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Rules of Engagement for Non-Profits and Unions Working with the #Occupy Movement
There has been a great deal of interest by progressive unions, labor federations, community-labor coalitions, and non-profits of many kinds in the rise of the Occupy movement. A lot …
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Obama Must Condemn Egyptian Military
As we watch the Egyptian police and military viciously attack democracy activists on the streets of Cairo, using U.S. weapons, it is outrageous that the Obama Administration has failed …
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Time for Obama to Act to End Police-State Violence Against the Occupiers
The growing number of video clips and photos showing police in Darth Vader-like riot gear assaulting peaceful demonstrators with everything from tear gas and mace to truncheons, point-blank shots …
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The Way It Was
Shortly after Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, I was invited to a dinner at the Lebanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. in honor of …
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A Failed Social Model: Providing Basic Goods Through Crushing Consumer Debt
Occupiers have joined anti-foreclosure advocates to occupy home auctions and abandoned buildings and block foreclosures. A few state attorneys general have begun resisting the Obama administration’s awful mortgage fraud settlement …
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Neo-Paramilitary Gangs Ratchet Up Their Threat to Colombian Civil Society and the Long Term Survival of Civic Rectitude in the Public Arena
The Colombian government enacted Decree 128 and the Justice and Peace Law to launch and subsequently monitor the demobilization process, which failed under the Uribe administration, and led to …
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Republicans Push Anti-Union Law in Indiana
Republican leaders in Indiana on Monday declared as their top legislative priority making Indiana a “right to work” state, setting the stage for a new battle over union rights …
Civil Society at Ground Zero: You Can Crush the Flowers, But You Can’t Stop the Spring
Occupy Wall Street protesters march through lower Manhattan in New York, November 17, 2011. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New York Times) Last Tuesday, I awoke in …
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Wider Protests Urged in Egypt as Crackdown Enters Day 4
Cairo - A day after the cabinet offered its resignation to Egypt’s transitional military government, protesters demanding an end to army rule fought street battles with the police for …
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America’s Affluent and the New Bunker Down
How many neighborhoods have you ever seen with oodles of rich residents — and poor schools? Or, vice versa, how many neighborhoods do you know with lots of poor …