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French Workers Continue Their Epic Struggle Against Macron’s Economic Reforms

February 25, 2020 John McEvoy, Thecanary.co Resist! Class Struggle, Electoral Politics, France, Pensions, Protests, Reform

On 20 February, nearly 100,000 people across France protested against proposed reforms to the country’s pension system. According to those striking, the new system would force them to work for longer, for less. While France’s pension system is currently running a deficit, it remains one of the best in the EU. Figures from 2018 show that only 7.3% of French pensioners are at risk of poverty, as opposed to 21.6% in the UK [provisional figure] and 18.7% in Germany.

Lawsuit Launched Over Trump’s Massive Rollback Of Clean Water Act Protections

February 22, 2020 Staff, Waterkeeper.org Resist! Lawsuit, Reform, Water

Conservation groups filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Trump administration today for eliminating longstanding Clean Water Act protections for the nation’s waters, including approximately half of all wetlands and potentially millions of miles of streams. The Trump rule allows polluters to pave over wetlands and to dump pesticides, mining waste, and other pollutants directly into these now-unprotected waterways.

Employment-Based Health Care Is An Anchor Around The Neck Of The U.S. Working Class

February 19, 2020 Mark Dudzic, Labornotes.org Educate! Health Care, Medicare, Reform, Workers Rights and Jobs

Last June at the House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Medicare for All, Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas lamented, “That great health care plan that your union negotiated for you? It’s gone. Banned under Medicare for All.” A right-wing congressman with a 7 percent lifetime voting score from the AFL-CIO crying crocodile tears for union health care plans can easily be dismissed as just another absurdity of America’s political dysfunction.

Alaska Legislation Would Finally Recognize The Existence Of Tribes

February 17, 2020 Joaqlin Estus, Newsmaven.io Create! Alaska, Indigenous Peoples, Reform

‘This bill is simply honoring and recognizing our Alaska people that have been here since time immemorial, an ancient people with an ancient past, a proud people’ A bill before the Alaska House Tribal Affairs Committee is simple: "The state recognizes all tribes in the state that are federally recognized ..." The legislation gets more complicated after that line.

Medicaid Work Requirements Struck Down By Unanimous Federal Court Of Appeals

February 17, 2020 Joan Alker, Ccf.georgetown.edu Resist! Courts, Health Care, Medicaid, Reform

In a decision which warmed my heart on a cold Valentine’s Day here in Washington, the federal Court of Appeals issued an unanimous opinion striking down the Arkansas work requirements waiver. In doing so, it upheld district court Judge Boasberg’s decision vacating the Arkansas’ Section 1115 waiver (including most famously Medicaid work requirements) because it was “arbitrary and capricious” and therefore violated the Administrative Procedures Act.

11 States Where You Might Be Voting On Major Marijuana Reforms This November

February 17, 2020 Phillip Smith, Independent Media Institute, Drug Reporter Create! Marijuana, Reform

Last year wasn’t a great one for advancing marijuana legalization at the state level. Despite high hopes for New Jersey and New York, state legislatures in Trenton and Albany couldn’t quite get their acts together, and promising efforts petered out. Illinois was the only state to approve marijuana legalization in 2019. It’s tough to push a legalization bill through the state legislative process.

West Virginia Legislation Would Make Civil Disobedience Against Gas Pipelines A Felony

February 11, 2020 Staff , Morgancountyusa.org Educate! Civil Disobedience, Pipelines, Reform, Repression, West Virginia

Industry drafted legislation (HB 4615) that would make civil disobedience against a pipeline or other fossil fuel projects a felony is moving through the West Virginia legislature. The House of Delegates Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the legislation February 10, 2020 at 8:30 am.

Trump Says Covering All Immigrants Would Bankrupt Our Healthcare System. That’s A Lie.

February 8, 2020 By Adam Gaffney, Inthesetimes.com Educate! Health Care, Immigration, Reform, Trump Administration, Undocumented

During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Trump put Medicare for All in the crosshairs. Single-payer healthcare will “bankrupt our nation by providing free taxpayer-funded healthcare to millions of illegal aliens,” he seethed, “forcing taxpayers to subsidize free care for anyone in the world who unlawfully crosses our borders.” Like so many of the other claims in Trump’s speech, this one was demonstrably false.

Mexico Is Showing The World How To Defeat Neoliberalism

February 8, 2020 Ellen Brown, Truthdig.com Create! Mexico, Reform

While U.S. advocates and local politicians struggle to get their first public banks chartered, Mexico’s new president has begun construction on 2,700 branches of a government-owned bank to be completed in 2021, when it will be the largest bank in the country. At a press conference on Jan. 6, he said the neoliberal model had failed; private banks were not serving the poor and people outside the cities, so the government had to step in.

Bridge To Climate Chaos: Time For A Nationwide Fracking Ban

February 6, 2020 Peter Hart, Foodandwaterwatch.org Create! Climate Change, Fracking, Reform

WASHINGTON - As the country makes little progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, new research calls into question the supposed climate benefits of the switch from coal to fracked gas-fired power generation. That finding comes in Fracking’s Bridge to Climate Chaos: Exposing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Deadly Spin, a new report from the national advocacy group Food & Water Watch.

Senate Panel Briefed On Disparity In Incarceration

January 27, 2020 Hannah Gaskill, Marylandmatters.org Educate! Congress, Electoral Politics, Mass Incarceration, Reform

Maryland has the highest incarceration rate in the nation of black men aged 18 to 24, according to a November report issued by the Justice Policy Institute. The second highest incarceration rate for young black men is in Mississippi. “No disrespect to Mississippi,” said Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee Chairman William C. Smith Jr. (D-Montgomery), “but this should be something that raises everyone’s eyebrows throughout the entire General Assembly, and especially in this committee.”

Marijuana Reform Advances Around The World

January 24, 2020 By Phillip Smith, Drug Reporter, a project of the Independent Media Institute Create! Marijuana, Reform

As we have welcomed a new year, it’s worth taking a look back at last year to ponder how far the world has come on marijuana law reform – and how far it has to go. The wall of marijuana prohibition continued to crumble in 2019, albeit at an achingly slow pace. A lot of the activity was in Europe. In February, Switzerland announced plans to let up to 5,000 people legally smoke marijuana in pilot studies aimed at shaping rules for recreational use of the drug.

Most States Saw Prison Reforms In 2019, But Incarceration Rates Remain High

January 22, 2020 By Victoria Law, Truthout.org Create! Prisons, Reform

On December 20, 2019, criminal justice advocates celebrated the news that President Trump signed the Fair Chance Act into law. Tucked into a massive defense spending bill, the law is a federal version of “ban the box,” prohibiting the government and its contractors from asking job applicants about their criminal history before extending a conditional offer of employment. Thirty-five states and over 150 cities already have versions of “ban the box” laws.

With Passage Of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly In Mexico

January 22, 2020 By Manuel Perez-Rocha, Inequality.org Educate! Fossil Fuels, NAFTA II, Reform

NAFTA 2.0 cleared another hurdle on January 16 as the U.S. Senate approved the trade deal with bipartisan support. Officially called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the pact has some improvements but remains a handout to large corporations. This is particularly evident in the USMCA rules related to investor rights. One of the most controversial aspects of the original NAFTA was that it allowed private corporations to sue governments in international tribunals, demanding compensation for alleged violations of a wide range of investor “rights.”

Equal Rights Amendment Achieves Two-Thirds Of States, As Virginia Votes For Equality

January 21, 2020 Staff, Eracoalition.blog Create! Equal Rights, Reform, Virginia

The ERA Coalition is celebrating an historic victory. The Equal Rights Amendment is about to clear its final Constitutional hurdle as Virginia becomes the 38th state to ratify it, now that both the Senate and the House of Delegates have passed identical bills to be formalized in an upcoming procedural vote. As we mark the 100th anniversary of American women winning the right to vote, we can also celebrate the success of the nearly 100 year-long quest for constitutional equality.

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