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Police Defy Order to Clear Protesters from Wisconsin Capital
On Monday afternoon, the Capitol Police in Madison, Wisconsin refused to enforce an order to clear the Capitol building of hundreds of peaceful protesters who have been occupying the …
Ecologik – for Egypt and Our World
Global warming didn't pause at all during Cairo's recent rebirth. In fact, every month of inaction on Earth's climate emergency makes recovery that much harder and costlier. …
Right to Work: Representation Without Taxation
Part of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting agenda is including a “right to work” rule for public-sector employees. Several other Republican governors are considering similar measures for both the …
Cairo in Wisconsin: Eating Egyptian Pizza in Downtown Madison
The call reportedly arrived from Cairo. Pizza for the protesters, the voice said. It was Saturday, February 20th, and by then Ian's Pizza on State Street in Madison, Wisconsin, was overwhelmed. …
You Have More Money in Your Wallet Than Bank of America Pays in Federal Taxes
Today, hundreds of thousands of people comprising a Main Street Movement — a coalition of students, the retired, union workers, public employees, and other middle class Americans — are in the …
Blind Human Rights Lawyer Beaten and Isolated in Chinese Crackdown
A man brandishing a broom guards the entrance to Dongshigu village, where Chen Guangcheng has been confined since September in China on Feb. 14, 2011. Known as “ruanjin,” or …
Democracy? Not So Fast: Address Culture of Police Brutality
Hey, I'm about the last guy in the world to rain on Egypt's parade. I love the place - I used to live there. Its people are kind, smart, …
Credit the Egyptian People for the Egyptian Revolution
While there will undoubtedly have to be additional popular struggle in Egypt to ensure that the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak leads to real democracy, the ouster of the …
Behind the Arab Revolt Is a Word We Dare Not Speak (2)
Shortly after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I interviewed Ray McGovern, one of an elite group of CIA officers who prepared the President's daily intelligence brief. At that …
The Constitution: Egypt’s Job One
Eleven days before he finally resigned, Hosni Mubarak may have had a chance to reverse his fortunes. Suddenly filled with a spirit of peacemaking and reconciliation, the president offered …