Thursday, March 29, 2012
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Poverty in America: 50 Year Anniversary of THE OTHER AMERICA
It is the 50th Anniversary of DSA founder Michael Harrington's THE OTHER AMERICA, the classic analysis of poverty in America which helped launch the "war on poverty." Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will be organizing a serious of events nation wide to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of The Other America, and draw attention to the successes, and failures, of the Kennedy/Johnson "war on poverty" and policies to address poverty over the past five decades. (Check back for more information, more articles, and upcoming events in Memphis.)
MIchael Harrington: The Long Distance Runner
Michael Harrington and The Other America
Excerpt from Michael Harrington's THE OTHER AMERICA
Firing Line with William F. Buckley & Michael Harrington-Poverty: Hopeful or Hopeless (Clip, 1966)
When a Socialist's Book Swayed the Nation | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
DSA: Questions and Answers on Poverty
Re-Reading Michael Harrington's The Other America
Barbara Ehrenreich, Amercian Poverty 50 Years Later
Rediscovering American Poverty
Frances Fox Piven: American's Inexcusable Indifference to Extreme Poverty
8 Facts About Poverty that will Blow Your Mind
The Working Poor
Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Struggle to Put Food on the Table
Middle Class Death Watch: As Poverty Spreads, 28% of Americans Fall Out of Middle Class
Poverty Rises as Wall Street Billionaires Whine
Working and Poor in the USA
Socialism? The Rich are Winning the Class War
Census: Memphis the Poorest in the Nation
UPDATES:
Still With Us: Harrington's Other America Has Gotten Worse (Jim M, Memphis DSA)
The Invisible Poverty of "The Other America" in the 1960s is Far More visible Today
Poverty in America 50 Years After Michael Harrington's The Other America
The Other America, 2012: Confronting the Poverty Epidemic
Holy Cross Conference: The Other American Then and Now
Seeing What No One Else Saw (American Prospect)
Half a Century of Poverty in America
50 Years Since The Other America
Tracking Poverty and Policy
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
House GOP's Budget Declares Class War on the 99% to Cut Taxes on 1%
Latest House Republican Budget Threatens Medicare and Shreds the Safety Net
48 Million Could Become Uninsured Under Ryan's Budget
Paul's Ryan's Path to Penury
The 6 Key Failures of the GOP House Budget Plan
Paul Ryan's Plan for American Decline
How the GOP Budget Pulverizes Most Government Services
The Ryan Budget vs A "Budget for All"
Congressional Progressive Caucus Announces the Budget For All
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