It is a sad day when the world loses such a warrior for democracy and civil rights. A void has been created with your passing and we must all do our part to fill it. Howard Zinn, historian, civil rights activist and author of A People's History of the United States, a best ...
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The People vs Corporations
Liberty Abyss Okay folks we are now at war, us "We the People" vs corporations and their interests. The Supreme Court overturns key campaign limits. You might have not heard about it though. A quick scan of 56 news sources and only 2 carried the headline. The New York Times covers the story ...
Police Use Painful New Weapon on G20 Protesters
By Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant. Posted September 28, 2009. Does it really matter who is in the White House? The industrial-military complex gets what they want. Pittsburgh police demonstrated the latest in crowd control techniques on protesters when they used "sound cannons" to blast the ears of citizens near the G-20 meeting of world economic leaders. City ...
Could the Milk You Drink Be the Link to Diabetes?
By Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. Posted September 7, 2009. A mutant protein has invaded the world's dairy supply, including, most likely, the milk in your fridge. The protein, called A1 beta-casein, is well known in the scientific community. While most dairy companies, trade groups and government agencies consider it harmless, a growing body of research implicates A1 ...
1 Million Tweets for Health Care Reform!
Issue Based on recent polling data 3 out of every 4 Americans want Health Care Reform, yet the only majority of opinion making the nightly news is those that are against a public option. The voices of the masses are being drowned out by the yelling, screaming and ranting of the few. We need ...
Healthcare Reform Compromised Already
I fear there will be no real health care reform in this country. Our politicians started compromising right out of the gates and seem willing to back off there initial positions and continue to cede ground to big health insurance, big pharma and their lobbyists.
Labor Protests in South Africa
Labor is struggling every where in the world. People are fighting for their rights, against political corruption and corporate greed. What will become of the world, the United States if labor fails? Are we headed towards another revolution? How bad does it have to get before more people stand up and join the fight? Could ...
How to Start a Union at Work
Your Rights It is your legal right to support, form and/or advocate a union at your workplace. Your rights to organize are set forth in Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act: "Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of ...
Wal-Mart, Unions and the Employee Free Choice Act
You will not see much coverage about this on the evening news, but if you search the internet for the terms Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) (H.R.1409, S. 560) many of the top or paid links are those of anti-union groups and conservative think tanks. Of course large corporations don't want organized labor ...
Corporations are Screwing Us!
By Amy R. Ramos, Miller-McCune.com. Posted July 17, 2009. via Alternet Stagnant wages, sexual harassment, worsening benefits, horrible treatment: just a few of the problems faced by American workers in all industries. The silver lining -- if there is one -- in this horrible [financial] crisis is that for years, the country just wasn't ...
US Economy Down – Unemployment Up!
By Dean Baker, The Guardian. Posted July 13, 2009. The Obama administration says its stimulus package needs more time to work, but patience alone won't revive the economy When her husband was in the oval office, Laura Bush launched an initiative to promote literacy across the United States. Unfortunately, there was no comparable effort to promote ...
The Marijuana Ad Censored in California!
By Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. Originally Posted July 10, 2009. The Marijuana Policy Project has a TV ad campaign supporting taxing marijuana, but several stations won't run it. The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) kicked off a TV ad campaign aimed at gaining support for a California marijuana legalization bill in the legislature ...
Stop Goldman Sachs!
By Rob Johnson, AlterNet. Posted July 8, 2009. The sordid story of how Goldman Sachs and Co. engineered bubbles in the economy and made a hefty profit. I hold my hands in front of me to block my line of sight It seems my eyes are growing tired of staring in the light The more I see ...