AMERICAN WINTER (UPDATE)

The documentary AMERICAN WINTER highlights the growing poverty epidemic in the United States and the inadequate "social safety net" for millions of American families.

The film is still available on HBO On Demand, or can be purchased on DVD

UPDATES:
Food Stamp Cuts Create High Demand for food Bank Supplies

Inequality is (Literally) Killing America

America's Greatest Shame: Child Poverty Rises and Food Stamps Cut While Billionaires Boom

Remembering Nelson Mandela

Remembering Nelson Mandela - Democratic Socialists of America

DSA mourns the death of Nelson Mandela, and honors his life of struggle for democratic socialism

We Must Celebrate the Life and Work of Nelson Mandela (Bill Fletcher)

Remembering Nelson Mandela: From Freedom Fighter to Political Prisoner to South African President  (Democracy Now)

Mandela, A Life of Struggle: The History Most Mainstream Obits Omit (Common Dreams)

12 Mandela Quotes that Won't Be In the Corporate Media Obituaries  (Common Dreams)

Nelson Mandela: An Ideal for which I am Prepared to Die  (The Guardian)

Mandela made this statement from the dock at the opening of his trial on charges of sabotage, Supreme court of South Africa, Pretoria, April 20 1964

Corporate Elites Are Witnessing a Growing Wave of Resistance to the ‘Walmartization’ of Our Economy

Corporate Elites Are Witnessing a Growing Wave of Resistance to the ‘Walmartization’ of Our Economy | Alternet

Over 110 Arrested in Record Black Friday Protests

Corporations Should Pay a Living Wage or Face the Death Penalty (Thom Hartmann)