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This Land Is My Teacher: Preserving Native Agriculture and Traditions
Throughout the US, Native, Chicano, and other peoples are rejecting industrialized agriculture and are growing their own food instead, thereby reclaiming the health of their traditions, culture, bodies, and …
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Entrapped! Confessions of a Violent Consumerist
It is past time to wash our hands of these inscribed behaviors, reduce the damage being done in our wake, and start to clean up our collective act.
Economic Update: Spains Thriving Communist Mayor, and More
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis. The segment contains economic updates …
The Politics of Mythology
Increasingly, politics is a game driven by often-invented beliefs and myths that are firmly detached from facts and their interpretation. The parties and their factions live not only in …
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Amazon.com 16th Corporation to Dump ALEC
General Counsel Michelle Wilson announced at a shareholder meeting in Seattle this morning that Amazon has decided not to renew its membership in theAmerican Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) this year. Dave …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Thanks to Big Money, Gov. Scott Walker Is Ahead in the Wisconsin Recall Race, and More
In today's On the News segment: Gov. Scott Walker is widening his lead in the Wisconsin recall race - thanks in large part to $25 million in campaign contributions …
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Sneak Attack on Teachers’ Collective Bargaining Rights in Pennsylvania
Republican Gov. Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania is pushing a bill that could stealthily strip teachers' collective bargaining rights in some of the state's financially struggling school districts, according to …
“Who’s Killing Philly Public Schools?”: Daniel Denvir on Plan for School Closings, Privatization
In Philadelphia, school officials have proposed a controversial plan to close more than 60 schools in the next five years and potentially privatize those remaining.
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A New Role for the International Labor Organization in the World Economy
The Troika – the European Central Bank (ECB), the European Commission, and the IMF – is dragging Europe into its second recessionin three years. The ECB by itself has the ability to end this crisis, …
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War at What Cost? A Veteran Perspective
This coming fiscal year, the United States is set to spend more than $640 billion dollars on the Pentagon and war, accounting for more than 60 percent of federal …