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Commentary Cooke: Chavez Succeeded Where Obama Failed

Commentary, March, 15 2013 Shamus Cooke
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Chavez earned the hatred of the elite who benefit from system-wide inequality, while the rest of us on the bottom owe him our appreciation, since Chavez's fight was our fight too

Commentary Cooke: Austerity USA Begins March 1st

Commentary, February, 26 2013 Shamus Cooke
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U.S. politicians have cried wolf over austerity long enough for the public to ignore them. A perfect time, then, for politicians to actually unleash the wolves

Commentary Cooke: What the 1% Heard During Obama's State of the Union Speech

Commentary, February, 19 2013 Shamus Cooke
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Obama's state of the union address was a pro-corporate agenda packaged with chocolate covered rhetoric for the masses; easy to swallow, but deadly poisonous

Commentary Cooke: Obama’s Shakedown of Medicare

Commentary, February, 12 2013 Shamus Cooke
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The Medicare cuts are part of a larger "reform" of health care in the United States, which ultimately serves to shift the cost of health care off the backs of corporations

Commentary Cooke: More Austerity Cuts Coming to the States

Commentary, February, 08 2013 Shamus Cooke
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The Great Recession has quietly devastated public services on a state-by-state basis, with Republican and Democratic governors taking turns leading the charge

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 Cooke: Labor's Call to Action: The Grand Bargain Betrayal

Commentary, November, 24 2012 Shamus Cooke
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The “grand bargain” threat is a call to action for organized labor. But will unions respond?

Commentary Cooke: Will the Democrats Tax the Rich to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff?

Commentary, November, 11 2012 Shamus Cooke
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Literally the day after the election a sudden "urgency" gripped the nation: the imminent danger of the so-called "fiscal cliff"

Commentary Cooke: Portland, Oregon Prepares for Pre-Election Anti-Austerity Protest

Commentary, October, 22 2012 Shamus Cooke
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Portland community and labor groups will declare "enough is enough" by organizing a large demonstration against government austerity cuts

Commentary Cooke: The Jobs Crisis, the "Unemployable,” and the Fiscal Cliff

Commentary, September, 18 2012 Shamus Cooke
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Until corporations have an ideal environment to make super profits, unemployment will remain purposefully high

Commentary Cooke: Obama's Vision Versus Economic Reality

Commentary, September, 10 2012 Shamus Cooke
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This "hollowing out" of the workforce is — along with high unemployment — the most striking feature of the "new normal" of the American workforce

Commentary Cooke: All Eyes on Chicago's Teachers

Commentary, September, 04 2012 Shamus Cooke
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It's impossible to exaggerate the national importance of the teachers’ struggle in Chicago

Commentary Cooke: Tax the Rich or Privatize the State?

Commentary, August, 29 2012 Shamus Cooke
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The mass privatization frenzy is the corporate solution to the budget crises occurring on the city, state, and national level

Commentary Cooke: How President Obama Created Paul Ryan

Commentary, August, 18 2012 Shamus Cooke
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No one deserves more credit for Ryan's rapid rise into stardom than President Obama

Commentary Cooke: Job Crisis Denial

Commentary, July, 08 2012 Shamus Cooke
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The jobs crisis stays in the shadows, out of mind, and consequently unaddressed

Commentary Cooke: Obama's Second Latin American Coup

Commentary, June, 24 2012 Shamus Cooke
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The recent coup against Paraguay's democratically elected president is not only a blow to democracy, but an attack against the working and poor population

Commentary Cooke: The U.S. Labor Movement at the Crossroads, in the Crosshairs

Commentary, June, 13 2012 Shamus Cooke
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Although the defeat in Wisconsin is the horrible end to a local drama, the corporate winners hope to turn their victory into the beginning chapter of a national novel

Commentary Cooke: The First Domino Falls in Greece

Commentary, May, 21 2012 Shamus Cooke
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The working class has been radicalized and will not submit; mass demonstrations and general strikes have become common place

Commentary Cooke: Why Campaigning for Democrats Cripples Labor Unions

Commentary, April, 12 2012 Shamus Cooke
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Millions of union and non-union workers have seen their lives worsen under Obama

Commentary Cooke: A Corporate Versus a People's City Budget

Commentary, March, 26 2012 Shamus Cooke
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Because politicians tell us that we cannot take money from the wealthy, money must be taken instead from public workers through wage and benefit cuts or layoffs

Commentary Cooke: Uniting Occupy and Labor Over Health Care

Commentary, December, 26 2011 Shamus Cooke
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In order to unite all working Americans into a powerful coalition, Medicare for All should be demanded, so that all Americans will see their interests reflected in the fight

Commentary Cooke: Reform vs. Revolution Within Occupy

Commentary, December, 14 2011 Shamus Cooke
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Working people are suffering and would rally to a movement they saw as providing real hope

Commentary Cooke: Labor Must Choose Between Occupy and the Democrats

Commentary, November, 21 2011 Shamus Cooke
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Occupy has the potential to create earthquakes within the labor movement and labor’s relationship to the Democrats

Commentary Cooke: The Battles of Occupy Portland

Commentary, November, 15 2011 Shamus Cooke
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Instead of the Occupiers being evicted it was the police who were sent home demoralized

Commentary Cooke: The Way Forward for Occupy Portland

Commentary, November, 04 2011 Shamus Cooke
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There is no time to waste to fight for the most popular demands of working people

Commentary Cooke: Why the Far Right “Supports” the Occupy Movement

Commentary, October, 23 2011 Shamus Cooke
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The Occupy Movement's greatest strength — its broad appeal — can quickly become an exploitable weakness, and the far right smells blood

Commentary Cooke: Occupy Portland Is Born with Ten Thousand Strong

Commentary, October, 08 2011 Shamus Cooke
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On October 6th, in Portland, Oregon, ten thousand people assembled at noon at Waterfront Park

Commentary Cooke: Fuel for Occupy Wall Street's Fire

Commentary, October, 05 2011 Shamus Cooke
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The Occupy Wall Street movement must attract a growing number of allies or face an inevitable smothering

Commentary Cooke: Obama Taxes the Rich for the Wrong Reasons

Commentary, September, 26 2011 Shamus Cooke
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As the social crisis in the U.S. deepens, these political "mistakes" of the liberal left are becoming unpardonable crimes

Commentary Cooke: Should Labor Fight to Revive U.S. Manufacturing?

Commentary, September, 23 2011 Shamus Cooke
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Diverting movements to adopt ineffective strategies and "safe" ideas is the normal way people in power keep others powerless

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