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Wendy Block is an elected rep of the 42nd AD on the DSCC and DPSFV. She’s Recording Secretary of Valley Democrats United, a member of the Kitchen Cabinet of Kitchen Table Democracy, and speaks and advocates to pass the California Fair Elections Act, on our ballots in June.

California Fair Elections Kickoff
Thursday, 11 Mar, 2010 – 6:00 | No Comment
California Fair Elections Kickoff

Wendy Block: It’s impossible to eliminate money from politics, and there’s no reason to. But release candidates from huge campaign contributors and the special favors that follow victory, and you’ll see miracles after every election.

Disaster Prep With a Twist
Tuesday, 16 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | No Comment
Disaster Prep With a Twist

Wendy Block: If every emergency prep session started like Mason’s, I’d already be an expert in CPR and have several well-stocked larders located strategically, carrying the appropriate first-aid provisions and food needed immediately after disaster strikes– whether at home or away.

Howard Zinn And J. D. Salinger: Two Heroes
Monday, 1 Feb, 2010 – 6:00 | One Comment
Howard Zinn And J. D. Salinger: Two Heroes

Wendy Block: Both Zinn and Salinger remained true to themselves. Zinn maintained his radical stance when many of his contemporaries softened. Salinger rejected what he considered the phoniness of fame, and even stopped publishing (but maybe now, secreted works will go public). Though some of his rumored actions, if true, were eccentric, there’s nothing reclusive about wanting to live a life free from an obsessively attentive outside world.

Whose Nation?
Saturday, 14 Nov, 2009 – 9:43 | No Comment
Whose Nation?

If Maria Shriver’s name or Oprah’s were not attached to this report, would it have attracted close cooperation with John Podesta’s Center for American Progress (CAP)?

Veterans Day: Dusty, Faded Surprise
Wednesday, 11 Nov, 2009 – 15:00 | One Comment
Veterans Day: Dusty, Faded Surprise

But I remember him– every time a street person asks for money (I always give), when a man holds up a cardboard sign reading something like “Viet Nam vet. Will work for food,” when news stories cover veterans returned from Iraq and Afghanistan, struggling to cope with crippling injuries and PTSD.

Fixed?
Saturday, 5 Sep, 2009 – 13:00 | No Comment
Fixed?

Big Pharma, Big Oil, Big Milk. All special interest patrons of America’s Big Money bordello. What are good progressives to do? Either we get lobotomies (not that recession-lashed activists can afford them) or we fix the way the country finances politics.

The Fix
Friday, 4 Sep, 2009 – 16:02 | No Comment
The Fix

To start fixing America, we must give elections back to voters. They need easy access to accurate information so they can evaluate all office seekers and issues fairly and independently.

Messy Blond Dreadlocks of Grace
Thursday, 23 Apr, 2009 – 5:58 | 2 Comments
Messy Blond Dreadlocks of Grace

Late afternoon rush hour, Hollywood, this time of year — right after Easter, just a few days left of Passover. Moments after hugging my then 11-year-old goodbye and watching her dad welcome her to his …

Uprising Updated
Monday, 19 Jan, 2009 – 18:46 | No Comment
Uprising Updated

When visionary journalist/author David Sirota published his book, The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington in June 2008, he traveled the country—including an appearance at Valley Dems United …

Wiped? Back to Work
Sunday, 18 Jan, 2009 – 13:00 | No Comment
Wiped? Back to Work

This past Sunday I ran for re-election as a Delegate to the California Democratic Party (CDP). I was on the Progressive Slate, from the 42nd Assembly District which covers parts of LA and the San …

Printing Poetry
Thursday, 25 Dec, 2008 – 6:00 | One Comment
Printing Poetry

by Wendy Block
Back from Best Buy one recent evening with my new all-in-one inkjet, I finally began connecting it to the computer just before midnight. When I next glanced at a clock, it was …

Can We?
Wednesday, 26 Nov, 2008 – 13:00 | 4 Comments
Can We?

by Wendy Block
“I can’t go on. I’ll go on.” — “The Unnamable” by Samuel Beckett
Yea us! Americans just spent over a billion in time, energy and dollars and changed our government.

This Presidential Season — Best Ever!
Thursday, 30 Oct, 2008 – 14:00 | 2 Comments
This Presidential Season — Best Ever!

There’s never been a better time to seek enlightenment—the state that frees you from gut-shredding despair every time McCain/Palin snarls at Obama and Barack doesn’t rip right back and raise the stakes. True enlightenment, of …

Can You Feel It?
Thursday, 16 Oct, 2008 – 6:00 | No Comment
Can You Feel It?

David Sirota’s prescient new book, The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington is coming to life and we’re in it!
It’s been a terrifying and illuminating few weeks living …

How We Can Win
Saturday, 27 Sep, 2008 – 7:00 | One Comment
How We Can Win

You’d have to be on a media fast to have missed journalist/blogger/commentator David Sirota on TV (Stephen Colbert, CNN, Fox News[!]), radio (NPR, Pacifica) and in the pages of Newsweek and The New Republic earlier …

Military Industrial Complex: Even Worse than We Thought
Monday, 1 Sep, 2008 – 8:00 | One Comment
Military Industrial Complex: Even Worse than We Thought

In iconoclastic journalist Robert Scheer’s brilliantly titled new book “The Pornography of Power,” we get confirmation– in infuriating black and white—of rumors that have haunted the country on and off since September 11. For some …

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