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Salvatore Babones
Salvatore Babones Entitlements Are Fundamental Human Rights, Not Political Poker Chips to Be Bargained Away By Salvatore Babones, Truthout | Op-Ed Wednesday, 05 December 2012 …
Major Super PACs Spent Big on Deceptive Ads
According to a new report from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, four super PACs spent over half of their advertising budgets on deceptive ads in the Republican presidential primary. …
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New Police Strategy in New York – Sexual Assault Against Peaceful Protesters
A few weeks ago I was with a few companions from Occupy Wall Street in Union Square when an old friend — I’ll call her Eileen — passed through, …
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US and China Reach Deal for Chen Guangcheng to Study Abroad
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, second from left, with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, second from right, and U.S. Ambassador to China …
A Tale of Two Rules: Washington Bureaucracy and the Politics of Workplace Safety
Washington, D.C. - Many laws are proposed in this town, but only some are passed. The same is true of regulations—except the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), …
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Job Slowdown Continues Into April, but Unemployment Still Edges Downward
It is virtually certain that the unemployment rate will rise in coming months. The economy added just 115,000 jobs in April. While the March number was revised up to …
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Police Warrant Squads Were Used to Monitor Wall Street Protesters, Suspects Say
On Monday, the New York Police Department sent its warrant squads after an unusual set of suspects: people who had old warrants for the lowliest of violations, misconduct too minor, usually, …
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NATO vs Rogues?
Institutions rarely vote themselves out of existence. Not if they still have money in their budgets. Large institutions in particular have an almost genetic propensity to cling to life …
David Harvey: Taking Back the Streets for Anti-Capitalist Struggles
David Harvey, anthropology professor, geographer and authority on Karl Marx's work Capital, has just published Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution. The book …
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Inside The Matrix: My Night in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Jail
Part I: Targeting ICE I was sitting on the pavement stopping traffic in the middle of a busy Phoenix thoroughfare at rush hour with five other activists. A large …