Category Archives: Protect the Commons

Save Hull House!

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Tom Tresser

I just learned of this terrible news. How did it happen? We can’t let Hull House, founded by social justice pioneer and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Jane Addams, go out of business. Sign the online petition to SAVE HULL HOUSE! … Continue reading →

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It’s Official – Income Inequality Near Record High

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Tom Tresser

Alan B. Krueger, Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, told us all in a speech on January 12 what we have all experienced – namely, that income inequality in America is at all-time high. “My theme in … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Keynote from Forum – “Connecting the Dots – Privatization is the Symptom, Not the Cure”

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Tom Tresser

Evanston Neighbors for Peace presented…                                        “The Privatizers are coming! They’re HERE!” Connecting the Dots – Privatization Is The Symptom, Not The Cure The presenters were Tom Tresser of Illinois Public Bank Working Group and Flo Estes of the Evanston … Continue reading →

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