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Mdlalose: Shack Fightback
Dec 31, 2011
Interview on Abahlali baseMjondolo, a radical poor people’s movement in South Africa
Marom: Occupy Wall Street Meets Winter
Dec 17, 2011
We will use the winter to become the movement we know is necessary
Main: CELAC: Speaking for Latin America and the Caribbean
Dec 13, 2011
The region’s left-leaning governments have in many cases succeeded in spurring rates of economic growth not seen since the 1970s
Meister: Unemployment Slamming Public Employees
Dec 11, 2011
The latest job reports show that public employees are being hit particularly hard by the country's severe unemployment problems
Meister: Newt's Wacko Idea
Nov 27, 2011
This surely puts Gingrich right where he belongs, squarely in the 18th century
Marom: Liberating the Impossible
Nov 06, 2011
If there is one thing we have done well, it has been to truly challenge the narrative that there is no alternative
Maharawal: Not an Ending, a Beginning
Oct 18, 2011
It is a moment in which people who never thought they would be out on the streets protesting are protesting
McKibben: Obama’s Failing Emails
Oct 12, 2011
For connoisseurs, Barack Obama’s fundraising emails for the 2012 election campaign seem just a tad forlorn -- slightly limp reminders of the last time ‘round
Meister: Busting the Union Busters
Sep 01, 2011
Gov. Walker remains the poster boy for anti-labor stalwarts
Meister: Job Discrimination Hitting Women Hard
Aug 15, 2011
Only about one-fourth of the discrimination charges against employers ever wind up in court
Meister: Labor's Unhappy Anniversary
Aug 10, 2011
Hiring and permanently replacing strikers, previously a rare occurrence, has become a relatively common employer tactic
Meister: New Hope for Domestic Workers
Jul 24, 2011
Among other things, proponents hope to make it clear that "domestic workers are real workers, NOT powerless individuals who are expected to remain in quiet servitude
Meister: Farm Workers Need Change
Jul 07, 2011
No workers are more in need of union protection than the nation's miserably treated farm workers
Meister: Paid Sick Leave
Jun 26, 2011
Public health experts note that the fewer the number of workers who are able to stay at home when sick, the more likely it is that diseases will spread
Monbiot: Underground Movement
May 31, 2011
Why do those who oppose wind power insist on spoiling their case with gibberish?
Monbiot: False Witness
Apr 13, 2011
“From the information I had, that is what I believed happened to me.”(1) So Simon Harwood, the police officer who pushed Ian Tomlinson to the ground at the G20 protests two years ago, told the inquest into his death.
Monbiot: The Freedom Swindle
Mar 31, 2011
The government promised us the right to peaceful protest. It is delivering nothing of the kind.
Monbiot: Online Astroturfing
Feb 25, 2011
Every month more evidence piles up, suggesting that online comment threads and forums are being hijacked by people who aren’t what they seem to be.
Monbiot: A Corporate Coup d’Etat
Feb 13, 2011
“I would love to see tax reductions,” David Cameron told an interviewer at the weekend, “but when you’re borrowing 11 per cent of your GDP, it’s not possible to make significant net tax cuts.
Jan 06, 2012
There is fertile ground for action