“A bill passed Monday in the US House of Representatives and Thursday in the Senate would make it a felony—a serious criminal offense punishable by lengthy terms of incarceration—to participate in many forms of protest associated with the Occupy Wall Street protests of last year. Several commentators have dubbed it the “anti-Occupy” law, but its implications are far broader.”
After reading the implications of this bill, what are your thoughts? How will this impact protesting? Does this bill violate freedom to assembly?
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This article argues,
"In recent years, progressives have been more inclined to support privatization of state functions like prison management, to view equal opportunity in terms of a market-competition for increasingly scarce jobs, under-investing in worker rights, and using a rhetoric overly friendly to financial interests. If progressives want to affect substantive change these areas, they need to do more than come up with policy ideas. They need to reclaim the language of freedom."
Have Progressives bought into the conservative economic model? What does a Progressive economy entail?
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Progressive activists are outraged over tasteless comments made by Rush Limbaugh regarding a young woman testifying before congress about contraception coverage. How would you respond to Limbaugh? Why is contraception proving to be a politically contentious issue this year?
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While Romney supported the Wall Street bailouts, he opposed saving the American auto industry. How was he able to win Michigan? How can Progressives capitalize on his hypocrisy?
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