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Gov. Charlie Baker, Mayor Marty Walsh, and boosters like the Boston Globe claim that the investment will be worth it. Yet GE’s record of slashing jobs, despoiling the environment, and evading taxes says otherwise.
Don’t wait for someone else to step up, start your own corporate campaign today!
Some of the many details the corporate media isn’t telling you.
Americans all bear some responsibility for electing governments who have made a series of decisions over the last century that have resulted in the immiseration of the countries that undocumented immigrants have left.
Walk around these white areas and look for a #BlackLivesMatter or a #JusticeforTamir sign. You will see few—and those mainly outside some progressive houses of worship.
No predictions, no resolutions
In 2015, Krampus is slaking America’s thirst for red-cheeked justice
Political organizing is tough work … until it isn't. Until a movement that dwarfs anything ever seen in human history rises and sweeps through the entire population.
That’s basically what I would expect rich people to do if the amendment passes. They’ll play games that allow them to report as little income as possible.
In other words, mass transit advocates should not start the current fight with a weak political proposal like trying to give low-income T riders lower fares and exposing a lot of other better off.
