GUESTS ON THE SHOW FOR FRIDAY OCTOBER 26, 2012
- David Bernstein, Politics writer for the Boston Phoenix
- Arshad Hasan, Executive Director, Democracy for America (DFA). On what DFA is hearing on the ground this election, analyzing Mitt Romney's recent comments, Richard Mourdock and canvassing for Elizabeth Warren this weekend.
- Sean O'Brien, President of Local 25 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in Massachusetts and an International VP of the Teamsters Union. On the 2012 Elections, the role of Labor, and a recent organizing victory in Boston with Parking Employees there.
- Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), calling in from the multi-state "AFT Election Bus Tour", currently in Florida. The bus will be in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New York next week.
The AFT Election Bus Tour will be holding 3 rallies in Florida tomorrow/Saturday Oct 27:
7am Miami: Operation Lemonade, Souls to the Polls Rally w/Al Sharpton (Stephen P Clark Govt Ctr, 111 NW 1st St)
10am Ft.Lauderdale: Broward County Get-Out-The-Vote Rally (Broward Teachers Union, 6000 N University Drive, Ft. Lauderdale)
1pm West Palm Beach: Central Labor Council luncheon and rally (Palm Beach Cnty Classroom Teachers Assoc, 715 Spencer Drive, West Palm Beach)
- Heidi Schierholz, Economic Policy Institute, on the economic message for women - not only equal pay but jobs in science, math, education, green tech, etc.
- The Reverend Nelson Jerome Pierce, Jr. Lead Organizer for the AMOS Project, a non-partisan group, working to bring together Cincinnati Clergy with a passion for justice. The topic: Voter intimidation in African American Communities in OH in 2012 election. Rev Pierce was one of the main leaders in getting the Ohio billboards taken down that were so intimidating to African Americans by warning that voter fraud is a felony punishable by 3 1/2 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
