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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I had been agonizing over current national and international events this weekend and found myself in need of a change of environment as I prepared to write my latest blog. I slipped a copy of H.L. Mencken’s Chrestomathy into my backpack and took off for the Cafe Di Vetro.  And there, over one of the world’s finest ...

This summit brought together an amazing panel that consisted of John Michael Greer, James Howard Kunstler, Chris Martenson, Frank Morris, and Dmitry Orlov to talk about issues ranging from politics, the economy, the food we eat, immigration, labor, poverty, minorities, war, and much more. Please be sure to stay tuned for more dynamic events from ...

So, a week ago I was driving up to the Barnes & Noble in Lancaster, PA when I noticed a fellow holding a sign on a street corner advertising the local Kmart was going out of business and offering up to 60% discounts on merchandise. I’d seen someone with the same sign a while back ...

This coming Tuesday, March 7th, the citizens of Los Angeles will be voting on a county and city ballot measure. They are Measure H and Measure S. Measure H Under Measure H, the Voters of Los Angeles County are being asked to increase their sales tax by one-quarter percent (0.25%) to put a dent in homelessness. Sadly, ...

Reprinted with Permission of Progressives For Immigration Reform The term protectionism as it is generally accepted these days tends to conjure up associations with nativism and reactionaryism. Last week, I read a book by Colin Hines in which he introduced the concept of “Progressive Protectionism” (PP). PP is a counterbalance to practices such as neoliberalism, in ...

Several surveys of voters and likely voters conducted anywhere from a day to several months before last week’s election indicated that the economy was the number one issue occupying the minds of Americans. However, for the first time, in perhaps my lifetime, the topic of immigration weighed in as one of the top three issues ...

Dear Mr. President Elect Trump: Congratulations on your recent election victory. Yours was a fascinating and brilliant victory over the Washington Establishment, perhaps the most brilliant such victory since Andrew Jackson. Now begins the hard work of uniting an angry and divided nation. You have inherited a nation whose people have been artfully kept apart by the establishments of both ...

Donna Conroy of Bright Future Jobs shares the “secret” behind the abuses done to white collar workers under the H1-B Visa Program.  After watching this information packed video, please like and share it.

Last Friday evening I pulled into a bar to watch the opening ceremonies of 2016 Rio Olympics. Although viewership was down from the London Olympics four years prior, it is estimated that some 30 million people across the country watched. Although much of the entertainment took the form of a great big party, the underlying ...

This is a video we recently completed for a sister organization that at a high level speaks to ways in which the US H1-B Visa prorgram is being abused.  Enjoy! Kevin Lynn

 Ventura’s 4th of July Street Fair continued its proud 41-year-old tradition today with its PUSH EM PULL EM Parade and street fair. The fun thing about the parade is anyone can be in it. In fact, participants far outnumbered spectators. Today as in years past, adults and children were encouraged to dress up, bring bicycles, little red ...