Nearly a thousand workers at the Chicago-based apparel firm Hart Schaffner & Marx, or Hartmarx, recently voted to “sit in” to save their jobs in … You got bailed out; we got sold outRead more
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Kent State University massacre
Thirty-nine years ago this week, National Guardsmen opened fire on hundreds of unarmed students at an antiwar rally at Kent State University in Ohio, killing … Kent State University massacreRead more
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Augusto Boal, the legendary Brazilian political playwright
Augusto Boal, the legendary Brazilian political playwright and popular educator, died this weekend at the age of seventy-eight. He was the founder of the Theater … Augusto Boal, the legendary Brazilian political playwrightRead more
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Who is protecting racism
A growing number of Western countries are joining the United States and Israel in boycotting the United Nations World Conference on Racism, which opened today … Who is protecting racismRead more
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Pirates, you are so cruel
Which one? Read following. President Obama vowed an international crackdown to halt piracy off the coast of Somalia Monday soon after the freeing of US … Pirates, you are so cruelRead more
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Why are you going to Iraq?
In April of 2004, the first photographs from inside Abu Ghraib appeared in the US media. The photos showed Iraqi prisoners being tortured, abused and … Why are you going to Iraq?Read more
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Pen for Gandhi
The £15,500 limited-edition Montblanc fountain pen, which features an engraving of Gandhi and comes with a gold string symbolizing his spinning wheel. The irony of … Pen for GandhiRead more
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The Way Forward
A New Way Forward is a relatively new organization, a grassroots citizen initiative, bottom-up, not affiliated with any existing formal, long-established organization, which gives it, … The Way ForwardRead more
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Global Economic Crisis, Resistance to American Empire
If you look at the Financial Times, the world’s major business journal, the day before the G20 meeting, they had a section on it, and … Global Economic Crisis, Resistance to American EmpireRead more