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Double digit unemployment triggers government paid jobs

July 14, 2009

Reposted from: jobsorincomenow.blogspot.com A recent NY Times Op Ed by Bob Herbert, July 10, 2009, has set off a series of demands that there is no time to wait for our own government to become the...

Union City a union city

July 14, 2009

UNION CITY-- A fighting militant demonstration of several hundred nursing home workers, members of 1199/SEIU sent a message to their employer, Castle Hill Nursing Home, that they want a new union contract and they mean to...

LONESOME HOBO ECONOMICS Mountaintop removal on recovery road

July 14, 2009 By John Case

In the Coal Creek river valley in Southern West Virginia actress Daryl Hannah and NASA climatologist James Hansen were arrested protesting continuation of mountaintop — “surface” — mining, warning of dire environmental consequences and unfunded costs...

Neo-Nazis and other racist extremists infiltrating US military

July 13, 2009

In a strongly worded letter to members of Congress, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) founder Morris Dees last week expressed serious concerns about growing signs that members of neo-Nazi groups are infiltrating the US military. According...

Calif. governor lashes out at services for poorest

July 12, 2009

With California’s budget overdue by more than a week, and banks poised to stop cashing state IOUs, Republicans including Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger are seeking ever larger cuts to social programs while Democrats keep trying to balance...