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Znet Article James: Thatcherism Hasn't Failed: It Has Infected All Our Politics

Znet Article, April, 13 2013 Selma James
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In Venezuela, Hugo Chávez's legacy on poverty is likely to get his chosen successor elected. We can't so easily vote out Margaret Thatcher's war on welfare

Znet Article Solomon: Three-Quarters of Progressive Caucus Not Taking a Stand Against Cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

Znet Article, February, 28 2013 Norman Solomon
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While still on the caucus roster, three-quarters of the 70-member caucus seem lost in political smog

Znet Article Rasmus: The Attack on Social Security is About to Intensify

Znet Article, June, 26 2011 Jack Rasmus
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The disability benefits trust fund is a prime and easy target from which to attack Social Security across the board

Zmag Article Street: The Meaning of Madison

Zmag Article, June, 01 2011 Paul Street
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Savage attacks on social justice and blunted popular revolt

Commentary Baker: The Good News and the Bad News in the Social Security Trustees' Report

Commentary, May, 22 2011 Dean Baker
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The picture is hardly as dire as many politicians in Washington are claiming

Znet Article Bloice: Intergenerational Demagoguery about Social Security

Znet Article, April, 03 2011 Carl Bloice
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Thomas Friedman was on a roll last week, putting forward one sweeping declaration after another - as he is wont to do.

Commentary Mahajan: Yes, We Can … Cut the Corporate Income Tax

Commentary, February, 01 2011 Rahul Mahajan
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I listened to the State of the Union speech. What I heard, though, was not President Obama’s string of irritating platitudes, but the sound of a nation bent on self-destruction.

Zmag Article Bronski: Sense and Sentimentality

Zmag Article, February, 01 2011 Michael Bronski
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LGBT stategies for families after the Jarrell/Boseman case

Znet Article Baker: Can Harry Be a Hero?

Znet Article, January, 22 2011 Dean Baker
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That is the question that supporters of Social Security should be asking as we brace for President Obama's State of the Union address next week.

Znet Article Bloice: Saving Social Security & the Poisonous Chalice

Znet Article, January, 17 2011 Carl Bloice
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Returning from the sunny climes of Hawaii to the nation's still frigid capital, President Obama will, over the next couple of months, face the greatest challenges of his time in office.

Commentary Quigley: Eight Homeless Youth Die in New Orleans Fire – What Does It Say About US?

Commentary, January, 01 2011 Bill Quigley
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Eight young people, who the Fire Department said were “trying to stay warm,” perished in a raging fire during the night in New Orleans.

Znet Article Suggett: Venezuelan University Law Creates Student Bill of Rights, “Democratizes” Higher Education

Znet Article, December, 26 2010 James Suggett
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As students in the United States and Europe protest against soaring tuition and lack of funding for public higher education, the Venezuelan National Assembly has passed an unprecedented law.

Commentary Street: Health Care as a Commodity: On the Irony of the Hudson Decision

Commentary, December, 19 2010 Paul Street
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So a key part of U.S. President Barack Obama’s health “reform” bill was declared “unconstitutional” last week by the right wing federal district court judge Henry E. Hudson in Virginia.

Znet Article Lendman: On the Chopping Block

Znet Article, December, 13 2010 Stephen Lendman
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Planned is death by a thousand cuts - aka "creeping normalcy," defined as a way to make major changes seem normal if happen slowly, incrementally like boiling a frog unaware it's dinner until cooked.

Znet Article Giroux: Lessons to Be Learned From Paulo Freire as Education Is Being Taken Over by the Mega Rich

Znet Article, November, 24 2010 Henry A. Giroux
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At a time when memory is being erased and the political relevance of education is dismissed in the language of measurement and quantification, it is all the more important to remember the legacy and work of Paulo Freire.

Commentary Peters: The Boy Next to Me Sings All the Time

Commentary, October, 29 2010 Cynthia Peters
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A 12-year old girl I know has spent most of her years in parochial or public schools. This year, she’s got a full scholarship to a very expensive all girls’ school in Boston.

Commentary Schechter: Report from the Epicenter of Fraudclosures

Commentary, October, 18 2010 Danny Schechter
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In all of the economic issues we are dealing with, there is always a “back story, a deeper context” that is usually missing, “disappeared” like those Allende supporters in Chile in the l970’s who wanted to empower workers, not just rescue them whe...

Znet Article Shah: Learning to Live With Malaria

Znet Article, October, 12 2010 Sonia Shah
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It’s technically straightforward to eliminate malaria from an area. At least in theory. You reduce the ability of mosquitoes to bite people, treat every sick victim with curative drugs and prevent any infected person from bringing new parasites in...

Znet Article Bacon: California’s Perfect Storm

Znet Article, October, 09 2010 David Bacon
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When the current recession hit, California had already fallen from one of the country’s leaders in per-pupil education funding in the 1950s to 49th among the 50 states in the last decade.

Audio Wolff: Housing & the Economy

Audio, September, 21 2010 Richard D. Wolff
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This interview explores the the US housing industry and how it helped to cause the current economic crisis, and was so damaged by the crisis that its crippled state now undermines efforts to escape from the crisis.

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