Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution
A progressive organization based in Franklin County, Mass.
The CD-1 Progressive Coalition, which includes FCCPR, announced Tuesday that it will convene an evening town-hall-style event at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center.
Organizers said they have asked Neal to take part in the event, which will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Feb. 22, at 100 Bigelow St., but have yet to hear back from his office.
Source: Progressive Coalition invites US Rep. Richard Neal to Friday town hall in Holyoke | masslive.com
Source: The Recorder – Local activists go up against ‘the wall’
“We strongly disagree with the [Springfield Republican] Feb. 3 editorial that ‘Medicare for all a trap for Democrats,’ page C4. Seventy percent of Americans support Medicare for All. Medicare for All is exactly what 2020 candidates should be supporting because it is what the American people want.”
Source: Medicare for All is exactly what Americans want (Letters) | masslive.com
Among Common Good‘s 2018 funding projects was a training conference by Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution on democratic participation in rural communities.
“This spiral-bound cookbook [Stirring the Pot: A Cookbook with an Edge] was a morsel of history, not simply because it had been produced by FCCPR, a political action group that describes itself as having roots in [Bernie] Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, but because this genre of cookbooks has historically been a critical source of information about the many ways different cultures see, prepare and enjoy the foods they eat,” writes Evelyn Augusto for Montague Reporter.
Read the full article including an interview with FCCPR coordinating committee member Ferd Wulkan.
Paul Jablon is a member of the Education Task Force of FCCPR.
Source: The Recorder – My Turn Paul C. Jablon: Disappointed in Greenfield councilors
Source: Richard Neal Office Day Action
