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Gutting Public Education: Neoliberalism and the Politics of Opportunism
America's political and economic elites have declared a war on working, middle-class and poor Americans. Now that war is coming to a head with the draconian cuts in education, …
Defector from the Green Berets: William T. Hathaway and RADICAL PEACE
Instilling the will to kill in Special Forces training is equally important as teaching the skills to kill. Commandos are heavily indoctrinated in the rightness of using violence to …
Speaker Pelosi, More War Funding Next Week Is No “Emergency“
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is committed to passing an emergency war supplemental before the July Fourth recess, Roll Call reports. Let us be perfectly clear, as President …
USSF: The Control of Public Media as a Social Justice Issue
The control of public media is a life-or-death struggle fought by diverse communities working toward social change against corporate-owned or undemocratic, government-sponsored media and professional journalists. The participation of …
It Matters Which Women We Elect to Office
When the results came in from the recent primary elections, the media went haywire calling it “ladies night” and a “new year of the women,” primarily because several wealthy, …
Silicon Sweatshops: More Workers Fall Ill in China
Chemical poisoning is suspected in nine more cases in southern China. Beijing - Months after on-the-job chemical poisoning left dozens of workers at an electronics factory in China with …
At G20, Europeans Are Last Hope of Getting Climate Change on Global Agenda
The G8 and G20 Summits in Muskoka and Toronto could be a battle between a European contingent looking for solid commitments on climate change issues, and those hoping to …
G20 Protests Focus on Canada’s Mining and Tar Sand Industries
It is 3:30 EST in Toronto and the aggressive, anti-establishment sounds of hip hop groups Testament and Illogic are entertaining protesters gathered in front of the University Courthouse, the …
Weekly Mulch: As Risks for Oil and Gas Grow, USSF Offers Change
BP oil has been spilling into the Gulf of Mexico for more than two months, and while attention has focused there, deepwater oil drilling is just one of many …
Calling for Accountability on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Today is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, established by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1997, to mark the ratification of the UN Convention …