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Green Groups Endorse Empty EPA Carbon Emissions Regulation
Why did environmentalists not reject the flaccid EPA carbon emissions regulation proposals as too little, too late?

ISIS Born From Occupation of Iraq, Not Syrian Civil War
Vijay Prashad: Although it's not clear where the Saudis stand in relation to ISIS, the group itself is a product of the Iraq War, and Western diplomats were in …

Dahr Jamail | Atmospheric CO2 Crosses “Ominous Threshold“
Despite the widespread governmental denial of anthropogenic climate disruption, many signs indicate we are already past the point of no return, headed toward a “dead planet.”

Minimum Wage Controversy Sparks Countrywide Analysis
If there's one piece of data that people across the country have been talking (and arguing) about lately, it's the minimum wage.

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Despite Promised Jobs, Desert Town Opposes Giant Copper Mine
A multinational corporation Rio Tinto, wants to convince the federal government to let it mine beneath the campground and surrounding land against the wishes of residents.

CTUL Declares Victory in Breakthrough Worker Protections for Janitors at Target Stores
Target Corporation changes course to implement workers' rights policy in contracted cleaning at stores after four years of CTUL organizing

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Fight for 15 in NYC Just Got a Lot More Promising and a Lot More Complicated
Bill de Blasio's role in helping Andrew Cuomo attain the endorsement of the Working Families Party has opened up a space for a more vigorous and radical discussion of …

Austerity/Immiseration Capitalism: What Can We Learn From Venezuelan Socialism?
An emerging choice to neoliberal capitalism - 21st century socialism in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela - provides a stark contrast to European and US austerity-immiseration capitalism. There is …

Steve Early on Labor Reporting: “Unions Can Be Thin-Skinned About Criticism“
The real movers and shakers in any struggle to transform the labor movement are the working members.

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How to Be a Staffer in a Democratic Union
We asked four experienced staffers how they see their jobs and how they translate the idea that the members run the union into their day-to-day tasks.