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Poverty, Unemployment, Unions, the ‘Beast’ … and You

According to Michael Moore, the beginning of the end was 30 years ago yesterday. On August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired striking air traffic controllers who had defied his … Continue reading →

August 6, 2011 · 60 Comments

On the 46th anniversary of Medicare, Republicans attack our ‘Great Society’

It’s highly ironic that the current social and political battle over our nation’s debt and deficit is occurring this week with the 46th anniversary of the signing of Social Security … Continue reading →

July 27, 2011 · 7 Comments

MoveOn urges members to take debt ceiling battle to the streets and to Congressional Offices

MoveOn.org is calling on us– all of us— to visit our Congressional representatives’ offices today, July 26, at noon and tell them to protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Don’t … Continue reading →

July 26, 2011 · 1 Comment

Giffords’ deficit reduction town hall features right-wing talking points (video)

The featured speakers at a recent deficit reduction town hall in Tucson– David Walker from the Comeback America Initiative and Robert Bixby of the Concord Coalition— were well-versed in how … Continue reading →

July 2, 2011 · 8 Comments

‘The false debate on the debt’

Here is an awesome commentary on the national debt debate from The Nation… In the ever-so-smug company of the rich and powerful it is a given that there is never … Continue reading →

April 16, 2011 · 5 Comments

The death of capitalism? Survey shows American citizens’ support waning

Is the sleeping giant of the American electorate awakening to the destruction of our country by greedy corporatists? Well, maybe. A new poll released by a Toronto company shows that … Continue reading →

April 11, 2011 · 9 Comments

AZ flat tax dead… for now

Hurray for an informed citizenry! Rep. Steve Court (R-Mesa) has withdrawn his proposal for an Arizona flat tax, which would have raised taxes on all Arizonans making less than $100,000 … Continue reading →

March 30, 2011 · 2 Comments

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

We often hear that corporations need migrant workers because Americans “don’t want to do these jobs.” When I hear this statement, I picture farm workers picking vegetables. Recently, I toured two dairies and an animal feed packing plant in Pinal County. The photo above from the Zinke Dairy shows a giant cow milking carousel. Nine migrant workers milk 4000 cows three times a day at this dairy. Legislators watched the two men pictured here– working at a brisk pace– bend over and pick up, lift, and attach large electronic suction cups to the cows as they ride the carousel around the giant facility. This level of automation is the wave of the future for industrial jobs.

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Visiting with PALF chairman Fred Yamashita at the 2016 Labor Day Picnic.

It was truly a honor to meet Nevada State Senator Patricia Spearman (center) in October and to confer with her regarding our efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Arizona. Spearman led the successful Nevada efforts to ratify the ERA in 2017. Here we are with activist and NOW leader Dainne Post after the ERA workshop at the We the People Conference in Phoenix. There are a lot of Arizona women who are ready to make history in 2018. Watch my blog here and my Facebook page here for ERA updates.

Jobs with Justice marching with Occupy Tucson in support of postal workers.

PDA members, including Advisory Board Chair Mimi Kennedy, protested food stamp cuts in front of Congressman Henry Waxman’s office.

This is a broken sink in the Ladies’ Room at the Arizona State Building in downtown Tucson. One of the elevators also was broken. It’s time to fix Arizona government.

Protesting cuts to education

Giving the LD9 update at the June meeting. What a great crowd!

We are the 99%.

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

Ironically, I posted this blog post on the anniversary of this election on June 19. 1970ish.

#RedForEd teachers and supporters in the Arizona House Gallery, 2018.

Rep. Sally Ann Gonzales and I were interviewed by NBC at the Phoenix rally.

I have a background in research. Help me build Tucson’s tech industry and grow our own local businesses.

Protesters hand deliver symbolic big check from corporate American to McCain.

Governor Ducey had proposed increasing prison beds and funding, while cutting education. Protesters took issue with that short-sighted idea.

A giant poet’s head made up of stainless steel letters marks the stop near the UA Poetry Center.

PDA Tucson Coordinator Jim Hannley speaks against both the crowd management ordinance and the urban camping ban at the City Council meeting.

John Nichols of ‘The Nation’ addressed progressives and unionists at a Tucson event.

Rev. Ron Phares and Pamela Powers Hannley

Jim and I were part of a contingent of Unitarian Universalists who came up from Tucson. Here I am with Rev. Ron Phares from the Mountain Vista UU Church in my district. (Jim is photobombing us.)

There have been many lively debates in the Arizona House in 2018. This team of House Democrats fought for consumer protections and fought against risky financial deals in a “regulatory sandbox.” (Pictured are Reps. Mitzi Epstein, Kelli Butler, Athena Salman, Pamela Powers Hannley, Ken Clark and Isela Blanc.)

Despite the sweltering heat, Jim and I had a great time at the Labor Day Picnic. We collected a lot of Clean Elections $5 donations and signatures. Here I am with LD9 chair Michael Dues.

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

Arizonans for New Economy co-directors Jim Hannley and Pamela Powers Hannley with UA Tech Park VP Bruce Wright.

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

Occupy encampment in Armory Park– before it was cleared out in the middle of the night by Tucson Police.

In the 1980s, the Tucson Weekly called Tucson the “Baked Apple”.

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with members of the Tucson Chapter of NOW on opening day at the Arizona Legislature, 2018.

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

The Living Economy event was very informative; we had a great time hob-nobbing. My husband Jim is a small business owner and a member of Local First Arizona. I have owned two small businesses in the past– Powers/Queen Associates and Wind Dancer Design. We support Local First Arizona and buying/investing locally. We believe that supporting local small businesses with low-interest loans through a public/private partnership between a public bank and community banks and credit unions is the sustainable route to improving our local economy. Trickle down economics doesn’t work; it’s time for new ideas.

The Tucson Progressive: Pamela J. Powers

I stand on the side of Love. I believe in kindness to all creatures on Earth and the inherent self-worth of all individuals–not just people who agree with me or look like me.

Widespread economic and social injustice prompted me to become a candidate for the Arizona House, representing Legislative District 9 in the 2016 election.

My platform focused on economic reforms to grow Arizona’s economy, establish a state-based public bank, fix our infrastructure, fully fund public education, grow local small businesses and community banks, and put people back to work at good-paying jobs.

In the Arizona House, I was a strong voice for fiscal responsibility a moratorium on corporate tax breaks until the schools were fully funded, increased cash assistance to the poor, expansion of maternal healthcare benefits, equal rights, choice, unions, education at all levels and protecting our water supply.

After three terms, I retired from the Arizona Legislature in January 2023 but will continue to blog and produce my podcast “A View from the Left Side.”

Tucson Progressive

Tag Archives: corporate welfare

Poverty, Unemployment, Unions, the ‘Beast’ … and You

On the 46th anniversary of Medicare, Republicans attack our ‘Great Society’

MoveOn urges members to take debt ceiling battle to the streets and to Congressional Offices

Giffords’ deficit reduction town hall features right-wing talking points (video)

‘The false debate on the debt’

The death of capitalism? Survey shows American citizens’ support waning

AZ flat tax dead… for now

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