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	<description>Vote your Values: New York’s liveliest and most progressive political party. Formed by a grassroots coalition of community organizations, neighborhood activists, and labor unions, we came together build a society that works for all of us, not just the wealthy and well-connected.</description>
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		<title>Congress arrests anti-fracking activist</title>
		<link>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2012/02/congress-arrests-anti-fracking-activist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, House Republicans ordered Capitol Hill police to arrest Josh Fox, award-winning director of Gasland, and his crew. His crime? Filming a public hearing on hydrofracking. <a href="http://action.workingfamiliesparty.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5377">Join us in calling on Committee Chair Rep. Andy Harris to apologize, and to respect the freedom of the press.</a>]]></description>
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		<title>WFP Leader Julie Kushner challenges Mitt Romney</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WFP Leader Julie Kushner, director of UAW Region 9A, challenged Mitt Romney on his suggestion that the U.S. auto industry should have been allowed to fail. She talked with Ed Schultz about the interaction and about Romney&#8217;s assault on workers.

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		<title>Last day to stop hydrofracking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been fighting against fracking for two years. We&#8217;ve won a temporary moratorium. But now it&#8217;s coming down to the wire.
The Department of Environmental Conservation has written their draft environmental impact report. If approved, it would open the door to allow the frackers to start drilling. Once the drills start – and once those chemicals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you from the Progressive Caucus</title>
		<link>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2012/01/thank-you-from-the-progressive-caucus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2012/01/thank-you-from-the-progressive-caucus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Wednesday’s wonderful  City Council resolution against corporate personhood, Councilmembers  Melissa Mark-Viverito and Brad Lander, the co-chairs of the Progressive  Caucus, sent us this thank you note for you.
It’s not every day we get validation that our online  petitions and email campaigns actually matter. But clearly they do  (check out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise N.Y.&#8217;s minimum wage</title>
		<link>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2012/01/raise-n-y-s-minimum-wage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2012/01/raise-n-y-s-minimum-wage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, WFP executive director Dan Cantor and United N.Y. executive director Camille Rivera published an op-ed in the Albany Times-Union, calling for the state go give 700,000 people a raise. An increased minimum wage can help boost the economy and lift thousands of New Yorkers out of poverty.]]></description>
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		<title>Victory against corporate personhood!</title>
		<link>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2012/01/victory-against-corporate-personhood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With your help, NYC took a stand against <i>Citizens United</i>. Now we're launching a campaign to end corporate control of end corporate control of elections in New York State. <a href="http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2012/01/victory-against-corporate-personhood/">But we need your help.</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The three best moments of 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2011/12/three-best-moments-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2011 was something of a roller-coaster, wasn’t it? In January, the Tea Party seemed the most potent force in American politics and progressives were left scratching our heads. Thankfully, things change.
As I look back, three moments show the balance starting to tip back toward sanity, equality, freedom and democracy. The list is attached below and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The right direction, finally</title>
		<link>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2011/12/the-right-direction-finally/</link>
		<comments>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2011/12/the-right-direction-finally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a difference a few months makes.
Last summer, the Tea Party dominated every political discussion in the nation. The debt ceiling debate in Washington was fraudulent and job creation efforts in Albany were stalled.
Doesn’t that seem like a long time ago now?
Just yesterday, Governor Cuomo, the Speaker and the Majority Leader agreed on a package [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get your 99% bumper sticker</title>
		<link>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2011/11/get-your-99-bumper-sticker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2011/11/get-your-99-bumper-sticker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can tell the 99% movement is making waves because the 1% is trying to shut it down. Mayor Bloomberg and mayors around the country have ordered evictions. And on the UC Davis campus in California, peaceful protesters — sitting calmly — were pepper sprayed at point-blank range by the police. It&#8217;s awful to watch.
Now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Election Roundup</title>
		<link>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2011/11/2011-election-roundup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2011/11/2011-election-roundup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcain</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 elections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Mike Boland, WFP Organizing Director 
Last night was a good one for the Democrats and a great one for the WFP.
In one of the two biggest, most talked about races in the state, a progressive Democrat who pioneered green energy policy as a town supervisor and played a critical role in helping advance our [...]]]></description>
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