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Manolada Workers: “No Greek Would Want This Job Anyway“
As a Greek court frees the shooters and employer of 35 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers, the plight of Greece's migrant workers is brought back into focus.
Communal Lands: Theater of Operations for the Counterinsurgency
US mapping expeditions in indigenous lands in Mexico conceal strategic US military economic and geopolitical goals.
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“Pro-Troop” Charity Misleads Donors While Lining Political Consultants’ Pockets
Move America Forward has collected millions to send care packages to US troops. But its appeals often rely on images and stories borrowed without permission, and its assets have …
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As Migrant Children Face Backlash, Communities Mobilize to Drown Out Hate
The hateful taunts of counter protesters were drowned out by songs of freedom resonating high toward the skyscrapers in Manhatten this June.
Reflections on the Maidan and Pro-Autonomy Political Movements in Ukraine
Social researcher Daniel Grigor'ev talks to Truthout about the origins and development of Ukraine's “Maidan” and East Ukraine's autonomy movements.
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California Drought Leaves Farmworkers Hung Out to Dry
California's ongoing drought is another blow to hundreds of thousands of farmworkers, many of whom are undocumented immigrants, that are struggling to survive.
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A Bike That Stamps Your Message on the Street, and Three Other Open-Source Tools for Activists
StreetToolbox offers new tools for the political communicator - from a remote controlled car that writes messages in colored sand to a kit that turns your bike into a …
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Fracked on Their Own Petard: The Self-Implosion of an Industry on the Ropes
As Denton seeks to become the first city in Texas to ban fracking, the industry is trying to frame the fight in economic terms. But that turns out to …
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Dean Baker | The Entitlement of the Very Rich
Last week we got to see the thinking of the very rich when Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, complained at a summit that there is even an …
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Is Worker Ownership a Way Forward for Market Basket?
Market Basket seems a prime candidate for transition to employee ownership that can keep the leadership that built the company's culture in place.