John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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Labor
Rehire all laid-off teachers, rally demands
September 23, 2010"I'm carrying my purse, because they are trying to steal from us. I'm not wearing my earrings because we are in a fight!" declared Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis.
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U.S.
Wisconsin GOP plots vote suppression
September 22, 2010A coordinated plot by the Republican Party, tea party and billionaire Koch brothers to suppress the vote in Wisconsin on Election Day has been exposed.
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Labor
Jobless jeer GOP Kirk on economy
September 17, 2010CHICAGO - "Thirteen hundred teachers have been laid off in Chicago, put on unemployment, their houses and cars being taken and what do we have? Mark Kirk is up there hiding!
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U.S.
Tea party candidate vies for open House seat in Illinois
September 16, 2010Illinois is an election battleground with important races up and down the ballot. The fight has only begun as voters become aware of just how reactionary some of the Republican candidates are.
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Republicans offer “Roadmap” over the cliff
September 7, 2010If Republicans gain control of Congress in November; the "Roadmap for America's Future" may well be their guiding policy blueprint.
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U.S.
Protesters to GOP Kirk: hands off Social Security; jobs now
August 27, 2010LISLE, Ill. - Angered by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk's repeated votes against extension of unemployment compensation and jobs creation, protesters crashed a posh Kirk fundraiser here Aug. 26.
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U.S.
Corporate agribusiness threatens Ohio’s lakes
August 25, 2010Ohio lakes are full of algae blooms, which pose a serious environmental and public health crisis.
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Labor
Farmworkers fight for rights in the tobacco fields
August 4, 2010GREENSBORO, N.C. - Nine migrant farmworkers have died in fields across the state from heat stroke, and others suffer from nicotine poisoning and exposure to deadly chemicals.
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