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May is for Madness! Raging Chicken Press is Out (AGAIN!)
May is fast becoming a turning point for Raging Chicken Press. This month we’ve had more submissions than we can put out in any one “issue,” let alone finding the hours in the day to […]
May 2012
Rick Smith Files | Helen Gym of Parents United for Public Education on Philadelphia’s Latest “Dramatic Change” to Public Education
[Rick Smith]: Yeah, I’ve got to be honest with you. I look at this…just an absolute scam. An absolute rip-off of this Delaware loophole bill that is actually going to make the situation that much […]
A View from the Bottom: How Tom Corbett’s Budget is attacking the Working Class
The Demonstration With the threat of heavy downpours and thunderstorms, a few hundred activist from the Philadelphia area greeted governor Tom Corbett at the Prince Theater on Chestnut Street in downtown Philly. Around 4 o’clock in […]
Aubrey and Ralph – BFFs
Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy and Ralph Eads III, the Chairman of Jefferies Energy Investment Banking Group go way back in their association. McClendon and Eads were Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers at Duke […]
Fracking: Health, Environmental Impact Greater Than Claimed (Part 2)
Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of 3. Part 1, “Pennsylvania Gags Physicians,” appeared in the May “Early Edition.” Part 3, “Corruption–A Part of Pennsylvania’s Heritage,” appears alongside Part 2 in this issue of Raging Chicken […]
Fracking: Corruption – A Part of Pennsylvania’s Heritage (Part 3)
Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of 3. Part 1, “Pennsylvania Gags Physicians,” appeared in the May “Early Edition.” Part 2, “Health, Environmental Impact Greater than Claimed,” appears alongside Part 3 in this issue of Raging Chicken […]
An Open Letter to the Pittsburgh Opera from “Music Teacher”
Editor’s Note: This Open Letter came to me by way of a music teacher friend of mine. My friend’s claim that unemployment is a very real possibility in the near future is not over-stated. My […]
Chicago Police Turn Violent at “Anti-Capitalist” Protest During NATO Summit
Chicago – May 19, 2012 Occupy Chicago and other Occupiers held an Anti-capitalist March today. It started at 6:30 pm. Protesters met at a statue commemorating the international labor movement in Haymarket Square at Randolph […]
The Heart of Unionism: One Local Union’s Story of Solidarity
Many times in my life I have been proud to be a member of a Labor Union, specifically a third generation member of Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 19 in Philadelphia. We Sheet Metal Workers (AKA […]
Occupy the Labor Movement
Mayday in New York City was a force to be reckoned with. On that overcast and dreary morning, thousands of protesters who consisted of #Occupiers, labor unions, musicians, artists, immigrants, students and concerned citizens alike, embarked on a […]