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Higher health spending means healthy people

August 11, 2011 By Thomas Riggins

Some things that just seem obvious are often denied for devious political or personal reasons.

Massive protests shake up Israel

August 9, 2011 By Susan Webb

Nearly 300,000 Israelis took to the streets in Tel Aviv on Saturday, chanting, "The people demand social justice."

Tottenham unrest a symptom of Tory Britain

August 8, 2011 By Rory MacKinnon

Riot-scarred Tottenham began picking up the pieces Sunday from a night of violence that local trade unionists warned could erupt anywhere in Britain due to unemployment and social alienation.

S&P “bond vigilantes” take aim – at us

August 8, 2011 By John Case

Standard and Poor's is a "bond vigilante" for the "investor class" - essentially a finance capitalist business agent with a big economic machine gun.

Chicago activists rally for jobs not cuts

August 5, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Dozens of unemployed activists and supporters rallied here at Federal Plaza August 5 urging Congress to enact a massive federal jobs program and not to cut badly needed social entitlement programs.