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Quieter is better. That seems to be the motto driving the negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

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In the three years since BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, number of bills enacted by Congress to make offshore drilling safer: 0

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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

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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

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Thanks to capitalism the people who would have been labelled bullies in school are described as captains of industry in the adult world

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The deficit in Portland’s General Fund is not an accounting problem. It is a political issue

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In a first for a major sports organization, the National Hockey League is taking a stand against anti-LGBT bigotry in their sport

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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

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Apr 13, 2013

Young adults continue to face high rates of unemployment, and the problem is particularly severe in Southern states

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Struggles against dispossession, for reclaiming grabbed lands, and for accessing new lands, are on the rise in northern Guatemala

75 Kagarlitsky: The Kremlin's Ostrich Economists
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Russian authorities made a serious error when they gloated over the economic problems incurred by Western European nations

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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

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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 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

Person Bargent: Teaching Peace
Apr 07, 2013

Teaching in a Peace Community located in a warzone brings its own unique challenges

Occupy_iowa_city_rally 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

Chriskromm 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

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Apr 03, 2013

“Where else could we possibly come together like this and inspire each other to create another world?”

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Apr 02, 2013

“Everyone has the pain and anger inside. “And we are going to be liberated tomorrow. It’s all going to explode.”

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