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Coalition will battle banks over new consumer protection agency
July 8, 2009“Some will rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen,” Woody Guthrie sang in his 1939 song “Pretty Boy Floyd.” These days an unappetizing alliance of finance companies, banks, credit card companies, mortgage lenders...
Read moreHONDURAS: Growing social unrest a week after coup
July 8, 2009TEGUCIGALPA, Jul 6 (IPS) - The provisional government that took power in Honduras a week ago closed the airport to all traffic Monday after clashes between the military and supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya left...
Read moreCOMMENTARY: The door to real change is wide open
July 8, 2009Let me begin with a simple observation: If the last 30 years were an era of reaction, then the coming decade could turn into an era of reform, even radical reform. Six months into the Obama...
Read morePush begins for new stimulus bill
July 8, 2009As the reality of a recession far worse than anyone believed it was earlier this year takes hold, labor and its allies are laying the groundwork for another stimulus battle this fall. They are making their...
Read moreHaitian and Dominican workers build solidarity
July 7, 2009Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — A delegation of Haitian unionists met in Santo Domingo July 1-2 with unionists from the informal sector of the working people of the Dominican Republic. The encounter was held at the...
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