Marcy Winograd

Mubarak, Harman Walk: Winograd Considers a Run

Marcy Winograd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Pre-Emptive War, Palestine, Iraq, Out of Afghanistan Caucus, Bradley Manning, Janice Hahn, Social Secuirty, Single-Payer Health Care, Egyptian Revolution, Jane Harman AIPAC, Jane Harman, Marcy Winograd, Debra Bowen, Israel, Mubarak, Medicare, Politics News

Into the void of ex-dictator Hosni Mubarak comes a challenge for the United States to become an honest broker for peace between Israel and Palestine, to abandon preemptive wars, and to forsake its role as arms merchant to torturers.

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American Midterm Candidates Pandered for Pro-Israel Money and Votes

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Boxer, House Energy and Commerce Committee, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Jerusalem, West Bank, Tom Campbell, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, Jane Harman, Pro-Israel, Palestine, Illinois Senate Race, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Henry Waxman, Temple Ramat Zion, Marcy Winograd, Democrats, Palestinians, Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine, Republican Mark Kirk, Gaza, Loyalty, Midterm Elections, Hebrew, Brad Sherman, Native-American, Aipac, California's 27th Congressional District, Mohawk, Carly Fiorina, Huffington Post, Indigenous, Apache, Politics News

Israel and the United States are not one country. Being pro-Israel should not wield so much power that it becomes a principal issue in American elections.

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Crashing the Party

David Suissa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Goldstone Report, Israel, Hamas, Marcy Winograd, LA Jews for Peace, Pico-Robertson, World News

After hearing about an activist meeting at a private home, I decided to take my chances and go. I came in expecting some heavy-duty beating up of Israel (and I got it), but most of the people were really nice.

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Floor Fight! It's On! Challenger Winograd Takes Harman To CA Democratic Convention Floor

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Delegates, Progressive, Lila Garrett, June 8th California Primary, 2010 Elections, California Democratic Convention, Jim Hightower, War, Jane Harman, Single-Payer Healthcare, Congress, California 36th Congressional District, Blue-Dog, Marcy Winograd, Incumbent, Elections 2010, Los Angeles News

The California Democratic Party is officially endorsing incumbent candidate, Jane Harman, for the 36th Congressional District. The primary is June 8.

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Rethink Afghanistan: How Long Is Now?

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

The truth is that the situation isn't really all that depressing. The problems are complex, confusing, and paralyzing, but the solutions are actually quite simple.

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My Response to Jane Harman: You're in the Bubble

Marcy Winograd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harman, Progressive Democrats of America, Jobs, Jane Harman, Palestine, Winograd vs. Harman, Not Wars, Marcy Winograd, Debate, Goldman Sachs, Winograd for Congress, Blue Dogs, Primary Challengers, Harman for Congress, Israel, Afghanistan, Winograd, Politics News

Who's in the bubble? Me or corporate Democrat Jane Harman, who took us to war in Iraq and votes for an onerous bankruptcy bill that makes it harder for the poor to climb out of debt?

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Henry Waxman Fires Back At Marcy Winograd: 'I'm Loyal To The United States Of America'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waxman Winograd, Waxman Winograd Harman, Jane Harman, Marcy Winograd, Henry Wazman, Waxman Marcy Winograd, Politics News

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has played an outsize role in the primary contest between Blue Dog Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) and progressive challenger...

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Harman Uses Bush/Cheney Fear Tactics on Winograd and Voters

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Harman is out of touch. She's the richest woman in Congress. Every two years she re-buys her seat and indulges her personal passions: war, war technology and war intelligence.

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Israel and Harman in Tandem: From High Seas to Airwaves

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Conyers, Human Rights, Gaza Flotilla, Barney Frank, Jane Harman, Lynn Woolsey, Israel, Henry Waxman, Marcy Winograd, Jim McGovern, Palestinians, Gaza Blockade, Politics News

The so-called smart money is on Harman in next Tuesday's primary, but the incumbent -- like the Israeli government -- has reason to worry. Sometimes, moral revulsion can topple defenders of the indefensible.

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South Bay to Discuss Autism Epidemic: Causes and Solutions

Marcy Winograd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diesel Exhaust Autism Epidenic, Torrance, Harbor-Gateway, Jane Harman, South Bay Autism Spike 36th Congressional District, Autism, Environmental Contamination, Marcy Winograd, South Bay, Oil Refineries, Pollution, Winograd-for-Congress, Harbor, Los Angeles News

As an educator, a mother, and a congressional candidate, I believe we owe it to our children to raise the decibel level of this conversation.

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When the Leaders Lead, the People Have Sorrow

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlen Specter, Bill Halter, Blanche Lincoln, Joe Sestak, Democratic Party, Marcy Winograd, Gulf of Mexico, Jane Harman, Politics News

What happens when people enable leaders to follow the dictates of the powerful? These days, the answers are arriving in the form of a news drumbeat that's apt to seem like a dirge.

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Will Marcy Winograd Pull a Sestak and Beat Jane Harman in the June 8th California Primary?

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlen Specter, House of Representatives, Debate, California Democratic Convention, Green Jobs, Ca-36, Jane Harman, Corporate, Congress, Marcy Winograd, Democrats, Norman Solomon, Incumbent, California, June 8th Primary, Change, Jim Hightower, California Congressional District 36, Joe Sestak, Primary Election, Jane Hamsher, Pennsylvania, Los Angeles, Cnn, Senator Bob Casey, Governor Ed Rendell, Jessica Yellen, Christine Romans, Los Angeles News

A Marcy Winograd win over Jane Harman, akin to Congressional upstart Joe Sestak's win over three decade incumbent Arlen Specter, would further advance the push for change and an end to entitled incumbents.

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Winograd vs. Harman in CA Primary: Will U.S. or Israel's Interests Come First?

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 36th Congressional District, Stanley Sheinbaum, Debate, Lila Garrett, West Bank, Rob Eshman, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Jane Harman, Gaza Blockade, Gore Vidal, William Delahunt, Gaza, John Hess, Occupation, Middle East, Democratic Primary, Jonathan Tasini, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Joseph Biden, Congress, Henry Waxman, Marcy Winograd, Democrats, Los Angeles, Bob Filner, Jewish Journal, Pacifica Radio, Tikkun Magazine, Betty Sheinbaum, Settlement Expansion, Politico, Israel, Huffington Post, Kpfk, Los Angeles News

By jumping onto the "Israel can do no wrong" bandwagon, Rep. Waxman and Rep. Harman substitute short-term political advantage for a strategy that could protect Israel and its people.

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Conservatives Who Supported Bush's No-Strings-Attached Bailout Are Faring Badly

Howie Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marcy Winograd, Wall Street Bailout, John Boehner, Justin Coussoule, Jane Harman, Politics News

There have been rumbles lately about how teabaggers turned on Senate Robert Bennett (R-UT) and ended his political career because of his support for Bush's no-strings-attached Wall Street bailout bill in the fall of 2008. Bennett's not alone.

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House Progressives Making Another Attempt to Overcome Conservatives and Pass a Public Option

Howie Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Option, Marcy Winograd, Chellie Pingree, Jared Polis, Politics News

As we saw the other day, virtually the only way to turn the Senate health care bill into a positive would be to restore the public option.

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Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise Asked To Give Up Private Jets

LA Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Cruise, Marcy Winograd, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Private Jets, Steven Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Los Angeles News

Congressional candidate Marcy Winograd has formally asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a handful of mega-stars to stop flying via private jet in and...

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Waxman Attacks Winograd on Israel; Ignites a Political Firestorm

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, 36th Congressional District, Noam Chomsky, West Bank, Blockade, Economy, Richard Goldstone, Jobs, George Galloway, Norman Finklestein, California, Gaza, Hip Hop, Corporate Media, 30th Congressional District, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Medicine, Health Care, Congressman Henry Waxman, Fund Raising, British Parliamentarian, Palestinian, Palestine, South Africans, Gaza Freedom March, Marcy Winograd, Presdient Jimmy Carter, Congresswoman-Jane-Harman, Viva Palestina, Israel, Mar Vista, Independent Media, Politics News

That Rep. Waxman and Rep. Harman stress her devotion to Israel as the catalyst for her re-election underscores to what extent their policies focus on the welfare of Israelis and not Americans.

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Before We Pass Health Insurance Reform, We Must Do More to Limit Big Pharma's Monopoly on Biologics

Marcy Winograd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Hiv, Jane Harman, Breast Cancer, Biologics, Anna Eshoo, Health Insrance Reform, Big Pharma, Marcy Winograd, Aids, Jane Hamsher, Biolsimilars, Health Care, Politics News

In Congress, I will work to support affordable prices on biologics, so that victims of cancer, HIV, diabetes, Parkinsons, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis can afford the medicine they need to stay alive.

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Obama Stagnation in the Political Dark

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthcar Reform, Wall Street, Jane Harman, Theodore Roethke, Afghanistan, Congress, Democratic Party, Marcy Winograd, Barack Obama, Politics News

Among Democratic loyalists, reflexive support for the latest line from the administration has made it easier for Obama to move rightward.

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Can Cheryle Jackson End the War in Afghanistan?

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlen Specter, Jane Harman, Cheryle Jackson, Alexi Giannoulias, Marcy Winograd, Chicago Tribune, Barack Obama, Joe Sestak, Afghanistan War, Chicago News

The two leading contenders for the Democratic nomination for Barack Obama's former seat in the Senate have staked out diametrically opposed positions on Afghanistan.

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No Diet COLA for Seniors -- Fight the Freeze and Save Social Security

Marcy Winograd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Primary Challenger, Anthony Weiner, Social Security, Jane Harman, Joe Lieberman, George Voinovich, 36th Congressional District Race, Marcy Winograd, Social-Security-Cost-of-Living-Adjustment, Social Security Trust Fund, Politics News

If we accept the 2010 COLA freeze, if seniors fail to grab their bullhorns, then we may be looking at another freeze in 2012, 2013 and beyond, while the Right continues to hammer away at the big lie -- that we cannot afford Social Security.

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Biggest State Party to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Air War, President Obama, Karen Bernal, Escalation, Jane Harman, California Democratic Party, Afghanistan, Democratic Party, Marcy Winograd, Withdrawal, Rick Reyes, Politics News

While Obama weighs Afghanistan policy options, the California Democratic Party's adoption of the resolution is the most tangible indicator yet that escalation of the U.S. war effort can only fuel opposition within the president's own party.

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Our Children Shouldn't Be Messengers Of Hate!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Regardless of which side of the religious and socio-political spectrum a child's parent or guardian is on, that child is innocent. Children are not billboards for hatred, malice and lies.

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Don Lemon & CNN: No to "Real Americans," Yes to Real Journalism!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Constitution, Lila Garrett, George W. Bush, Progressives, Medea Benjamin, Ann Wright, Fox, Norman Solomon, Msnbc, America's Town Halls, Americans for Prosperity, Conservatives, Corporate Media, Health Care Town Halls, Rush Limbaugh, Progressive Democrats of America, Lou Dobbs, Alan Hardage, Marcy Winograd, Barack Obama, David Swanson, Cnn, Brad Parker, Maureen Cruise, Sean Hannity, Dr. Jo Olson, Corporate Media Coverage, Iraq War, Anti-War Protests, Tom Hayden, Real Americans, Don Lemon, Bill O'Reilly, Wayne Williams, Media News

Can anyone tell me of any wall to wall on-site coverage of peace movement events over the past six years where the corporate press offered extensive air-time to listen to progressive leaders? I don't recall that ever happening. Do you?

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Winograd For Congress Sponsors Rare Reading of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie"

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Theater Workshop, Rachel Corrie, Palestinian Territory, Demolitions, My Name Is Rachel Corrie, Jane Harman, Israel, Palestine, Aipac, Congress, Levantine Center, Marcy Winograd, Entertainment News

Progressive Democrat Marcy Winograd is bringing Rachel's story to LA to support President Obama's call to freeze further expansion of Israeli settlements into the Palestinian territory.

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