US Stimulus Helping Chinese, Spanish Wind Energy Industries
November 3rd, 2009
Wind energy is supposed to be able to create thousands of manufacturing jobs, but unfortunately the early wind energy manufacturing jobs financed by US stimulus money have all Health Care Reform In the House
This week is make or break for many of the things progressives want in health care reform — the public option, affordability, and ultimatley health care for all — and the usual suspects are arrayed against the common good.
» Roger Hickey: "Support for the Public Option Keeps Getting Stronger"
» Bill Scher: "Public Option: This Is How It's Supposed To Work "
» Terrance Heath: "Are You a Pre-Existing Condition?", "Failure Is Their Only Option", "Reclaiming 'We'
» Natasha Chart: "Health Care Reform: The Trillion Dollar Cost of Doing Nothing"
» Monica Sanchez: "Health Insurance Monopolies Are Legal"
Economist Robert Johnson says progressive activists are going to have to fight more aggressively against the forces on Capitol Hill and the White House who are working on behalf of the financial services industry to block financial reform, , given the kinds of deals now being cut by the Obama White House and some Democrats in Congress.
» See Isaiah J. Poole's interview with Robert Johnson.
PLUS
» Dave Johnson: "Corporate Money In Elections -- What To Expect"
» Robert Johnson and Amy Goodman: "How Wall Street and Its Backers on Capitol Hill Silenced a Critic"
» Terrance Heath: "From Crash to Meltdown in 80 Years"
Now that thousands of demonstrators confronted bankers at the "showdown in Chicago" during the American Bankers Association convention there this week, activist energy is now urgently shifting to Washington and to communities across the country.
read more » ISAIAH J. POOLE: The Showdown Shifts To D.C.
THE LATEST ROB JOHNSON: "Opening Night in Chicago: Senator Durbin Denounces Unfairness, Calls for Reform"
VIDEO See Sen. Durbin's speech and more at The Huffington Post
Plus More from: Terrance Heath, Tula Connell,Ruth Conniff, Mike Lux, and Dylan Ratigan.
Close to 300 leaders from labor, business, academia and politics participated in our Washington conference October 29 to outline the industrial and trade policies we need to ensure a broad prosperity based on good American jobs. Watch videos of the sessions on 
