http://dragonflyeye.net/jongreenbaum Part of the DragonFlyEye.Network Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:04:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got a call from Curt Smith inviting me to come on his program to talk about community organizing. Cool. I can do that. I'm a community organizer. I agreed. I've heard Smith's show before and wondered about his rapid fire questions. I know he was a speechwriter for George H ... http://dragonflyeye.net/jongreenbaum/2008/10/06/my-fifteen-minutes-with-curt-smith/ I was sitting in a living room on Roycroft a couple of weeks ago talking to someone who had come to one of our Metro Justice events. She was concerned about the lack of jobs in the community and, when we had knocked on her door talking about city contracts ... http://dragonflyeye.net/jongreenbaum/2008/04/01/maybe-you-are-safe-in-your-suburban-living-room-maybe-not/ In early March the Development Accountability coalition was hitting a roadblock with Governor Spitzer. We were saying that IDAs (like COMIDA) should require businesses to pay decent wages if they are receiving tax breaks. Spitzer was opposing living wages and prevailing wages. Meanwhile, in an interesting twist of fate, it ... http://dragonflyeye.net/jongreenbaum/2008/03/25/that%e2%80%99s-quite-a-prevailing-wage-mr-spitzer/ In the December edition of the Metro Justice Newsletter Danielle Ponder and I wrote about the systemic ways in which our society maintains the privilege of white citizens over citizens of color. Institutional and public policies have been woven together to form a system of racial injustice producing disparities in ... http://dragonflyeye.net/jongreenbaum/2008/02/07/white-progressive-dont-get-to-ignore-race-and-professional-class-progressives-cant-win-without-labor/ It's time once again to pack the COMIDA board meeting COMIDA Board Meeting Tuesday, January 15 11:30am 47 South Fitzhugh Street, downtown Rochester Behind closed doors (geez- did COMIDA violate the state open meeting law AGAIN?), Maggie Brooks’ COMIDA just changed the requirements for local workers, making it twice as easy for a contractor working ... http://dragonflyeye.net/jongreenbaum/2008/01/11/maggie-brooks-comida-does-it-again/ We can do this Rochester area residents are in a unique position to push Congress to stop funding the Iraq war because Louise Slaughter is Chair of the Rules Committee and she meets with Nancy Pelosi frequently. Metro Justice is starting up a sophisticated phonathon for peace to urge Slaughter to turn ... http://dragonflyeye.net/jongreenbaum/2007/11/07/6/ I guess I don't get it. Why is "single payer" seen as such a magic cure by American progressives? Yes, the current American system sucks and yes the current crop of insurance company funded presidential wannabes don't want to bite the hand that feeds them. And yes, government ... http://dragonflyeye.net/jongreenbaum/2007/10/04/the-reification-of-single-payer/ $68,885                 The amount of wealth produced by the average U.S. worker in a year $29,544                 Average annual income of American worker $39,341                 Amount of wealth that the average American creates in a year but does not retain 1 day                      The amount of time the average CEO of a large American company has ... http://dragonflyeye.net/jongreenbaum/2007/10/04/richistan-border-index/ Welcome to DragonFlyEye.Net. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! http://dragonflyeye.net/jongreenbaum/2007/10/04/hello-world/