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Blog Post Miller: The Demise of SuperPacs is Greatly Exaggerated

Blog Post, November, 16 2012 Gary Miller
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Analysis of the impact of SuperPacs on Election 2012.

Blog Post Jones: Samos Diary 15

Blog Post, November, 16 2012 Chris Jones
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A diary covering the week in November when the latest round of austerity measures were passed by parliament in Athens.

Blog Post O'Rourke: Mr Pesident, Why are you Silent?

Blog Post, November, 14 2012 Jacqueline O'Rourke
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Dear President Obama, I write to you on behalf of my sons, as a mother of Palestinian children, who are in turn the sons of the son of a Palestinian refugee from El Bass and Rashadiyeh camps in South Lebanon. I write to you as an author who has w...

Blog Post Kavanagh: The Long Con: Social Security and Medicare in the “Grand Bargain”

Blog Post, November, 14 2012 Jim Kavanagh
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“Social Security and Medicare have absolutely nothing to do with the short-term U.S. fiscal problem.” And, no, not “long-term,” either, in any way that requires what’s being proposed. Please, read the article by William Lind, which contains the ch...

Blog Post Simpson: Don Moore 1942-2012: A lion who roared on behalf of public education

Blog Post, November, 13 2012 Bob Simpson
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It’s easy to stereotype public policy wonks as data driven, numbers crunching, analytical geeks with horn-rimmed glasses and bad haircuts who provide the research for the real organizers who go out into the real world andmobilize for social change...

Blog Post Johnson: A Close Look at the 99%, the 1%, and What the Occupy Movement is Up Against

Blog Post, November, 12 2012 Dale Johnson
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A sociological and political analysis of class relations in the United States that bears upon questions of strategy for the Occupy Movement.

Blog Post Emersberger: George Monbiot's "Abject Apology to Lord McAlpine"

Blog Post, November, 12 2012 Joe Emersberger
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George Monbiot's "Abject Apology to Lord McAlpine"

Blog Post Milstein: Dispatches from Hurricaned NY: Scariest Halloween Ever

Blog Post, November, 10 2012 Cindy Milstein
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You can find other blog-musings and more polished essays at Outside the Circle, cbmilstein.wordpress.com/. Share, enjoy, and repost–as long as it’s free, as in “free beer” and “freedom.

Blog Post Kavanagh: Election Choices: What to Do Instead

Blog Post, November, 08 2012 Jim Kavanagh
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Having made the case against voting for Obama in a previous post, it’s only fair for me to suggest the alternative. I value the right to vote as fundamental. I have seen how people who don’t have that right fight for it, and how people who get ...

Blog Post Taylantosun65: In Turkey Over 600 Kurdish Political Prisoners Are in Their 55th Day in Hunger Strike

Blog Post, November, 05 2012 Lutfi taylan Taylantosun65
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This article is on the mass hunger strike of Kurdish political prisonners in Turkey who are in their 55th day now...

Blog Post Emersberger: A US Election Day Parable

Blog Post, November, 05 2012 Joe Emersberger
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A US Election Day Parable

Blog Post Sallustro: FIAT: poteva andare peggio

Blog Post, November, 03 2012 Fabio Sallustro
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Short stories about Italy (italian version)

Blog Post Chaffee: Stop & Frisk Trial in Queens

Blog Post, November, 02 2012 Joel Chaffee
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Protesters of the controversial and unconstitutional NYPD practice of Stop and Frisk are currently on trial in Queens.

Blog Post Jones: The Onslaught on Rural Greece

Blog Post, November, 01 2012 Chris Jones
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The Samos Diary attempts to explore, record and provide witness to the impact of austerity on the daily life of Samos Island, Greece. This entry looks at what is happening to the mountain village of Ambelos.

Blog Post Bybee: Makers, Takers, and Fakers

Blog Post, October, 30 2012 Roger Bybee
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Thomas Frank outlines the Right's driving narrative on "makers" ("job creators" and "takers" (those who utilize government programs to which they are entitled.) This narrative, plus weaknesses in the Democratic appeal, account for the surprisingly...

Blog Post Wilson: Useful: Flawed Food Score Card

Blog Post, October, 29 2012 Brad Wilson
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Food Policy Action's "Food Policy Scorecard" is a helpful tool for informing voters of how to vote. I'm glad to see it come out prior to the election. On the other hand, it contains major flaws, the same ones that are widespread in the Food Movem...

Blog Post Miller: Citizens United is Now

Blog Post, October, 28 2012 Gary Miller
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How big money generated by the Citizens United decision is negatively impacting elections.

Blog Post Emersberger: Note to Monbiot about his open Letter to Media Lens

Blog Post, October, 28 2012 Joe Emersberger
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Note to Monbiot about his open Letter to Media Lens

Blog Post Kavanagh: Election Choices: Obama or Not?

Blog Post, October, 28 2012 Jim Kavanagh
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We’re up against it now. Less than two weeks left. Those on the left confront their quadrennial quandary, and the inescapable debate: to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee or not.

Blog Post Simpson: Educational apartheid in Chicago and the black teachers revolt of the 1960's

Blog Post, October, 26 2012 Bob Simpson
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Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) organizer Brandon Johnson, who is a black man, recently spoke about a conversation he had with veteran black educator Dr. Grady Jordan about racism in the schools today. Jordan told him, “Black teachers fought hard. T...

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