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AFL-CIO to Fight “Trade” Deals Like TPP
The AFL-CIO convention passed a resolution vowing to fight any trade agreement that promotes the rise in corporate power at the expense of working people.
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Labor Leaders, Obamacare and the Fate of the Unions
Obamacare is perhaps the most blatant example of the complete incompetency of many US labor leaders, who've tied the fate of organized labor to the Democratic Party, with disastrous …
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Government Standards Agency “Strongly” Suggests Dropping its Own Encryption Standard
Following revelations about the NSAu2019s covert influence on computer security standards, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, announced earlier this week it is revisiting some of …
Rev. James Lawson: Our Country is Based on Plantation Capitalism
Civil Rights veteran, Rev. James Lawson describes what he believes labor is up against:
The Egyptian Revolution’s Next Barrier
The revolutionary process in Egypt has been especially contradictory, requiring that a proper analysis untangle all of the political knots.
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Supertankers to Ply the Great White Slushie: Global Warming’s Latest Feedback Loop
Less predictable are the insane human behavior feedback loops, where the warming climate triggers a self-destructive pathological greed within corporate culture.
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Resisting the Global State: A Perfectly Timed Perspective
An uncannily timely book that can well serve as manual for political education and guide to action.
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Overruling the Judicial Amendments – What Is to Be Done?
Right wing judicial lawlessness harms the National Labor Relations Act.
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At AFL-CIO Convention, Leaders Ask: What Direction for Labor?
Without the commitment to build a social movement, all the innovative ideas coming out of the AFL-CIO convention may come to little, if anything.
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In Los Angeles, Labor Redefines Itself
This week's AFL-CIO convention endorsed the expansion of membership to include non-traditional labor organizations, including non-profits organizing low-wage workers.