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Massive Fire Kills at Least 118 Factory Workers in Bangladesh at Walmart Supplier
A clothing factory in Bangladesh that has ties to Wal-Mart suffered a massive fire Saturday that left at least 118 dead.
Economic Update: Worker’s Self-Directed Enterprises
Richard D. Wolff: Worker self-direction is a solution for the bankrupt Hostess bakery.
Walmart Worker Uprising: Protests Held at 1,000 Stores on Black Friday
A wave of historic protests struck the retail giant Walmart on Black Friday - the busiest shopping day of the year.
The Fiscal Cliff Is an Artificial Crisis
Michael Hudson: Fiscal cliff was manufactured to shift more of the burden of the crisis onto ordinary people.
Black Report: Craziness on Three Continents
Bill Black: Banks try to start a run on the banks in Ecuador.
The Death of Twinkie
Todayu2019s news about the demise of Twinkie and other Hostess snacks is a complicated story of big business versus labor.
Economic Update: Capitalism’s Costly Uneven Development: Detroit
Updates on politicians' big business incomes after their government jobs and the debate over social security.
Journalist Naomi Klein on Capitalism and Climate Change
To protect the planet, Klein says we need both market incentives and a government that will say no to the fossil fuel lobby.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Something Fishy is Happening in Florida’s 18th Congressional District, and More
Coal baron Robert Murray recently announced he's laying off 163 of his employees because, he says, President Obama was re-elected, something fishy is going on in Florida's 18th Congressional …
Is Local Democracy Possible in the Global Era?
Can Americans ever really take charge of their common community life, given the realities of the modern political economy?