Afghanistan
IBEW Local 673 supports member deployed to Afghanistan
November 10, 2016Master Sergeant John Rusnak, a member of Ohio-based Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 673 is one of many thousands of unionists – Fire Fighters, Electrical Workers, building trades members and more – who also serve in the...
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2015 “Are you serious?” awards
January 6, 2016Each year Dispatches From The Edge gives awards to individuals, companies, and governments that make following the news a daily adventure.
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Sept. 11: Flaming death from the sky
September 11, 2015The date was September 11. The airplanes came in at rooftop level. In seconds the great building was ablaze, and many lay dead. In the aftermath, cold-hearted reaction took over power in the country, repressing left,...
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L’Humanité: France should offer asylum to Snowden and Assange
August 12, 2015A basic gesture of solidarity is indispensable in respect of whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Julian Assange.
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The cost of war for families
January 13, 2015In February of 2014, Senate Republicans blocked a $21 billion plan to build new VA clinics because they said it was too expensive.
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