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Commentary Kromm: The Racist Roots Of 'Right To Work' Laws

Commentary, December, 15 2012 Chris Kromm
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The origins of "right-to-work" laws find their roots in extreme pro-segregationist and anti-communist elements in the 1940s South

Commentary Sharma: What Happens When Heads Of State Also Start Lobbying?

Commentary, December, 14 2012 Devinder Sharma
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The demand is for legalising lobbying, following the pattern in the US, and thereby bringing in some regulations to make it more transparent

Commentary Street: The Vile Maxim, the Deficit Fetish, and the Unelected Dictatorship

Commentary, December, 13 2012 Paul Street
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It’s useful to step back from the dominant terms in political play to examine what’s really going on behind misleading language

Commentary Blum: The Three Greatest Problems

Commentary, December, 12 2012 William Blum
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No amount of fines or penalties will induce corporate leaders to modify their behavior

Commentary Burns: The Power Of Example — A Conversation With Labor Leader Joe Burns

Commentary, December, 11 2012 Joe Burns
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It’s very hopeful that we’ve seen a turn in the labor movement back toward the strike and back toward grassroots activism and workplace-based activism

Commentary Rogers: Blaming the Workers Until the Bitter End

Commentary, December, 10 2012 Jamala Rogers
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Black drivers' routes included small black convenience stores while the white drivers got the big grocery chain stores

Commentary Fitz: Why Is Cuba's Health Care System the Best Model for Poor Countries?

Commentary, December, 09 2012 Don Fitz
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10 generalizations from Cuba's extensive experience in developing medical science and sharing its approach with poor countries throughout the world

Commentary Rugh: Low-Wage Workers Rising Up In New York City

Commentary, December, 08 2012 Peter Rugh
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When news of the firing got out, fast food workers from across the city mobilized in defense

Commentary Germanos: Protests Erupt After Right-To-Work Legislation Passes Michigan House

Commentary, December, 07 2012 Andrea Germanos
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Michigan's Republican-dominated legislature on Thursday passed conservative, anti-worker, anti-women measures

Commentary Kagarlitsky: One Year of Protest Turbulence

Commentary, December, 06 2012 Boris Kagarlitsky
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we can speak of an end to turbulence only in the sense that we have passed through a particular phase of the crisis, one that will inevitably be followed by another

Commentary Bond: South Africa’s Sanitation Cesspools

Commentary, December, 05 2012 Patrick Bond
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What the dog’s-breakfast Durban Platform confirms, then, was global-elite back-slapping generosity to each other, simultaneous with rank incompetence and utter disregard for the poor and environment

Commentary Marom: The Best Response To Disaster: Go On The Offensive

Commentary, December, 04 2012 Yotam Marom
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We’re usually inclined to fight power when it is being carried out, but that’s often too late to stop it

Commentary Cooke: Why UN Climate Agreements Fail

Commentary, December, 03 2012 Shamus Cooke
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Ultimately, climate activists must come face to face with political and corporate power

Commentary Oikonomakis: Mexico Rising: “Peña Nieto is not my President!”

Commentary, December, 02 2012 Leonidas Oikonomakis
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The mass protests against Mexico’s new President are part of a global movement against the power of business and the farce of representative democracy

Commentary Hines: US-El Salvador: Threats to Privatize Education Meet International Resistance

Commentary, December, 01 2012 Allen Hines
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Pressure to privatize public services and goods – and concerns about who stands to gain in the process - has become increasingly familiar in the United States

Commentary Hing: The Shocking Details of a Mississippi School-to-Prison Pipeline

Commentary, November, 30 2012 Julianne Hing
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When schools want to discipline children, they do much more than just send them to the principal’s office. They call the police, who arrest children as young as 10 years old

Commentary Benjamin: Egyptians Stand Up to President’s Power Grab

Commentary, November, 29 2012 Medea Benjamin
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“The ability of the Egyptian people to mobilize in this post-Mubarak era is astounding”

Commentary Bradbury: When Postmasters Attack

Commentary, November, 28 2012 Alexandra Bradbury
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Two years ago, there were 574,000 postal workers, not counting temps. This year only 533,000 are braving snow, rain, and gloom of night

Commentary Rugh: Struggles, New And Old, Emerge In Sandy’s Wake

Commentary, November, 27 2012 Peter Rugh
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A month after Frankenstorm Sandy struck, battle lines are beginning to be drawn in the wreckage along New York City’s shores

Commentary Swanson: Howard Zinn's Echoes

Commentary, November, 26 2012 David Swanson
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We can shape the future if, and only if, we make use of the past

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