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Amnesty International Warns U.S. States Against Passing Anti-union Laws
Originally posted at Amnesty.orgAmnesty International has urged several US states to abandon planned legislation that would drastically restrict workers' rights.States including Colorado, Indiana,...
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Women and Agriculture
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed that if women in rural areas of the planet had the same access to the land, technology, financial services, markets and education as men do,...
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The World Bank and the Environment
EarthTalk® E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: The World Bank is often cast in a bad light by green groups and in the press. What are their eco-crimes, and are there any reforms in the...
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China's Labor Movement: A Bigger Role to Play
Original source: Beijing ReviewTrade unions face heavy tasks of better representing and safeguarding employee interestsAccording to Chinese tradition, all debts should be paid before the New Year....
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Wikileaks Cables Show Bush Administration Interference in India
Original source: People's Democracy (India) Wikileaks Indian Cables: UPA-I Culpable Pre-Script: AS we go to press, further revelations have come in the WikiLeaks India cache relating to the...
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Libya: Anti-intervention voices must be heard
Original source: Global Times (China) Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa criticized the US, Britain and France for their air raids in Libya on March 20. The coalition operations are facing...
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I Don't Advocate Class War, But...
And I'm glad to be speaking with you at this moment—a time when the breath-taking attacks on working people are matched only by their incredible courage and historic activism. Who would have predicted...
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Libya, Atoms, and a State Election
This report was supposed to concentrate on results of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, the second in a long string of German state elections in 2011. But outside that East German state itself it got less...
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The Con Job of Libertarian "Economics"
The rise of the so-called "tea party" movement has given a big boost to Libertarian economics, also known as "the Austrian School," a branch of thought that, although it calls itself economics, is...
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Chasing the Chinese Dream
Original source: Beijing ReviewPeople’s pursuit of better lives pushes the nation forwardThe belief that anyone can live a better life in the United States through hard work is called the American...
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Podcast: African Americans and the Globalization of White Supremacy, Part 1
African Americans and the Globalization of White Supremacy, Part 1 On this episode we play the first of our two-part interview with historian and author Andrew Zimmerman on his new book, Alabama in...
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One More War and Another Collective Silence
I assume that to some, I dare say, to the majority of Western citizens, it must be a relief to see that ‘our’ force for good has not lost its momentum – that humanitarian benevolence which...
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From Crisis to Socialism
Editor's note: The following is a slightly edited version of a speech delivered at the Salt of the Earth Labor College in Tucson, Arizona, March 12, 2011.We live in trying and changing times. No one is...
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Foundry Workers Strike to Save Healthcare
BERKELEY, CA 3/22/10 -- A strike of over 450 workers in one of the largest foundries on the west coast brought production to a halt Sunday night, at Pacific Steel Castings. The work stoppage, which...
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Can We Afford to Bomb Libya?
We can afford to bomb Libya, but we can't afford employment or income for millions of Americans. We can afford to bomb Libya, but we can't afford to launch the green energy and industrial investments...
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8,000 Rally against Georgia Anti-Immigrant Bills
Original source: The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA -- Over 8,000 activists rallied outside the State Capitol on Thursday, March 24, 2011, to show their outrage and disgust over Georgia's...
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Germany: The Greens Win the Day in Two State Elections
The two German state elections Sunday were of key importance – but only one party found the proper keyhole. That was the Greens. Much of that party’s remarkable gains were based on tragedy – the horror...
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No Stomach for Global Food Inequality
EarthTalk® E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I understand a recent government report concluded that our global food system is in deep trouble, that roughly two billion people are hungry...
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A View from the Third World: A letter in response to Michael Moore’s “America...
A View from the Third World: A letter in response to Michael Moore’s “America is not broke” speech in Wisconsin.Hersh Zakheim Rebelión [Creative Commons]Dear Michael Moore,I had the opportunity to read...
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President Obama Pledges No Troops in Libya
In a televised address this week, President Obama defended US intervention in Libya and promised to hand over leadership of the "No Fly Zone" and Libyan humanitarian efforts to NATO by Wednesday. He...
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