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May Day Celebrations Continue in Oakland, San Francisco
Last fall's General Strike in Oakland was a historic event, as thousands of Bay Area residents converged on downtown from the very start of the day. Protesters ruled the …
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Across New York City, People Honor May Day
Protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement during a march in New York, May 1, 2012. (Photo: Ozier Muhammad / The New York Times)Walter Hillegas marches with a scale-model …
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Chicago’s May Day Takes the Streets
“Unionize, Organize, Papeles Para Todos [Papers for All]” was the slogan of this year's May Day, bringing together two traditional strongholds of the march in Chicago - immigrant rights …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: CISPA Might Be Another Example of Bought and Paid for Legislation, and More
In today's On the News segment: Workers of the world are uniting in a global day of action, five men were arrested in Ohio for attempting to blow up …
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Affordable Housing Wobbles as Redevelopment Agencies Close
Affordable housing advocates across California are scrambling for alternative sources of funding following the closure of the state’s redevelopment agencies last February.A state law upheld by the California Supreme …
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Labor Not Loyalty on May 1
Two key steps have helped to ruin May Day in the United States. First, Labor Day was created at a completely different time of year — labor day without …
May Day Special on OWS, Immigration, Labor Protests: “No Work, No Shopping, Occupy Everywhere”
As Occupy Wall Street plans nationwide protests marking International Workers Day, or May Day, we discuss the movement with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, Chris Hedges; Amin Husain, editor of Tidal …
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British Panel Finds Murdoch Unfit to Lead Media Empire
London - In a damning report after months of investigation into the hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers, a parliamentary panel here concluded on Tuesday that he was …
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Why This May Day Matters
If the mainstream media was confused about Occupy Wall Street in its early days in Zuccotti Park, they’re bound to be completely befuddled this May Day. May Day …
Afghanistan’s “Closed” Partnership Agreement with US Proclaimed
“Today, Afghanistan and the U.S. initialed and locked the text of the strategic partnership agreement,” said Karzai's spokesman, Aimal Faizi. “This means the text is closed...” Why ‘lock’ or …