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Six People You Need to Start a Revolution
Successful change movements run on diversity. Here are the essential skill sets no revolution can win without. With the 99% Spring up and rolling and set to bring 100,000 …

In Barcelona, Austerity With an Iron Fist
Protesters in the streets of Madrid, Spain during the general strike on Thursday, March 29, 2012. (Photo: reed_sandridge) Criminalizing public meetings, expanding police powers and weaponry, and applying anti-terrorist …

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After “Constructive” Talks on Iran Nuclear Program, Hopes Rise for Diplomacy
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Photo: Hiroko Masuike / The New York Times)Istanbul, Turkey - Major world powers Saturday said their first meeting with Iran in over a year took …

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Romney Assures NRA of Support for Gun Rights
Mitt Romney. (Photo: BU Interactive News / Flickr)St. Louis - As he seeks to inspire the conservative base ahead of the general election, Mitt Romney spoke to the National …

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What’s in a Name? George W. Regrets Dubbing Those “Bush Tax Cuts“
When George W. Bush made his first public appearance in many months to discuss economic policy in New York on Tuesday, his utterances may have revealed more than he …

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AFL-CIO President Trumka “Personally Outraged” by Obama-Backed JOBS Act
Washington, DC - Last month, the AFL-CIO's Executive Council endorsed President Barack Obama for re-election. About a week later, Congress passed the "Jumpstart Our Business Startup," or JOBS Act—a bill backed by President …

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GOP Presidential Contenders’ Goofy Greed
Even though some are out and some are in, the politicians that are/were in the GOP presidential race still are spreading their goofiness around for all the country to …

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A Question of Human Rights: Keeping the F1 Racing Series Out of Bahrain
On April 22, the royal family of Bahrain is determined to stage its annual Formula 1 Grand Prix race. This might not sound like scintillating news, but whether the …

Mélenchon Could Change French Politics With Strong Showing
France’s conservative President, Nicolas Sarkozy, ran for office in 2007 on a program of making the French economy more like that of the United States. He picked a bad …

Justice in the Home: Domestic Workers Re-define the Labor Movement
Largely working isolated in people’s private homes, the exploitation of domestic workers has been well documented throughout history. But with the passage of New York’s Domestic Workers Bill of …