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"If all economists were laid end-to-end -- it would be a good thing." -- JK Galbraith
In This Issue
Hightower discovers genuine heroes across our country
Swim against the current folks! (Even a dead fish can go with the flow)
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August's Lowdown
Corporations scoff at workers' rights--even the right to come home from work alive
Their names probably won't mean mean anything to you, but these people ought to have some modicum of personal recognition: Jason Anderson, Aaron Dale "Bubba" Burkeen, Donald Clark, Stephen Curtis, Gordon Jones, Roy Wyatt Kemp, Karl Kleppinger, Blair Manuel, Dewey Revette, Shane Roshto, and Adam Weise. These are the 11 workers who were killed when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico on April 20.
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Where to get "Swim Against the Current"
Psst, Lowdowners! Here's the book the Powers-That-Be do not want Americans knowing about much less reading!
The reason is that Hightower’s new book, written with his longtime co-conspirator, Susan DeMarco, urges people to escape the corporate tentacles and live their progressive values. They’ve written SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT by telling more than 50 uplifting stories of
individuals and groups who are doing exactly that in such varied pursuits as business, politics, health care, food, and religion.
What Lowdowners can do
To help make the corporate media have to take notice
of the positive progressive message of SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT, one big thing that Lowdown readers can do, if you’re so inclined, is to buy your copy of the book NOW. Pre-orders and early purchase have a major impact on booksellers, reviewers, and media outlets. In addition to your local bookstore, here are three easy sources: