Vermont
OpEd: Plutocracy in America: A change to our election system (Brattleboro Reformer)
May 4, 2012
By Lachlan Francis At this moment in American history, corporate influence and the power of money are at an all time high. The power of the wealthy and the corporations they control has increased greatly since the 2010 ruling of the Citizens United Supreme Court case. This decision meant that corporations would be treated as [...]
Sanders, Shumlin to address Slow Living Summit (Brattleboro Reformer)
BRATTLEBORO — Sen. Bernie Sanders and Gov. Peter Shumlin are among the dozens of high-profile speakers scheduled to take part in second annual Slow Living Summit, taking place downtown May 30 through June 1. The summit aims to attract engaged citizens, entrepreneurs, investors, educators, students, civic, foundation and non-profit leaders from throughout the United States, [...]
Hundreds rally in Montpelier for May Day labor event (VtDigger)
May 2, 2012
By Taylor Dobbs In a gathering reminiscent of the Occupy movement that swept the nation last summer, Vermont’s unions, rights groups and other liberal activists gathered in Montpelier Tuesday for a May Day rally. The rally, organized by the Vermont Workers’ Center, kicked off at Montpelier’s City Hall and police closed off Main Street and [...]
Hundreds turn out for May Day rally in Vt. (WPTZ)
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Hundreds of demonstrators paraded through Vermont’s capital city on May Day calling for health care for all, fair wages and an end to corporate greed. Activists beat drums and chanted: “We are the 99 percent.” They urged lawmakers to “put people first.” Participants at the demonstration included members of the Occupy movements [...]
Vermont Poised to Issue Driver’s Licenses to Farm Workers (Labor Notes)
May 1, 2012
By Michael Feiner Hundreds of Vermonters took to the streets of the capital Montpelier on May 1 to demonstrate, rally, and celebrate the victories of working people. Advocates, organizers, and working people from across the state came together to show their solidarity with the struggles of all working people. One of victories they celebrated was [...]
Vt. lawmakers confer on key bills; end in sight (Boston Globe)
By Dave Gram MONTPELIER, Vt.—With hundreds of people clamoring outside for Vermont’s governor to “put people first,” lawmakers inside the Statehouse rejected the latest attempt at overhauling campaign finance laws and prepared for a final round of votes on whether to continue allowing parents to opt out of having their children vaccinated as a requirement [...]
Rally for women in Montpelier (WCAX)
April 30, 2012
By Susie Steimle MONTPELIER, Vt. – Men and women from around the state gathered in Montpelier to fight what’s been called ‘the war on women’. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders let out this battle cry, “we have made significant progress in this country and the message of today is we are not going backwards!” Senator Sanders [...]
Sen. Sanders Editorial: United Against the War on Women (Green Mountain Daily)
By Sen. Bernie Sanders The history of American democracy, to say the least, has been checkered. Our nation was founded at a time when people of African descent were held in bondage. After slavery was abolished, they were forced to endure legal discrimination for another 100 years. When our country was formed, women were not [...]
Rally in state capital targets ‘war on women’ (Burlington Free Press)
April 29, 2012
By Tim Johnson MONTPELIER — Madeleine Kunin said she never dreamed that in the year 2012 she would find herself speaking out in defense of contraception and giving credit to Rush Limbaugh. But there she was on the Statehouse steps Saturday, exhorting a crowd of about two hundred people to stand up for hard-won women’s [...]
Editorial: Handle with care (Times Argus)
April 27, 2012
The postal reform bill passed by the Senate this week averts the decimation of the Postal Service that had been proposed as a way to save it. Sen. Bernie Sanders took an active role in the Postal Service issue, and in Vermont the benefits will be real. The mail processing center in White River Junction [...]
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