s | Read More »

Meet Suzan Delbene (D CAND, WA-08).

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  October 12th at 05:15 PM  | 

I haven’t really been paying attention to this particular race – it’s admittedly one of the few where the Republican incumbent (David Reichert) isn’t quite safe, but then again, it’s a bad year to be a Democratic challenger* – but I got tipped off to what appears to be a bit of a vetting problem with Dave’s challenger (one Suzan-with-a-Z Delbene). And, yes, if I’m | Read More »