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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 …
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Unlike Twinkie Don’t Let the GOP Go Bankrupt: A Liberal’s Plea for a Viable Opposition Party
Separated by only a week, both Hostess Brands and the Republican Party raised the white flag of defeat. Hostess' flagship snack Twinkies and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney were, …
Egyptian Revolutionary Labor Leader, Asma Mohammed Who Said No to Tear Gas, To Be Honored with War Resisters League’s 2012 Peace Award
Her refusal exactly one year ago sparked the formation of port worker unions across Egypt.
4 Ways Congress Could Either Protect Your Rights, or Instead Assault Them
This year's post-election “lame duck” congressional session presents several disturbing threats—alongside exciting opportunities—for fundamental civil liberties. Measures extending government authority to conduct dragnet warrantless wiretapping, and arbitrarily detain Americans …
Don’t Let Our Right to Privacy Expire
This week the Senate Judiciary Committee wants to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act which would ensure that our online activity is given the same privacy protections as snail …
Behavior Modification and an Authoritarian Society
Those who rise to power in the corporatocracy are control freaks, addicted to the buzz of power over other human beings, and so it is natural for such authorities …
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A Death in the Family – and the Question Is: Whodunit?
While the honchos in charge of Hostess were demanding deep cuts in worker's pay, health care and pensions, they quietly jacked up their own pay.
Interview With Hostess Worker: “I’m Better Off Fighting to Keep Wonder Bread in a Union“
The voice of the people on the shop floor has been conspicuously missing from coverage of the Hostess strike and bankruptcy.