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Health Care: A Casualty of Class Warfare
As the Great Recession rolls on after three years, without signs of relief on the horizon, a growing army of many millions of Americans is finding it impossible to …
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Labor And The Occupiers: A Natural Fit
Think of what a combined effort by unions and the Occupy Wall Street movement could do to weaken the tight grip of corporate greed on the economy. Think of …
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Why the Occupy Movement is Good for Our Health
Recently, the Congressional Budget Office released a report on income inequality which found that the incomes of the top 1% nearly tripled between 1979 and 2007, whereas those of …
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Government Shutdowns Get the 1% What They Want
A while back I was writing about the Republican threat of a government-wide shutdown, and the two-week Federal Aviation Administration shutdown (and Delta Airlines' anti-union role in that). The …
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Violence and Vandalism Don’t Threaten the System, Occupy’s Positive Image Does
Occupy Wall Street, November 12th. (Photo: Saint Huck) We were confronted on Wednesday by two images of violence on college campuses. On the one hand, …
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Veterans at Occupy Sacramento Speak Out Against War, Arrests
Sacramento area veterans, including many appearing in uniform or military garb with ribbons and medals, spoke out against wars that they said only benefit the 1 percent during a …
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Dealing With the Budget Deficit: Does the Middle Class Have to Take the Hit?
Adam Davidson has a piece in the NYT magazine about how the middle class will have to take a hit to deal with the country’s deficit. It’s a bit …
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A Tale of Two Peace Offers
In 2008, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made the Palestinians an offer so reasonable and enlightened it made Ehud Barak's “generous offer” at Camp David look like the Treaty …
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The OMG Congress
You can tell politicians are getting nervous. They're playing the “In God We Trust” card again. You'd think that card's all but worn out — Congress did, …
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Occupy Wall Street: Crafting a Constitutional Amendment to Stop the 1%
We’ve seen the signs and heard the chants: “Abolish Corporate Personhood!” I’m very sympathetic to the cause of reducing the power of big business corporations to control …