John Case
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Case
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Labor
Obama at miners’ memorial asks ‘How can we fail them?’
April 27, 2010"How can a nation that relies on its miners not do everything in its power to protect them?" the president said to the thousands at Sunday's memorial in Beckley, W.Va.
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Opinion
Reform or revolution
April 26, 2010Abraham Lincoln composed the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation for a cabinet meeting in July 1862.
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Opinion
Goldman Sachs: going broke for profit
April 19, 2010The real crime of Goldman Sachs - buying the U.S. government through lobbying and placing former executives as appointees in high places - is not yet exposed.
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Opinion
Financial reform: lesser and greater questions
April 12, 2010The entire progressive agenda hinges in large part on breaking the stranglehold finance capital has on our democratic institutions.
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Opinion
Unemployment, the November elections and the left
March 23, 2010What I'd like to see: more progressive candidates challenging the Blue Dogs and Republicans this fall, and a radical left-democratic national electoral agenda.
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Opinion
Krugman’s attack on China
March 18, 2010We must find the mix of policies that accommodates rising incomes for both Chinese and American workers - a trade war with China is no answer.
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Opinion
What’s left of financial reform?
March 4, 2010Key senators are reported close to a deal on legislation to overhaul financial regulations.
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Opinion
The movement needs to kick it up a notch – part 2
March 3, 2010A transformational era is made from many streams and directions, but I do not agree that slogans should focus primarily on "defeat of the ultra-right."
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