Analysis
Brooks swings and misses
September 15, 2006New York Times columnist David Brooks weighed in on the origins of inequality in his column recently. While he wants to assure readers that inequality is not a serious issue, and not caused by policy, he...
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Campaign to free Cuban 5 presses forward
September 15, 2006News AnalysisThe legal struggle for the freedom of the Cuban Five continues, despite a recent adverse appeals court ruling. Defense lawyer Leonard Weinglass, however, has called for enlarging the political fight. Weinglass is confident that someday...
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Key Senate races could turn on immigrant rights
September 8, 2006NewsAnalysis With precious little else to run on, the GOP has decided to base its midterm election campaign largely on the bogey of “illegal immigration” as a domestic equivalent to Bush’s pro-war and fear propaganda. But...
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Class struggle is a fact, not a theory
September 1, 2006Let me make something perfectly clear up front. Along with some powerful disagreements, I have a great deal of respect for Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees union. He and his union have made and...
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Sudanese strive for peace despite U.S. schemes
September 1, 2006NewsAnalysisThe United States may be the world’s only military superpower, but attempts by the Bush administration to get its way in northeastern Africa are meeting with resistance. The latest rebuke to U.S. imperialism is taking place...
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