War On Families

Part III

BuzzFlash Editor's Note: As we noted in part I and part II of this series, with great reluctance, BuzzFlash had to cancel the September 27 conference in Philadelphia focusing on why progressives should embrace issues of importance to the working class -- and why the two groups should find much common ground. The registration was just too low to justify continuing on with the groundbreaking day of investigating "The GOP War on the Working Class." If you want to know what we had planned, you can listen to this interview with me, Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash.com, with Bob Kincaid of Head-on Radio, about what we had in store: https://www.yousendit.com/download/bVlBUGhkdENuSlJFQlE9PQ.

PART THREE OF A BUZZFLASH SERIES ON THE GOP ECONOMIC WAR AGAINST AMERICAN WORKING FAMILIES
by Meg White

Palin is the latest example of the Republicans' war on the working class, especially working class women.

In examining the Republican war against the working class as a part of the BuzzFlash series, we would be remiss not to address women's issues.

There's something fishy about Sen. John McCain's pick for VP. It's not so much the lies Gov. Sarah Palin spouts on the campaign trail. Nor is it all the rumors swirling around her and her family. No, I'm talking about the reasoning behind McCain's pick, not the woman herself.  You see, McCain's decision belies a desire to cover up the deep-seated distaste the Republican Party has for working women.

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Part II

BuzzFlash Editor's Note: As we noted in Part I of this series, with great reluctance, BuzzFlash had to cancel the September 27th conference in Philadelphia focusing on why progressives should embrace issues of importance to the working class -- and why the two groups should find much common ground. The registration was just too low to justify continuing on with the groundbreaking day of investigating "The GOP War on the Working Class." If you want to know what we had planned, you can listen to this interview with me, Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash.com, with Bob Kincaid of Head-on Radio, about what we had in store: https://www.yousendit.com/download/bVlBUGhkdENuSlJFQlE9PQ.

PART TWO OF A BUZZFLASH SERIES ON THE REPUBLICAN WAR AGAINST THE WORKING CLASS
by Meg White

As part of an ongoing series on electoral politics and the working class, we bring you part two: the Republicans' class war. 

For Republicans, waging war on the working class is not hard. The tricky part is making said war invisible. In order to keep on top economically, Republicans still have to win elections (or at least appear to do so). Now that the economy is at the top of most voters' issue lists, that is becoming harder and harder for them to pull off. Hence, we have shark-jumping antics like the Sarah Palin roll out. But that's just the most recent in a long line of distortions of what the Republican Party truly is all about.

Only lies and deceptions can distract working Americans from the fact that the GOP is pickpocketing them, so the GOP runs elections by using personality politics, image, wedge issues, and brazen lies.

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BuzzFlash Editor's Note: With great reluctance, BuzzFlash had to cancel the September 27th conference in Philadelphia focusing on why progressives should embrace issues of importance to the working class -- and why the two groups should find much common ground. The registration was just too low to justify continuing on with the groundbreaking day of investigating "The GOP War on the Working Class." If you want to know what we had planned, you can listen to this interview with me, Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash.com, with Bob Kincaid of Head-on Radio, about what we had in store: https://www.yousendit.com/download/bVlBUGhkdENuSlJFQlE9PQ.

But out of disappointment sometimes comes a renewed commitment. And BuzzFlash decided that it would turn the now-canceled conference into an online series on the GOP War on the Working Class, and the needs of America's eroding Middle Class. If you are a daily BuzzFlash reader, you will notice that we have begun posting more stories on this topic, and we are beginning an original content series on the issue. We will carry on this campaign online, and ask you not to pass up articles on the working class, like the one below, but to commit yourself to reading them and taking action to put working and middle class needs at the top of your progressive agenda.

Mark Karlin, Editor and Publisher, BuzzFlash.com

PART ONE OF A BUZZFLASH SERIES ON THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON THE WORKING CLASS
by Meg White

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