Mark Maynard | political strategy

Reverend Dr. William Barber II on reclaiming the moral high ground and building a majority coalition around issues of social justice

By Mark | September 2, 2014

Reverend Dr. William Barber II, the North Carolina minister who founded the Forward Together moral movement, is in the press today. It would seem that a young man in his group was arrested yesterday in Charlotte, at one of Barber’s Moral Monday events, for putting voter registration information on the windshields of parked cars. As […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, History | Also tagged abortion, affirmative action, assassination, Barack Obama, Brown v. Board of Education, busing, Charles Koch, Charlotte, Christianity, civil disobedience, civil rights, Civil Rights Act, Civil War, Committee on Equal Employment, economic justice, Emmett Till, entitlements, family values, Forward Together Moral Movement, George Wallace, guns, health care, higher ground, homosexuality, JFK, Jim Crow, Kevin Phillips, Koch brothers, labor, LBJ, Lee Atwater, Medgar Evers, Medicaid, Medicare, MLK, moral fusion, Moral Monday, morality, Netroots Nation, North Carolina, Otto Scharmer, Plessy v. Ferguson, populism, poverty, prayer in the school, progressive politics, public education, race and poverty, race card, racism, reconstruction, Redemption Movement, religion, religious right, RFK, Richard Nixon, Rosa Parks, snake line, social justice, Southern Coalition Leadership Conference, southern strategy, states rights, tea party, voter suppression, voting rights, William Barber | 18 Comments

As it’s become impossible to pass laws in Congress due to Republican obstructionism, the fight for the minimum wage has moved aggressively to the states… Here’s what’s happening

By Mark | April 7, 2014

Last night, Zingerman’s co-founder Paul Saginaw and I met up for a late dinner at Dalat to discuss the various campaigns being waged across the country right now to raise the minimum wage, and how it came to pass that he’s become a spokesman for the movement. My hope is to share my notes later […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Economics, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Zemke, ballot initiatives, Barack Obama, cheap labor, Congressional Budget Office, Costco, Economic Policy Institute, executive orders, Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, GDP, inflation, Jeff Irwin, jobs, Koch brothers, lobbying, Mark Schauer, Michigan House Bill 4386, minimum wage, Paul Saginaw, Plutocracy, Plutocrats, poverty, Raise Michigan, Republican obstructionism, Tom Harkin, Zingerman's | 23 Comments

So, shall we vote for Santorum tomorrow in the Republican primary?

By Mark | February 27, 2012

A week or so ago, when discussing the Michigan Republican primary, some of you indicated that you intended to cross party lines in oder to vote for Rick Santorum. And, now that we’re just a few hours away, I’m wondering if any of you have had a change of heart. Personally, I don’t think that […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics | Also tagged crossing party lines, Daily Kos, Markos Moulitsas, Mitt Romney, Presidential politics, primary elections, republican primary, RIck Santorum, separation of church and state | 42 Comments

James Carville says “fire, indict, fight”

By Mark | September 15, 2011

In an op-ed posted on the CNN website yesterday, Democratic strategist James Carville warned Barack Obama that, unless he makes drastic changes now, he’ll likely lose the White House in 2012. Boiled down to three words, his advice to the President is this – fire, indict, fight. I wasn’t a huge fan of Clinton administration, […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Other, Politics | Also tagged austerity, banking reform, Bill Clinton, crazy people, Donald Rumsfeld, Douglas Elmendorf, economic collapse, economic crash, Eric Holder, getting fired, holding people responsible, investment banking, James Carville, Newt Gingrich, Stalingrad, Wall Street | 37 Comments

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As it’s become impossible to pass laws in Congress due to Republican obstructionism, the fight for the minimum wage has moved aggressively to the states… Here’s what’s happening

So, shall we vote for Santorum tomorrow in the Republican primary?

James Carville says “fire, indict, fight”

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