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Farm Apprenticeship Commencement Talk at UC Santa Cruz

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

I gave the commencement talk for the 38 graduates of the farm apprenticeship program at UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems on June 20. Here’s the synopsis of the talk: PRESENTATION FOR THE APPRENTICESHIP GRADUATES OF…

World Food Day- New Orleans

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

As part of the Week of Action to launch the US Food Sovereignty Alliance, please join us for the following event with Restaurant Opportunities Center of New Orleans (ROC-NOLA). For folks at the CFSC Conference, we will be gathering for…

ALERT! — HELP SAVE UCLA LABOR CENTER

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

Friends, One of the most important progressive resources in Los Angeles — the UCLA Labor Center — is under attack and needs our help. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block has decided to shut down the Labor Center , a valuable, cutting-edge,…

Tagged with: labor, labor movement, Los Angeles, social justice, unions
Posted in Labor

Progressive Patriotism – Things for Progressives and Liberals to Think About, and Do, on July 4th

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

Friends and Colleagues: In honor of July 4th, Dick Flacks and I have posted an article, “Progressives Take Back the Flag” on Huffington Post. We write that: “This July 4 feels different. We no longer have a president in the…

At Home in Utopia

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

Friends – Please join me on Monday, April 27, at 7:30 pm for a screening of a wonderful new documentary film, “At Home in Utopia,” and a panel discussion afterwards with the filmmaker and others about this progressive housing movement…

Tagged with: affordable housing, social justice
Posted in Housing Justice

UPS Delivers Community Food Security

Posted on March 17, 2009 by vzajfen — No Comments ↓

One of our project partners, the Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) has created a thriving national movement that has forged new alliances between diverse constituencies, including farmers, environmentalists, food bankers, anti-hunger advocates, community activists, and public health professionals. They have…

What is a housing “crisis”?

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

Colleagues and Friends: What constitutes a housing “crisis”? Do we face a housing crisis when home prices are spiraling upward (as they did between the mid-1990s and 2006) or when they are tumbling downward (as has occurred during the past…

Tagged with: affordable housing, social justice
Posted in Housing Justice

Rev. Martin Luther King: Anti-War, Pro Union

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

Most Americans today know that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed 40 years ago — on April 4, 1968 – in Memphis, Tennessee, but they may not know why he was there. He went to Memphis to support African…

Tagged with: community organizing, labor movement, social justice, unions
Posted in Labor

Class Prejudice: Which Whites Support Obama? Plus, the State of the Anti-War Movement; Wall Street and Spitzer; The Real McCain?

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

CLASS PREJUDICE: Which whites will support Barack Obama if he runs against John McCain? In my article in the American Prospect this week, I look at America’s racial divide in terms of both voting trends and control of key institutions…

Tagged with: Barack Obama, social justice, vote
Posted in Politics & Elections

Rep. John Lewis Tilts to Obama, and other reports about the Prez campaigns

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

Friends, Congressperson John Lewis of Georgia, a hero of the civil rights movement, is now supporting Barack Obama. See story in today’s New York Times, below. Plus, an article from American Prospect on what Clinton and Obama should do to…

Tagged with: Barack Obama, social justice
Posted in Politics & Elections

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