On November 16, TransCanada, the owners of the Keystone Pipeline, reported that a portion of the line had ruptured, spilling over 210,000 gallons of oil near the small town of Amherst in South Dakota. That currently ties it for the dubious record of the biggest oil spill of 2017 in the United States. The spill ...

This poem was written by W.H. Auden in 1939, a little over 77 years ago.  It was time not so different than our own; rising nationalism, economic stagnation (don’t be fooled by the buoyant stock market), and the rattle of sabres across a multipolar world.  The Spanish Civil War started 3 years prior in 1936. ...

On May 16, 2017, twenty-three brave souls refused to leave the right of way forced by a corrupt judiciary that would allow the construction of the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline to begin. For this, they were arrested. This video is a homage to those twenty-three and for all those who have and will continue to follow. ...

As we noted in our prior article on the latest round of Hollywood sex scandals, Harvey Weinstein’s actions and those of a myriad of other producers in Hollywood are unethical. However, except for the accusations of sexual assault, probably not illegal. You see, the women were not actually employees directly supervised in any way by Weinstein at ...

My family has lived in Southern California long before the movies arrived here. “THE INDUSTRY” is not, and never has been, central to our California identity. Being outside “the Industry” and only having had one member of the family to ever even consider “the Industry” as a career, gives one a unique viewpoint in Southern ...

I was born the fifth generation of my family in Southern California sixty years ago. Sometimes it’s difficult to believe, but in the early years of my parent’s life and of my own, Southern California was a paradise. Wages were high, housing was inexpensive. Employment at every level, from Janitor on up, was easy to ...

In August 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began to sit for the national anthem before games, as a protest of police violence towards African-Americans. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick told media. “To me, this ...

Student loan debt is a nationwide disaster. There is currently over 1.4 trillion dollars of debt accrued by 42 million students and graduates. In a opinion piece written by a loan collector in 2011, he wrote “As I wandered around the crowd of NYU students at their rally protesting student debt at the end of ...

It was a real pleasure to spend time with local community organizer Malinda Clatterbuck and discuss her three year odyssey into fighting a natural gas pipeline that poses a threat to her community. Malinda’s heartfelt and soulful determination to stop the pipeline will leave you amazed that after being through so much, a person still ...

Look, I get it. I’m a millennial, and like every one of us I’m tired of being blamed for everything terrible going on in the world, whether it’s killing department stores, Applebee’s, golf, or diamonds. It’s been happening for generations; even Socrates, one of the most esteemed philosophers of the ancient world, said “The children ...

Friends are used to seeing me doing the interviewing.  But today is different.  KMO of C-Realm was passing through Lancaster and spent a couple days with us here sampling the local fare, enjoying the walkability of our downtown and all the while discussing politics, current events, the future and spirituality. KMO became intrigued that a Progressive ...

Three years ago activists first began organizing against Williams Energy’s Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, a 125-mile natural gas pipeline whose proposed route will bring it through the heart of Lancaster County. All knew the day would come when few options would remain but civil disobedience to stop the pipeline. With rulings last week by a federal judge, ...

On August 16th a bill began winding its way through the Pennsylvania legislature.  It is entitled the Commonwealth Response Cost Reimbursement Act.  But a more appropriate title would be the Pipeplene Protestor Intimidation Act.  This is a really bad bill that keeps the citizens from defending their homes and is an out and out assault ...

Interviews At Our Booth - Politicon 2017

Politicon 2017 Impromptu Interviews w/ Attendees

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Dear fans of CFPUP, If you go to the Politicon website (www.politicon.com) and click on the “About” link you won’t find much of a description and here is why.  . . After attending my third Politicon, I can state that the event is pretty much what you make it versus any description I have heard in ...

On July 21st IFSPP sat down with Bryan SNAPPY of PIVX and we discussed the currency and community they are creating and how what they are doing impacts much more than economics and finance. We discussed the value of cryptocurrencies and how block chain can be used to enhance privacy and build trust between people ...

So this should be the last straw for every “P”rogressive in the California Democratic Party. In the 2005-2006 legislative session, Senator Kuehl introduced SB 840. The bill passed in both houses, and California was about to become the first state in U.S. history to pass single-payer legislation. However, the bill was vetoed by Governor Arnold ...