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25 Best Progressive Victories in 2012
Peter Dreier looks back at 2012 and 25 powerful progressive victories, including elections, ballot measures, court rulings, legislation and new waves of mobilization.
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Why Climate Change Won’t Wait for the President
Maybe if we go fast enough even this all-too-patient president will get caught up in the draft. But weu2019re not waiting for him. We canu2019t.
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Activists Show International Solidarity With Palestinians at World Forum
Marking international solidarity with the Palestinian people, the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, brought together black, Latino, refugee and migrant rights, labor, anti-Zionism and indigenous self-determination activists …
Obama Needs Hagel in the Pentagon
If elected, this Former senator would be the only Secretary of Defense in 30 years with actual combat experience.
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Want to Buy Lifetime Disaster Insurance?
The fear-mongering over Social Security Insurance, led mostly by extremely rich people, is the biggest scam being run right now in American people.
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Aboriginal Rap – The Future Of Hip-Hop
“Real Talk: Aboriginal Rappers Talk About Their Music And Country” is a free ebook that introduces to the world of Aboriginal hip hop.
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2012: Obituary in Abstentia
“Not with a bang, but a whimper;” The world as we know it did not end this year, but does not mean that the end is not near.
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Our Clown-Around Congress
Washington, DC — To say that Congress looked like a clown show this week is an insult to self-respecting clowns. Painful though it may be, let's review what just …
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Our Deficit Debate’s “Sick Secret” Is Killing Us … Literally
Debt is America's illness, and worse than the disease, is our leader's refusal to even admit that we are suffering.
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Dear Longshoreman – Strike as a Verb, Hostess in Hindsight
A reflection on the trails endured and the lessons learned from the Hostess strike.