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Dumping on Low-Wage Workers Is Lousy Direct Action
How do you attack consumerism without attacking consumers - or workers?
Jonathan Kozol: Fire in the Ashes and the Children of the South Bronx
A South Bronx tale with a global message for children, parents and educators everywhere.
Community, the Environment and the “Nonsexist City“
In this chapter, Gar Alperovitz charts the varied interconnections between community economic and environmental stability, gender-friendly community design and land ownership institutions.
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How Long Until Birth Control Pills Are Sold Over the Counter?
This may not be the fight the Obama administration was looking for, but they may end up having it.
Activists Hold Press Conference & Rally to Demand Federal Judge Recuse Herself from Presiding Over Trial of Jailed Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond, Thursday, 11/29 at 1pm
On November 20th, 2012, U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska denied bail to Jeremy Hammond, a 27-year-old Chicago activist accused of hacking into the private intelligence firm Stratfor and releasing …
Declaration of Intellectual Warriors/A Call for Mexican American Indigenous Studies
The new Mexican American Indigenous Studies program must be built on the foundation of the previous program that had demonstrated quantitative and qualitative measures of success. Therefore, the implementation …
The Fiscal Showdown: Just Say No to Economic Extortion
This economy isn't working for most Americans. The faltering recovery has begun creating jobs and lowering deficits, but more than 20 million are in need of full-time work. Those …
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Santa Claus Faces the Democratic Firing Squad?
What Bernie Sanders and other Progressives understand is Democrats havenu2019t been playing Santa Claus for the last 80 years just to win elections. Theyu2019ve been playing Santa Claus to …
Outlawing Nuclear Weapons: Time for a New International Treaty?
With the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty failing, we need a bold plan to pressure nuclear weapon states to begin negotiations for a new international treaty.
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Towards a Resilient Global Economy
If I had to pick a single word to describe the global economy today, it would be fragile. Policy makers and business leaders have actively built a system that …