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Tobacco “Smoking Gun” Shows Real TPP Agenda
I am sounding the alarm. Right now governments and the giant multinational corporations are engaged in writing a treaty that would overrule national laws that try to rein in …
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Before the Battles Resume in Washington: A Reminder about What’s Really at Stake
Congress will reconvene shortly. That means more battles over taxes and spending, regulations and safety nets, and how to get the economy out of first gear. Which means more …
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Things to Know as Collapse Becomes Hip
Economists never seem to connect the eco in economy to the eco in ecosystem; but as financial, economic, and climate collapse continues, people must rise to change our world's …
San Francisco’s Green Power Plan Still Stalled by Corporate Interests a Decade Later
San Francisco's CleanPowerSF, initially calling for over a billion dollars in renewable energy a decade ago, has been attacked and subverted despite its popularity.
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Why Should We All Be Considered “Equal”?
Moral status or dignity is not tied to a narrow quality or capacity such as medical, mathematical or linguistic knowledge.
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Global Harms Need a Global Remedy: Small but Meaningful Victory against Hudbay Minerals
After human rights violations were perpetrated by a Canadian mining company against a Guatemalan village, the village fought back in court.
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Employers on the Public’s Dime: The Judicial Amendment that Put Money in the Company’s Pocket
One NLRA amendment cuts back pay by requiring that remedies not be punitive to the law violator.
NAFTA on Steroids: The TransPacific Partnership and Global Neoliberalism
Can democracy save capitalism, as it did in the 1930s, when it provided popular pressure to force the elite to accept changes otherwise resisted by capital, Cliff DuRand asks.
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Distorted Supply Chain Caused by MNCs Manufacturing Abroad and How to Restore Its Legitimacy
Corporations that manufacture offshore and import their own goods duty-free distort the supply chain.
Life and Death at Work: Labor and Occupational Health After Rana Plaza
While consumer activism and trade pressure are important for workplace safety, the rules are made to be broken in places like Bangladesh.