Alternative Visions - Letting Defense Cuts Off the Sequestered Hook - 02/13/13

I and my guests (Mike Eisenscher of US Labor Against War & Mike Prokasch of the New Priorities Movement) will be discussing the current maneuvers in Washington by Teapublicans and Timidcrats to delay and decrease the scheduled Defense Spending cuts due March 1 as part of the 2011 $1.2 trillion sequestered deficit cutting deal. Hear what others are doing to oppose the emerging deals by politicians in DC to reduce or even eliminate the Defense cuts, and what you can do to help as well. Fewer defense spending cuts now mean more non-defense (medicare, education, etc.) spending cuts later. Guests: Mike Prokosch coordinates the New Priorities Network, which brings together community organizations, labor unions and peace groups to cut Pentagon spending and move the money for jobs and services in our communities. He has worked as a graphic artist, newspaper reporter, economics educator, and organizer. He lives in Boston. Michael Eisenscher is a veteran labor organizer who for the last ten years has served as National Coordinator of U.S. Labor Against the War.  He organized the Bay Area New Priorities Campaign in the Spring of 2010 and with Mike Prokosch cofounded the New Priorities Network in October of 2010.  More recently, he initiated the Jobs-Not-Wars Campaign in collaboration with United for Peace and Justice, which has been endorsed by 154 organizations and gathered more than 52,000 signatures on a petition to Congress.  He resides in Oakland, CA