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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.

Debt deal: Time for diplomacy is over

August 4, 2011 By Rick Nagin

The Republicans are no ordinary opposition party with whom the Democrats can have amicable differences. They are racist, anti-labor, anti-democratic extremists, beholden to fascist-minded billionaires.

Poem of the week: “Allegiances” in troubled times

August 3, 2011 By John Case

As if written for today's headlines, William Stafford's poem "Allegiances" reflects that we will have to take care of each other; we will be our own protection.