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Chamberlain: 'Our City. Our Schools. Our Voice'
May 19, 2013
Chicago Teachers are taking a stand once again in protest of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal to close dozens of schools in low income Chicago communities
Cooke: Chavez Succeeded Where Obama Failed
Mar 15, 2013
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
Cohn: The Courage of Bradley Manning
Mar 02, 2013
“I believed if the public...could see this it could spark a debate on the military and our foreign policy in general as it applied to Iraq and Afghanistan”
Cooke: Austerity USA Begins March 1st
Feb 26, 2013
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
Cooke: What the 1% Heard
Feb 19, 2013
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
Cooke: Obama’s Shakedown of Medicare
Feb 12, 2013
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
Cooke: More Austerity Cuts Coming
Feb 08, 2013
The Great Recession has quietly devastated public services on a state-by-state basis, with Republican and Democratic governors taking turns leading the charge
Catlin: Power From Motor City Soil
Jan 30, 2013
Possibilities are growing in more than 1,000 urban gardens and three full-scale farms that now cover the once-industrial landscape
Cook: The Matrix-Like Reality
Dec 22, 2012
Why the Washington Post killed the story of Murdoch’s bid to buy the US presidency
Cooke: Why UN Climate Agreements Fail
Dec 03, 2012
Ultimately, climate activists must come face to face with political and corporate power
Cooke: Labor's Call to Action
Nov 24, 2012
The “grand bargain” threat is a call to action for organized labor. But will unions respond?
Cooke: The Fisal Cliff
Nov 11, 2012
Literally the day after the election a sudden "urgency" gripped the nation: the imminent danger of the so-called "fiscal cliff"
Cunningham-Cook: Using Globalization Against Walmart
Oct 26, 2012
The Walmart strikes are part of a significant reevaluation of organizing strategy by labor unions and activists in the context of the continuing decline of unionism
Cooke: Anti-Austerity Protest
Oct 22, 2012
Portland community and labor groups will declare "enough is enough" by organizing a large demonstration against government austerity cuts
Cregan: Guarani Women Arise
Oct 17, 2012
In small communities across the Ramal Jujeño in Argentina Guarani women are rising up to defend their rights
Cooke: Jobs & and the Fiscal Cliff
Sep 18, 2012
Until corporations have an ideal environment to make super profits, unemployment will remain purposefully high
Cohen-Joppa: Nuclear Resistance Escalates In South India
Sep 16, 2012
Hundreds of people have been arrested, dozens remain in custody and three deaths have been reported as protests against the start-up of the nuclear power plant at Kudankulam, India
Cooke: Obama's Vision Versus Economic Reality
Sep 10, 2012
This "hollowing out" of the workforce is — along with high unemployment — the most striking feature of the "new normal" of the American workforce
Cooke: All Eyes on Chicago's Teachers
Sep 04, 2012
It's impossible to exaggerate the national importance of the teachers’ struggle in Chicago
Jun 19, 2013
School police are the bedrock of the school-to-prison pipeline, a system that levies harsh punishments for nonviolent behavior