More than 300 people (some say as many as 500) turned out to ‘Occupy North County’ at an event in Encinitas Saturday, October 15. EDC members participating included Joanna Welch and Chris Nava. Read coverage in North County Times. Read coverage in the Los Angeles Times. See videos on YouTube.  See photos by John Bryant [...]

by Chris Nava, VP for Political Action 350.org,  a climate change movement that is global, bold, creative and massive  is behind the worldwide September 24th  ‘Moving Planet’ event.  Co-founder Bill McKibben, who wrote the first book about global warming for the general public and university friends, has in a short time put together an impressive [...]

California Nurses Association (CNA) past president Geri Jenkins told those attending the September 10 EDC meeting that public input in “how healthcare is run” is vitally important and she urged members to make use of their rights by becoming involved in the administration of Palomar-Pomerado Hospital District. “The CEO of Palomar-Pomerado (Michael Covert) makes over [...]

EDC members and friends received a quick overview of the challenges facing humankind at the August 13 Club meeting. UCSD Professor Milton Saier discussed “Our Precarious Earth and its Biosphere: Global Warming and its Primary Cause,” which is overpopulation. In a fast-paced and wide-ranging presentation supplemented with numerous visuals, Saier began with the classic story [...]

by Margaret McCown Liles When my Great-grandfather was born in 1812, the world’s population had just surpassed the one billion mark. When my Grandfather was born in 1855, the population had reached 1.3 billion. When my father was born in 1905, it was 1.7 billion. When my brother was born in 1955, the population had [...]

North County Times reports July 26 that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has included the 50th Congressional District in a campaign of telephone calls to put pressure on Republican Representatives. The calls criticize Rep. Brian Bilbray for not helping pass a debt ceiling resolution. The 50th CD is among 60 districts across the nation targeted [...]

by Chris Nava, VP for Political Action Last weekend over 1,500 American Dream house meetings took place throughout the U.S. to restore and redefine the American Dream.  And last weekend, the Rebuild the American Dream movement was born in North County.  Local activists, members of MoveOn.org, coalition partners and members of the community were on [...]

Efforts in Escondido to weaken unions are related to a national strategy to take away the rights of working people and Democrats, according to an official of the local labor council who spoke to the Club’s June 11 meeting. Lorena Gonzalez, CEO and secretary-treasurer of the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO, called [...]