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Mass consciousness and its discontents

Posted on September 14, 2015 by jeffroby

— Submitted by Jeff Roby September 11, 2015 “A state of consciousness is characteristically very transitory; an idea that is conscious now is no longer so a moment later, although it can become so again under certain conditions that are … Continue reading →

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“We are soldiers in a new movement!”

Posted on March 26, 2015 by jeffroby

“Why have the graduate assistants joined in, why are fast food workers together, why are home care workers together, why are all these public sectors workers together? Because as Dr. King said, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. … Continue reading →

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15 Now Florida says repeal 218.077(2)

Posted on March 9, 2015 by jeffroby

The rich and corrupt hacks in Tallahassee thought they had put an end to any hope for raising the minimum wage in the State of Florida back in 2003, when at the behest of the notoriously right-wing ALEC (American Legislative … Continue reading →

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15 Now welcomes Fight for 15 to St. Pete

Posted on March 3, 2015 by jeffroby

December 4, 2014 — ST. PETERSBURG. “It opens up a whole new front,” said Rose Roby, chair of the St. Pete local of the Green Party of Florida and a leader of 15 Now Tampa Bay. “We’ve been putting the … Continue reading →

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15 Now challenges St. Pete City Hall (1)

Posted on March 3, 2015 by jeffroby

Remarks by Rose Roby St. Petersburg City Hall Saturday, September 27, 2014 Thank you for coming. I’d like to speak a little about the short life and unnecessary death of Maria Fernandes. She died last month, 32 years old, poisoned … Continue reading →

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15 Now challenges St. Pete City Hall (2)

Posted on March 2, 2015 by jeffroby

Remarks by Jeff Roby St. Petersburg City Hall Saturday, September 27, 2014 You people of the press have asked, how do we think we can win this? The only logical way to follow that is to talk about gay marriage. … Continue reading →

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Grief as a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Posted on February 18, 2015 by jeffroby

— Submitted by Rose Roby Chair, St. Pete Local of the Green Party of Florida When I was seven years old, I nearly drowned in the frigid crystal clear waters of a serene Vermont lake. Over 37 years have passed, … Continue reading →

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Under color of law

Posted on December 30, 2014 by jeffroby

18 U.S. Code § 242 Deprivation of rights under color of law Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any … Continue reading →

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NYPD calls it Wartime

Posted on December 22, 2014 by jeffroby

I am made to recall the novels of the late Hans Hellmut Kirst, best known in this country for Night of the Generals, made into a movie starring Omar Sharif and Peter O’Toole. Kirst writes as a former soldier in … Continue reading →

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It Felt Like Justice

Posted on September 19, 2014 by jeffroby

$15 / hr. and the forces in play You might call it a small skirmish in the opening stages of what promises to be a long, hard war. It is hardly an equal fight, the opposing sides in no way … Continue reading →

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