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Shamus Cooke

Shamus Cooke is a social service worker, trade unionist and writer for Workers Action (www.workerscompass.org). He can be reached at [email protected].

Truthout
Dec 10, 2017
Latest from Shamus Cooke
News Analysis
War & Peace

Top Three Media Lies About the Syrian Peace Talks

The media spin machine is again kicking into high gear, perfectly timed to accompany the “Geneva II” Syria peace talks.
by
Shamus Cooke,
Countercurrents
January 30, 2014
Truthout
News Analysis

Last Chance for Peace in Syria: Will Obama Sabotage the Geneva II Syria peace talks?

Peace talks are not advanced calculus, but basic addition.
by
Shamus Cooke,
CounterPunch
December 25, 2013
Truthout
Op-Ed

The Super Rich Reinvent US Capitalism

Democrats and Republicans alike insist that the U.S. is broke, all the while conveniently ignoring the mountains of tax-free wealth piling up in the pockets of the super…
by
Shamus Cooke,
Workers Action
November 11, 2013
Truthout
News Analysis

The Coming Grand Bargain: “We’re All Neoliberals Now“

Neoliberal shock doctrine has once again pushed this country further to the right, and it is the American people who will suffer for it.
by
Shamus Cooke,
Worker's Action
October 23, 2013
Truthout
News

Fast Food Workers Win a Union … Through Zoolidarity

Fast food workers at the Oregon Zoo defied the odds and voted in a union, but they started acting like a union well before the vote.
by
Shamus Cooke,
Labor Notes
October 15, 2013
Truthout
Op-Ed

Is Capitalism to Blame for the Syrian War Drive?

The real motive for war in US foreign policy is shielded, protecting the super rich Americans who relentlessly warmonger for profit.
by
Shamus Cooke,
Workers Action
September 19, 2013
Truthout
Op-Ed

Labor Leaders, Obamacare and the Fate of the Unions

Obamacare is perhaps the most blatant example of the complete incompetency of many US labor leaders, who’ve tied the fate of organized labor to the Democratic Party, with…
by
Shamus Cooke,
Workers Action
September 15, 2013
Truthout
News Analysis

The Egyptian Revolution’s Next Barrier

The revolutionary process in Egypt has been especially contradictory, requiring that a proper analysis untangle all of the political knots.
by
Shamus Cooke &
Reza Fiyouzat,
Workers Action
September 13, 2013
Truthout
Op-Ed

How the US Political Left is Failing Over Syria

Itu2019s now painfully clear that Obamau2019s war on Syria is a replay of Bushu2019s march to war in Iraq, both built on lies. Zero evidence has been put…
by
Shamus Cooke,
Workers Action
September 3, 2013
Truthout
Op-Ed

The Lie of “Limited War” in Syria

“Obama’s strongest allies can’t stomach the stench of lies that are the foundation of the war effort against Syria,” writes Cooke about the conflict in Syria.
by
Shamus Cooke,
The Workers Action
September 2, 2013
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