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Chavez: ‘When the Working Class Roars, the Capitalists Tremble’
Photo: AFP/Getty Images.Venezuela: ‘When the working class roars, capitalists tremble’By Federico Fuentes / May 30, 2009 Addressing the 400-strong May 21 workshop with workers from the industrial heartland of Guayana, dedicated to the “socialist transformation of basic industry”, Venezuelan President … Continue reading
Obama, the Anti-War Movement and the Neo-Cons: Turning the Ship Around
“Warship 53.” Photo from sailsarana.com Obama’s agenda of ‘turning the battleship’ is not our agenda of disarming it altogether: ending U.S. interventionism and bullying of all sorts, initiating an era of peaceful global cooperation to tackle poverty, disease, global warming … Continue reading
Singin’ on Sunday – Tony Joe White
Tony Joe White – Rainy Night In Georgia Source / De Laaste Show TV1 Thanks to Deva Wood / The Rag Blog
Unions: The ‘Risk’ of Secret Ballot Elections
Randel K. Johnson of the United States Chamber of Commerce.U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Betting Against the American Middle ClassBy Leo Gerard / May 26, 2009 Randel K. Johnson, vice president of that esteemed group, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, recently … Continue reading
Report : Americans Now Support Progressive Ideas
“Public Opinion,” mixed media by Andrey Benyei.The results are in: Americans are now more closely aligned with progressive ideas than at any time in memory By Joshua Holland / May 30, 2009. On issue after substantive issue, significant majorities of … Continue reading
Gaza: Still in Misery Following the War
Four months after Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, Suad Khadir and her family are still living in a tent. To escape the heat, they often seek refuge under the rubble. Photo: Ashraf Amra/New York Times.Misery Hangs Over Gaza Despite … Continue reading
Labor Justice : ‘Last Vestige of Slavery and Segregation’
“Brothers of the Sun” by Luana Boutilier / Farmworker Movement …two groups of our most highly exploited workers have been denied the law’s protections — farm workers, and housekeepers, nannies, and other domestic workers. By Dick Meister / May 28, … Continue reading
Mancow on Waterboarding : ‘I Would Have Said Anything to Make it Stop’
Mancow on Olbermann. Below, waterboard denier Sean Hannity. Photo by Douglas C. Pizac / AP.Mancow: Hannity called me after I was waterboarded and said, ‘It’s still not Torture’ By Satyam Khanna / May 27, 2009 With Keith Olbermann Video. Last … Continue reading
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Great Britain : Extensive Camera Network Ups Police State Ante
Photo from Getty Images. The BBC says the massive tracking database will be up and fully functional in a matter of months. By Stephen C. Webster / May 25, 2009 See BBC Video, Below. The British government will soon have … Continue reading
Medical Referrals: Another Part of the Problem with the American Health Care System
Mark Allen Miller.Referral System Turns Patients Into CommoditiesBy Sandeep Jauhar, M.D. / May 25, 2009 I was chatting recently with a doctor friend who was depressed because he thought he had lost a referral source. “This internist was sending me … Continue reading
