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Bernie Sanders Calls Federal Reserve “Socialism for the Rich” After $16 Trillion Secret Bail-Outs, Including Foreign Banks.
After 89 Democrats in the House voted in a victory for bipartisanship for HR 459 to audit the Federal Reserve, some jaw-dropping numbers are emerging as a result of …
Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods: Whose Side Are You On?
This November, California voters will have an opportunity to vote on a simple, yet important ballot initiative called Prop 37 u2013 the California Right to Know Act. If approved, …
Arizona’s Immigrants and Unions Organize Against “Show Me Your Papers” Law
While opponents of Arizona's harsh anti-immigrant law went back to court last week to try to stop the law from coming into force, some unions and community groups are …
What’s Really Happening in Syria?
The principal Obama Administration target in this complex affair is Iran, not Syria. The Syrian government must fall because it is Iran's main Arab ally.
Eyes to the South: French Anarchists and Algeria
It is held in some circles that anarchism, like Marxism, is a form of thought and praxis that originated in nineteenth-century Europe and as such is inseparably related to …
Corporations Sell Longer Day, Chicago Teachers Aren’t Buying
Teachers and labor activists nationally are watching high drama unfold in Chicago, where teachers have challenged u201cMayor 1%u201d Rahm Emanuel with a stunning 90 percent vote to authorize a …
The CEO Plan to Steal Your Social Security and Medicare
At the center of their proposal are big cuts in Social Security and Medicare.
Soft Necks Will Not Be Slaughtered
Abdulhai remembers his father being killed by the Taliban. u201cAnyone who takes up a weapon in revenge, whether the Talib or any other, is acting like the Talibs who …
Trafficked Into Tragedy: Abuse of Immigrant Workers In Afghanistan and Iraq
On every military base in Iraq and Afghanistan exists an economy sustained by immigrant workers. For transportation, construction, food services, security and more, the United States government relies on …
US Policing: Institutionalizing Brutality?
Orange County news editor points out cops' cavalier attitude, along with the shooting itself, contributed to community outrage after Manuel Diaz's death.