Tidbits - February 13, 2012
* A cultural treasure, a comrade in struggle, a magnificent
  human being needs our help
* Men Dominate Media Coverage of Contraception Issue
* Re: What Occupy Taught the Unions (Michael Munk)
* Re: Bank Settlement: $25 Billion Down, $675 Billion To Go
  (Lee Loe)
 
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* A cultural treasure, a comrade in struggle, a magnificent
human being needs our help

Jon Fromer has given our movement his time, talent,
commitment, inspiration, optimism, love and the truth of his
music.

Now Jon, who has devoted his life to the cause of justice,
peace and love needs our help.

Watch these short videos. Jon is battling stomach cancer now
and much of his treatment is not covered by insurance. He
needs all our help.

Gonna Take Us All for Jon.mov
http://youtu.be/5hVXbYtd9To

Here is a video from the concert at the Peoples' Voice Cafe
in New York City February 4, 2012,with Jon singing "Together
We Are Union":
http://youtu.be/b3LOKWgryAg

Be as generous as you can.
Contributions can be sent to
Jon Fromer,
28 Morning Sun Avenue
Mill Valley, CA 94941

[compiled from messages sent by the People's Music Network,
Bev Grant, Michael Eisenscher, Marilyn Albert and Jay
Schaffner]

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*Men Dominate Media Coverage of Contraception Issue

By Faiz Shakir and Adam Peck, ThinkProgress

12 February 12

http://thinkprogress.org

President Obama's regulation mandating that health
insurance plans offer free birth control is an issue
that most directly affects women. And yet, the cable
news chatter over this controversy has been driven
mostly by men, according to a new ThinkProgress
analysis.

From Monday through Thursday evening, the leading cable
news channels - Fox, Fox Business, MSNBC, and CNN -
invited almost twice as many men as women onto their
shows to discuss contraceptive coverage.

Out of a total of 146 guests who discussed
contraception, the cables invited 91 men compared to 55
women as commentators. In other words, males comprised
62 percent of the total guests who commented on
contraception. Fox was the most gender stratified
network - on the Business network, 10 of 11 guests were
male; on the News side, male pundits took up 65 percent
of the guest lineup (28 men vs. 15 women). Sixty
percent of MSNBC's lineup was male (44 men vs. 31
women). And while CNN was more evenly balanced, it was
still slightly tilted in favor of male perspectives (9
men vs. 8 women).

A note on methodology: The survey did not include male
or female hosts of shows who happened to comment on the
controversy. Some guests, like Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
and Joe Manchin (D-WV), appeared more than once during
this stretch, but on different programs and networks.
Each appearance was counted separately.

Contraceptive coverage is an issue where female
perspectives should be heeded and understood. When it
comes to contraceptive coverage, adding women's voices
on everything from their experiences with insurers to
the decision's impact on women voters can only make for
a richer conversation. Hopefully, those individuals
responsible for booking television guests will be more
cognizant of gender sensitivities going forward.

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* Re: What Occupy Taught the Unions

This optimistic take should have also considered the often
tense relation between Occupy and the traditionally militant
ILWU in Occupy's efforts to shut down west coast ports in
solidarity with its Longview WA local's struggle with scab
herder EGT.

Michael Munk

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* Re: Bank Settlement: $25 Billion Down, $675 Billion To Go

One of the things that Schneiderman said on the Maddow show
was that there is money for folks to hire lawyers with so
they can prosecute their cases. It was one of the things he
highlighted.

Lee Loe,
Houston, TX Grandmother for Peace -- and fairness!

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