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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
Berrigan: Coming Out As An Activist
Apr 09, 2013
It is a new thing for me to relate to people in the military and the military industrial complex across dinner tables, church pews and street corners
Rasmus: Euro Banking Will Get Worse
Apr 08, 2013
Cyprus represents a new desperation on the part of central bankers and capitalist policy makers in Europe
Bargent: Teaching Peace
Apr 07, 2013
Teaching in a Peace Community located in a warzone brings its own unique challenges
Street: The Golden Rule: Theirs and Ours
Apr 05, 2013
Our task as “dangerous Samaritans” and revolutionaries is to more properly align our institutional and ideological order with our underlying human and caring nature
Kromm: Push For Voting Restrictions
Apr 04, 2013
Over the last week, Republicans in the North Carolina Senate have pushed a series of bills with wide-ranging implications for how people vote
Benjamin: Challenges at World Social Forum
Apr 03, 2013
“Where else could we possibly come together like this and inspire each other to create another world?”
Gottesdiener: Organizing A Workplace?
Apr 02, 2013
“Everyone has the pain and anger inside. “And we are going to be liberated tomorrow. It’s all going to explode.”
Apr 22, 2013
Quieter is better. That seems to be the motto driving the negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership