Labor
Video: South Chicago fights polluting plant
March 10, 2011Over a hundred angry demonstrators from Chicago's southeast side rallied at the Illinois state building to protest plans for construction of a coal gasification plant in their neighborhood.
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Recall campaign opens new Wisconsin battlefront
March 7, 201150,000 people showed up March 5, surrounding the Wisconsin Capitol in a river of determination and a joyous celebration of solidarity.
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Why the Wisconsin goings-on affect all workers
March 7, 2011The only protection workers have to fight against exploitation is a working democracy. And so unions were born.
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Unemployment compensation could add billions more to Fla. economy
March 4, 2011Unemployment compensation acts as one of the most efficient stimulus programs, pumping more than $9 billion into the local economy.
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Capitalist insolence and taxes
March 3, 2011Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citigroup were all deeply involved in the sub-prime mortgage crisis, which prompted the Great Recession and the huge budget deficits. And they pay no taxes.
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