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On Listening to Our Troops
“Support our troops” is an unconditional American mantra. We’re told to celebrate them as warrior-liberators, as heroes, as the finest fighters the world has ever known.
Corporations to Government: Give Us More, Tax Us Less
Nothing better shows corporate control over the government than Washington’s basic response to the current economic crisis. First we had “the rescue” and then “the recovery.” Trillions in public …
The Betrayal of Public Workers
The Great Recession and its aftermath are entering a new phase in the United States, which could bring even more severe assaults on the living standards and basic rights …
Richard D. Wolff | “The Tax Cut Bill” (Video)
Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and currently a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New …
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Richard D. Wolff | “The Tax Cut Bill” (Video)
Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and currently a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New …
Thank You, Scott Walker
Thank you, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, for waking a sleeping giant. Thank you for the awesomely uplifted spirits of Wisconsinites from Superior to Kenosha and Eagle River to Platteville, …
Mideast Volatility Widens as Uprising in Libya Escalates
Cairo, Egypt - Libya’s second largest city, Benghazi, fell Sunday after a crack army unit defected to the opposition and clashes spread to the capital, Tripoli, as an uprising …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | The Tea Party Is Winning
Washington - Take five steps back and consider the nature of the political conversation in our nation's capital. You would never know that it's taking place at a moment …
Absence of Al Jazeera English in US Is Troubling
The uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and now Iran should prompt a call for change here in the United States - against the absurd blackout of Al Jazeera television. You …
Chris Hedges | Huffington’s Plunder
I was in New York City on Thursday night at the Brecht Forum to discuss with the photographer Eugene Richards his powerful new book “War Is Personal” when I …