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Simpson: GOP Economics: Failure Is Not An Option. It’s a Requirement.
Blog Post, January, 16 2012
Bob Simpson
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Republicans are very good at confusing people about the economy. Our economic problems are variously blamed on immigrants, blacks, liberals, environmentalists, unions, China, Democrats, women, government regulation or whatever else is the GOP flav...
Simpson: Palm Cards for Panhandling
Blog Post, December, 30 2011
Bob Simpson
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It’s a hard world...even in a Ben and Jerry’s scoop shop.
Simpson: Nurses on the Frontlines of Compassion
Blog Post, December, 24 2011
Bob Simpson
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Unless you are wealthy, sick economies are bad for your health.
Simpson: Playing the Race Card: Conservative Style
Blog Post, December, 14 2011
Bob Simpson
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In the United States, institutional racism results from the social caste system that sustained, and was sustained by, slavery and racial segregation.
Simpson: "No poor man ever gave me a job"
Blog Post, December, 02 2011
Bob Simpson
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“No poor man ever gave me a job.” How many times have you heard that one? Sadly, these words are often spoken by a working class person who should know better.
Simpson: Occupy Wall Street and the Civilizing of the USA
Blog Post, November, 18 2011
Bob Simpson
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The greed and brutality of our present economic system has become intolerable to many Americans as it undermines living standards and our democracy itself.
Simpson: Can the Occupy Movement civilize the USA?
Blog Post, November, 09 2011
Bob Simpson
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The Occupy Movement is the latest in working class labor uprisings that date back to the American Revolution. We are part of a great tradition.
Simpson: On the trail of Smokey Bear
Blog Post, November, 06 2011
Bob Simpson
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You see him on signs in our national forests and natural areas. He’s a cartoonish bare-chested bear with a wide-brimmed ranger hat and overalls, usually holding a spade. He’s Smokey Bear, one of the USA’s most widely recognized icons.
Simpson: Thinking about jail, race & the OWS Movement
Blog Post, November, 02 2011
Bob Simpson
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How much people get punished in our criminal injustice system depends mostly on where they are located in that complex intersection of race, class and gender.
Simpson: We were busted for defending a nurses’ first aid station
Blog Post, October, 26 2011
Bob Simpson
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I had not planned to get arrested until someone came around and said that the National Nurses United(NNU) had requested that we sit down around their medical tent to symbolically defend it.
Simpson: An Afternoon With #Occupy Chicago
Blog Post, October, 09 2011
Bob Simpson
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#Occupy Chicago are normally on LaSalle Street in front of the Federal Reserve in the heart of the financial district. The Board of Trade towers over us with its Mordor-like architecture.
Simpson: The Working Class Gets A Wake Up Call----With Side Effects
Blog Post, October, 06 2011
Bob Simpson
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Until we get sick and tired of people being sick and tired, our national sleep deficit will continue to rob people of their health and the joy that life should encompass.
Simpson: Has the Tea Party Been Watching Mad Men—and Taking Notes?
Blog Post, September, 24 2011
Bob Simpson
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Has the Tea Party Been Watching Mad Men—and Taking Notes?
Simpson: I will always hate guns. Passionately. Intensely. Now and for ever.
Blog Post, September, 16 2011
Bob Simpson
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The new film by Chicago's award winning Kartemquin Films does not take us to a faraway battlefield. It takes us to a war right here in the USA. The film is "The Interrupters" by Chicago's own Kartemquin Films and the peace group is called CeaseFir...
Simpson: It's Time To Say It Outloud: America Needs More Socialism
Blog Post, September, 06 2011
Bob Simpson
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Today, socialists talk about how a socialist marketplace can work: a mix of public and privately owned enterprises along with worker-owned businesses, non-profits, co-ops, self-employed service providers and informal economic networks. The proport...
Simpson: A World of Secrets
Blog Post, August, 12 2011
Bob Simpson
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The message is clear. Governments and large corporations want to know everything about us. But what do we know about them?
Simpson: The South Will Rise Again
Blog Post, August, 05 2011
Bob Simpson
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On July 27, 2011 Southern workers at Danville, Virginia’s Swedish-owned IKEA plant voted overwhelmingly for union recognition with the International Association of Machinists (IAM). This was another great victory for The South. Although both slave...
Simpson: Why I Am Not Disillusioned with Barack Obama
Blog Post, August, 03 2011
Bob Simpson
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Why I Am Not Disillusioned with Barack Obama
Simpson: The War Against Nature
Blog Post, July, 22 2011
Bob Simpson
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The Woman Scientist,The Union Man and The War Against Nature
Simpson: Racism is just plain unhealthy
Blog Post, July, 11 2011
Bob Simpson
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Racism is just plain unhealthy
