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VotoLatino is Hiring Field Organizers

August 29, 2010

Voto Latino is hiring Field Organizers in Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Florida, and California. Voto Latino seeks to immediately hire several field organizers for its United We Win 2010 mid-term elections voter registration campaign. The organizer will be responsible for conducting non-partisan voter registration in Phoenix, Tucson, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Diego, Houston, Dallas, Rio [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

August 29, 2010

RT @BenWeasel: Thanks again, Houston fans. We all had a great time and hope to come back next year. # RT @mintimm: Props to NYC Jewish Community Center's Rabbi Joy Levitt for appearing alongside her to defend and support the Muslim Community. # Nationalism & religion are the most toxic elements to the future of [...]

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Tax Cuts For Corporations Don’t Help Workers

August 29, 2010

There are many Latino people who work in the oil industry, my father was one of them, but the affect of a petroleum tax is not something that workers in the industry should really be worried about. The multi-billion dollar corporations that are adamantly opposed to any form of tax, are cutting jobs and reducing workforces without the tax. The point of a corporation is to make money, and they make money by paying people as little as possible and getting as much work out of their body’s as possible.

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Reading Marx: Learning to Reject the False Prophets of Profit

August 29, 2010
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“The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living.” For too long the work of Karl Marx has been dismissed in the United States. The Red Scare, McCarthyism, and the Cold War, all made it a nearly treasonous act to study and promote the works of Marx [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22

August 22, 2010

RT @profblmkelley: RT @lizzwinstead: I think even Faust would say, ” I give up. There are no deals to make with the GOP” | Ha!! #
108 Free Crumpled Paper Social Networking Icons – http://bit.ly/apFc9i #
Watching the Roast of #DavidHasselhoff … #goodtimes #

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Save KTRU Rice Radio

August 17, 2010

Let Rice Know You’re Unhappy. A website was just put up to help gin up support for KTRU. Students, alumni, and invested interests are trying to keep Rice University from selling the 91.7 FM frequency and tower. There’s also a petition you can sign, if you’re so inclined. I say do what it takes to [...]

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Rice University Sells KTRU Radio Frequency

August 17, 2010
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The Great Recession strikes again. Famed, beloved, and renowned radio station, KTRU will no longer be broadcasting on Houston’s airwaves. I heard it this morning on KUHF News, but it was confirmed when I received an email that was sent out to the entire Rice University community. This is sad news in Houston Radio. One of [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15

August 15, 2010

RT @todayspolitics: Why Rachel Maddow Scares Them: O'Reilly Bites Back on Race Baiting #politics http://bit.ly/cRQKBu # RT @ahuntre: David Gregory asks, "Is the environmental crisis really over?" | David Gregory was a joke when he worked in the #WH & still is # RT @MikaelaSkyeSays: Where are the black people, where are the latinos, where [...]

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