First PEOPLES CONGRESS

PEOPLES CONGRESS No. 1

October 15 - 16, 2011

by William Floyd PDWA

A parallel, Peoples' Congress to debate America's desperate needs such as Millions of Jobs, Peace, Fair Taxation of Wealthy, EFCA, Double Social Security to maimed Vets, blind, deaf and disabled Americans, Single Payer Healthcare, Wall Street Criminality, Wiretapping of American Sovereign People. Also on the job-training for Progressive Candidates (Congress).

Possible Leaders: RUSS FEINGOLD / ALAN GRAYSON ** No commitments definite**

1. JOBS NOW! Progressive Economists explain how Keynes Theory can save US Economy

2. PROGRESSIVE UNIONS: Collective Bargaining is a Patriotic Right. An American tradition like baseball and apple pie. Pass EFCA in 2011. Strengthen the N.R.L.B.

3. Speakers from a dozen UNIONS. AFL-CIO, UTW and independent Trade Unions

4. REPS from Black, Hispanic, Asian and Women's Issues Congressional Caucuses

5. PERMANENT WAR DEPT: Pfc Bradley Manning, Cindy Sheehan, Tom Hayden,

Sgt. Ron Kovic, Tim Carpenter, Marcy Winograd, PDLA, MoveOn S. Monica, PDWA and SMPC William Floyd and 20 more progressives.

Plus 150 female and male, Black, Latin, Asian, and white Progressive Candidates for Congress Nov. 2012.

VENUE: Santa Monica Civic, Hollywood or Westwood Theater

Broadcast: Peoples Congress online, U Tube, Twitter, Face Book, C-Span, Current TV, Link TV, PBS, WikiLeaks, Al Jazeera, Corporate Monopoly Media

Connect 150 new Progressive Labor Candidates to Act Blue; Darcy Burner's Progressive Congress Action Fund.org. Raise $Millions for pro-labor Progressives.

The Peoples' Congress: One weekend, Saturday October 15 and Sunday Oct. 16, 2011

Under leadership of retired Congress Members, Progressives, Union executives, and honest former State Legislators, we will conduct a clean Peoples' Congress Hearing on:

• 10-20 Million JOBS, Direct hire by Federal Gov't; green jobs; clerical, creative jobs

• $9-$16 Trillion: Recapture Bank Bailout by Federal Reserve for gambling losses

• SAVE $120 Billion/yr; Exit Afghanistan, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen NOW

• SAVE $70 Billion/yr Fed Subsidies for Oil Corps, big AG, Pharma, NAFTA offshoring

• Collective bargaining is a Patriotic Right – Enact E.F.C.A. now – Strengthen NLRB

• Nixon's Wartime luxury income tax 74% for lucky people earning over $250,000 annually

• One penny fee on Wall Street Swaps and Derivatives (trades of over 1000 shares)

• Double Social Security payments to maimed Vets, PTSD, Seniors, blind, deaf, disabled

• $200 Billion Turbine and Solar incentives in 20 States (Equip. 80% Made in America)

• Peoples' Congressional Debate October 16^th - “Progressive Caucus Budget” and PDWA's “Promise to America” vs. Ryan-Boehner-Cantor 'Crash, slash & burn' GOP

Progressive Democratic Workers for America (PDWA) – William Floyd, Pres.

PEOPLES' CONGRESS 1 (pg 2/2 more detail)

VENUE: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Hollywood Theater, Wordsworth, Westwood

DATE: OCTOBER 15^th - 16^th (Saturday and Sunday)

BROADCAST: U Tube, Twitter, Face Book, C-Span, Current TV, Link TV, PBS, KCET,

WikiLeaks (Iceland), Al Jazeera TV / Pacifica radio, Corporate monopoly media?

HEARING: 20 Progressive 'SENATORS' from 20 States with State flags and signage.

(played by 20 volunteers from S.M. MoveOn, Progressive Democratic Workers for America)

Leader calls Peoples' Congress to order: First business, 10-20 Million New JOBS Now!

EVIDENCE: Corps are not hiring, unemployment is skyrocketing, economy is drowning.

Job Hiring Works: FD Roosevelt directly hired 11 million unemployed, and the economy boomed. Later the GOP came to power and cut Jobs. The economy slipped back into Depression. Next Congress, people elected Democrats, and FDR was able to hire more unemployed workers. The economy boomed again. Jobs conquered the Great Depression.

COMEDY RELIEF: 10 GOP Party “Members,” in 1930 black Tuxedos, with huge name tags on their backs: BIG OIL, BIG PHARM, BIG TV, BIG CELL, BIG PHONE TAP, BIGGER WEAPONS, BIGGEST INSURANCE, PIG FARM FACTORIES, BIG DRUGS, RISKIER WALL ST. SWAPS, TOO FAT 2 FAIL BANKSTER

The Tuxedoed “GOP” bang on Drums and shout loudly: “Cut Taxes, Rich Pay Too Much,” “Ten More Wars,” “Cut Un-Titlements,” “The Poor Shall Inherit the Dirt”

HEARINGS: Fed. Gov't must recover $16 trillion from too-big-too-fail Banksters.

The bank-owned Federal Reserve gave $16 Trillion taxpayer funds to Big Banks,

to cover swaps and derivative gambling losses. Illegal gambling debts must be repaid.

• SAVE $120 Billion per year – Exit Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Somalia

• SAVE $250 Billion on DOD WWII weapons; Cut Nuclear missiles, 835 world Bases.

• CUT $70 Billion Fed Subsidies for Oil Corps, big AG, Pharma, NAFTA-offshoring

• Collective bargaining is a patriotic American right. Enact EFCA. Strengthen NLRB.

• Nixon Wartime upper income tax of 74% for those earning over $250,000 annually

• ONE penny fee on all Wall Street Swaps and Derivatives (trading over 1000 shares)

• DOUBLE Social Security payments to Seniors, hero Vets, blind, deaf and disabled

• $200 Billion Turbine and Solar incentives in 20 States (80% made in America)

• BREAK up strangle hold of 5 monopoly Media, break up Big Oil, Too Big Banks, Big Insure, Big Ag, Bigger Drugs, Bigger Weapons, Biggest cells for Biggest wiretappers

• Expand the dramatically over worked Supreme Court to 11 (eleven) Justices

• 50 State Banks can absorb their State's deficits as Assets. Then, they can loan to States.

• Average citizen candidates for political office via Public Financing; 30 day max Elections.

Expert Economists will testify about New Jobs, Keynesian-Government jobs spending during a Depression. Need for Wealthy to pay fair tax. One penny fee on Wall St Swaps, & derivatives. Union Executives can describe the need for EFCA. The Dept. of Labor should help organize tens of millions of new Union Members, etc. [ Debate: T Bag Budget vs. ‘Progressive Caucus Budget’, WLA-Malibu MoveOn Contract: "Rebuild the Dream," and “Promise to America” by PDWA, on Oct. 16^th ]

Clone Peoples' Congress in 5 Cities, Madison, SFO, NYC, CHI, PHI...then in WASHINGTON D.C.