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Lamarca: Resisting Evictions Spanish Style
Apr 28, 2013
Public despair and anger is galvanizing a movement for housing justice
Shiva: We Don’t Need Genetically Engineered Bananas
Apr 27, 2013
The latest insanity from the genetic engineers is to push GMO bananas on India for reducing iron deficiency in Indian women
McCauley: Wealthy Thrive and Poorest Dive
Apr 26, 2013
“The income recovery thus far for a wide swath of US households has not existed”
Kagarlitsky: The Ponomaryov Principle
Apr 25, 2013
The current corruption scandals clearly demonstrate that Skolkovo has already failed as a scientific and technological project
Terrell: Prison Industrial Complex
Apr 24, 2013
The quality of life and the very existence of all of us depends on the security and well being of each person, especially of those we label criminal or enemy
Rasmus: The Failure of Fiscal-Monetary Policy
Apr 23, 2013
Fiscal and Monetary policies since the financial crisis and the protracted recession that began in 2008 have failed to generate a sustained recovery of the US economy
Paley: Totally Protected Plunder?
Apr 22, 2013
Quieter is better. That seems to be the motto driving the negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Sturgis: Three Years Into BP Disaster
Apr 21, 2013
In the three years since BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, number of bills enacted by Congress to make offshore drilling safer: 0
Giesa: Fighting Wage Theft
Apr 20, 2013
Direct action can be as simple as organizing five or 10 co-workers to march into the boss’s office to file a grievance or to demand a change in working conditions
Street: Profits System 101
Apr 19, 2013
There’s no mysterious paradox – no hint of a “riddle” – in all of this. It’s American State Capitalism 101, working for the rich and powerful as always
Parry: Why Can’t The 1% Play Nicely?
Apr 18, 2013
Thanks to capitalism the people who would have been labelled bullies in school are described as captains of industry in the adult world
Vorpahl: Fierce Opposition to Austerity
Apr 17, 2013
The deficit in Portland’s General Fund is not an accounting problem. It is a political issue
Kagarlitsky: The Birthplace of Arab Spring
Apr 16, 2013
The political situation in Tunis is more complicated and less optimistic. Political freedoms have been secured, but social problems remain
Zirin: NHL Takes 'Historic Step' for LGBT Equality
Apr 15, 2013
In a first for a major sports organization, the National Hockey League is taking a stand against anti-LGBT bigotry in their sport
Queally: Marching for 'Free Education'
Apr 14, 2013
The Chilean student movement roared back to life as hundreds of thousands of people joined students in the nation's streets calling for a free and quality education for all
Sturgis: Youth Unemployment Hits South Hard
Apr 13, 2013
Young adults continue to face high rates of unemployment, and the problem is particularly severe in Southern states
Alonso-Fradejas: Indigenous Communities and Land Grabs
Apr 12, 2013
Struggles against dispossession, for reclaiming grabbed lands, and for accessing new lands, are on the rise in northern Guatemala
Kagarlitsky: The Kremlin's Ostrich Economists
Apr 11, 2013
Russian authorities made a serious error when they gloated over the economic problems incurred by Western European nations
Blum: U.S. Not Nice to Chávez?
Apr 10, 2013
In a secret US cable to the State Department published by WikiLeaks, former US ambassador to Venezuela outlines a plan to destabilize the government of Chávez
Apr 29, 2013
Today, the despair is so profound that the second cause of Aboriginal death is suicide. It is booming