Economics
Venezuela: Right-wing opposition supporters launch bosses’ strike
July 21, 2017The country's Labor Minister Nestor says businesses that join the lockout will be punished for violating "the working class’s right to work.”
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The sorry state of the U.S. economy
July 13, 2017If we want improved living conditions, we are going to have to fight for them.
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White collar unemployment blues, take four
July 11, 2017For the fourth time in my adult life, I've been laid off. Each is intertwined with the capitalist system I was born into and cannot escape.
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City, state legislatures speak up for a sane Cuba policy
June 29, 2017Local legislatures around the country are passing resolutions to normalize U.S.-Cuba relations, and progressive activists are finding some surprising allies in the fight.
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Price-fixing and policy failure: Other factors in Venezuela’s crisis
May 25, 2017"I strongly agree with the conclusions of Jesse Jackson’s recent PW article on the crisis in Venezuela, but I think he leaves out a lot of information."
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