September

Advocacy in Action Challenge

Support Fair Labor Practices: Advocate for fair labor practices in your workplace or community, such as supporting unionization efforts, fair wages, and safe working conditions. Host or attend a workshop on workers' rights. 

Visit the AFL-CIO for resources.

Tyranny in America

Book covers and author photos
Kenneth B. Bedell, Ph.D.

Two Harvard professors have written books that explain how and why the Republican Party has been taken over by far right extremists. They show that the structure of our government under the Constitution not only makes this possible, but the Constitution is designed to facilitate and even encourage extremism. They call on Americans to recognize that the Constitution is not designed for a democratic government.

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Constitution Day

Painting of George Washington and other participants at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

Constitution Day commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. This historic document, signed by the Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, established the framework for the nation's government.

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Mary Anne Franks’ Book on the Constitution

Cover of "The Cult of the Constitution" and Mary Anne Franks
An interesting take on the Constitution
Kenneth B. Bedell, Ph.D.

“The Cult of the Constitution” is a very provocative discussion of the U.S. Constitution. Franks observes: “We are facing a continuing crisis of constitutional inequality. For more than two hundred years, the lion’s share of legislative, judicial, political, and social resources has been devoted to protecting the constitutional rights of white men above all others ... It is hardly surprising, then, that the picture of who holds power today does not look that different from 1787.” Her critique of the Constitution is convincing.

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