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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>Raise N.Y.&#8217;s minimum wage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Dan Cantor&#8217;s statement on Governor Cuomo&#8217;s State of the State address</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Governor Cuomo&#8217;s State of the State address, Working Families Party executive director Dan Cantor released the following statement:
Two important ideas came out of Albany today: the Governor&#8217;s plan to get money out of politics and Speaker Silver&#8217;s  proposal to raise the minimum wage. Both measures have our strong  support, and show the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victory against corporate personhood!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Dan Cantor&#8217;s Statement on Tax Reform Deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Immediate Release
6 December, 2011
Contact:
Joe Dinkin, jdinkin@workingfamilies.org
STATEMENT FROM DAN CANTOR, WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON TAX REFORM DEAL:
&#8220;Governor Cuomo and Speaker Silver have taken a genuine step toward a fairer tax system and a more robust economy. Today’s agreement, by any measure, is a principled and historic accomplishment as it establishes again the importance of progressive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Cantor discusses OWS&#8217;s next steps on CNN</title>
		<link>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2011/11/dan-cantor-discusses-owss-next-steps-on-cnn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Dan Cantor appeared on CNN&#8217;s American Morning today to talk about the next steps for Occupy Wall Street.
&#8220;Of course it&#8217;s the power of their ideas that has captured the day, to a degree,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But we live in a society where money often trumps speech. &#8230; So it&#8217;s wrong to say it&#8217;s merely the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WFP to Bloomberg: Not a serious comment</title>
		<link>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2011/11/wfp-to-bloomberg-not-a-serious-comment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Immediate Release
1 November, 2011
Contact:
TJ Helmstetter: tjhelm@workingfamiliesparty.org
WFP to Bloomberg: Not a serious comment.
Earlier this morning, Mayor Bloomberg told a business audience at breakfast:

&#8220;It was not the banks that created the  mortgage crisis. It was, plain and simple, Congress who forced everybody  to go and give mortgages to people who were on the cusp.&#8221;

Working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WFP Statement on Bloomberg Announcement re: Zuccotti Park</title>
		<link>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2011/10/wfp-statement-on-bloomberg-announcement-re-zuccotti-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2011/10/wfp-statement-on-bloomberg-announcement-re-zuccotti-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Immediate Release
October 13, 2011
 
Contact:
TJ Helmstetter: tjhelm@workingfamiliesparty.org
 
 
WFP Statement on Bloomberg Announcement re: Zuccotti Park
The following statement can be attributed to Dan Cantor, Executive Director of the Working Families Party:
Earlier  this week, Mayor Bloomberg announced that he would not take measures to  remove the Occupy Wall Street protesters from Freedom Plaza-Zuccotti [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WFP stands with Occupy Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2011/10/wfp-stands-with-occupy-wall-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen something unusual and promising: a gathering of people &#8212; mostly young &#8212; who are protesting the corporate power and coarse inequality that characterizes our society and economy. For weeks, these inspired and inspiring young people, under the banner of Occupy Wall Street, have occupied our attention and camped [...]]]></description>
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