Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Jobs for Ohio? Not from Portman or Fisher. We Need Jobs Now!

29 June 2010

Guest Article by Dan La Botz
Cincinnati Beacon


We should be organizing demonstrations for jobs at every City Hall in every city in Ohio. Will you join me in "organizing jobs demonstrations in Ohio? Let's build a movement for jobs in our hometowns. Then take it to Columbus. And take it to Washington. We all know that in this country, the working people only get something when they organize and fight for it. It's time to fight now...."

We should be organizing demonstrations for jobs at every City Hall in every city in Ohio. Will you join me in "organizing jobs demonstrations in Ohio? Let's build a movement for jobs in our hometowns. Then take it to Columbus. And take it to Washington. We all know that in this country, the working people only get something when they organize and fight for it. It's time to fight now...."

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Monday, June 28, 2010

Jobs for Ohio? Not from Portman or Fisher. We Need Jobs Now!

A statement by Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for United States Senate (Ohio)


28 June 2010


We need jobs in Ohio and now. And neither Republican Rob Portman nor Democrat Lee Fisher has a program that will create jobs. Their jobs programs are essentially the same: cut taxes on small business. Yet there is no guarantee that small businesses would use a tax break to create jobs, and even if they did, they couldn’t begin to create enough jobs for all of Ohio’s unemployed...

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Monday, June 21, 2010

Socialism? We Wish, Says Local Group

21 June 2010

By: Carrie Whitaker
Cincinnati Enquirer, Common Dreams



"I expect to win many more votes in the general election," La Botz said. "I also think the votes are only one measure of success of the campaign. You want to use the campaign trail as an opportunity to organize people or inspire people to do what they ought to do; to fight for jobs for everyone, to defend women's right to choose, to defend gay and lesbian rights and immigrant rights..."

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Friday, June 11, 2010

Interview with Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for Senate from Ohio [Audio]

11 June 2010

Shared Sacrifice Radio Show


"Today we put the corporation and its profits at the center of our nation's priorities. We need to rethink those priorities. We might, for example, think of a single mother with a child or two to support. What would she need? Health care, education, housing, a living wage. Those should be our priorities...."

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Monday, June 7, 2010

Cincinnatians Rally for Immigration Reform

07 June 2010

(Dan La Botz speaks with the Cincinnati Beacon during immigrant rights demonstration June 2010 and back in 2006)


By: Justin Jeffre
Cincinnati Beacon (link)


"Watch this video to see hundreds and hundreds of Cincinnatians gather to oppose Arizona’s racist anti-immigrant law and to support immigration reform and human rights. The clip features highlights from speeches, and views of the crowd."



Saturday, June 5, 2010

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Cincinnatians protest against Israeli aggression at Taste of Cincinnati

01 June 2010

By: Justin Jeffre
Cincinnati Beacon


"Ohio's Socialist Senate candidate Dan La Botz describes why they were there in this video and calls on Obama to condemn Israel's aggressive action and to stop supporting their illegal occupation of Palestinian lands...."

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