Netroots Nation 2014

Posted by | May 5, 2014
Not Just Detroit: How to Fight Back Against Wall Street and Predatory Municipal Finance

Last summer, Wall Street banks were poised to jump to the front of the line in the Detroit bankruptcy. The city was going to have to slash retirees' pensions and...

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Organizing the South: The Times They Are a-Changing

How can progressives continue to transform the social and political landscape of the South? By making sure workers have a voice on the job, electing representatives who care about poverty...

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Low-Wage Workers Went on Strike. Now What?

More and more low-wage workers have started organizing and have gone on strike in the last few years. People who would never have considered themselves "labor activists" are now protesting...

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Living Our Values: Building the Movement We Deserve

We're great at preaching, but do we practice? It's time for ALL progressive movement employers to commit to fair labor practices and gender and racial diversity. Come and learn how...

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Workers Organizing Online: What We’ve Learned and What We’re Learning

Digital organizing in the labor movement is finally hitting its stride. Organizing 2.0 is the only organization founded specifically to address this field, and we want to share some of...

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Student Debt and Wall Street: How Finance is Taking a Growing Share of Higher Education Spending and What We Can Do About It

Tuition rose more than 1000% in the last 30 years. Student debt now surpasses credit card debt, and this growth shows no sign of slowing. Where is all this money...

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Let’s Get Ready to Rumble! Q&A on the 2014 Midterms

Before you know it, November will be upon us. Come join the editors of Daily Kos Elections for an in-depth Q&A about the 2014 midterms. There are NO presentations, NO...

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Progressives and the Midterms: Making Smart Investments to Build Progressive Power in 2014 and Beyond

What are the smartest plays that progressives can make in the upcoming mid-term elections? What are they key issues that progressives should be talking about? Join us for a lively...

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Challenging the Dramatic Under-Representation of Women and People of Color in Political Office

What would it look like if the people who hold political power actually reflected the communities they are elected to serve? What structural barriers prevent the United States from having...

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48217: What One of the Country’s Most Polluted Zip Codes Can Teach Us about Environmental and Digital Justice

With only 8,200 residents, southeast Michigan's 48217 zip code is sandwiched between I-75 and giant industrial polluters. Smokestacks billow above schoolyards in River Rouge, MI, where more than 1.6 million...

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