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Fast Food Workers Are Fighting for the Majority of US Employees
The fast food strike is an inspiring grass-roots movement led by some of the nationu2019s most underpaid employees and should be supported by everyone.
Why Is Syria Under Attack?
The story about chemical weapons turns out to be different than first thought, and with other arguments appearing to play a leading role in the battle for Syria.
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Writing Professor Under Fire For Attack Against Republicans: On the “Free Exchange Of Ideas“
What “free exchange of ideas” can exist in a society with such extreme disparities of power? And what can the MSU professor criticized for a classroom attack on Republicans …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Even Business Lobbyists Oppose a Government Shutdown, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Chamber of Commerce knows that a government shutdown will hurt families and corporations alike; Typhoon Man-yi forced Japan's Fukushimaoperators to release more …
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Is Capitalism to Blame for the Syrian War Drive?
The real motive for war in US foreign policy is shielded, protecting the super rich Americans who relentlessly warmonger for profit.
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10 Reasons Why Americans Opposed, and Averted, a US War on Syria
There isnu2019t a single u201cmovementu201d against war, but an informal, multifocal opposition from across the political spectrum.
Karen Nussbaum: Working America WORKS!
The US's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO, pledged at its '13 convention to work more closely with community-based affiliates & its grassroots organizing arm, Working America.
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Longshore Union Got a Raw Deal from the AFL-CIO
On August 29, 2013, the 60,000-member International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced it was leaving the 13-million member AFL-CIO.
Inequality for All: Robert Reich Warns Record Income Gap Is Undermining Our Democracy
Robert Reich's new film takes a look at how inequality is a disease that is plaguing the entire country.
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Yesterday’s Internment Camp – Today’s Labor Camp
Laborers live near a WWII Japanese Internment camp and in not much different conditions while Congress debates migrant worker bills.