John Rummel
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Rummel
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Labor
Despite “right to work,” union organizing not letting up in Michigan
December 21, 2012Tea Party Republicans should have witnessed what took place last night at the Cesar Chavez Academy, a large for-profit charter school in Southwest Detroit.
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U.S.
30,000 protest “right to work” for less in Michigan
December 11, 2012The 58 Republicans who rammed through a 'right to work' for less bill were dwarfed by the 30,000 who descended today on the State Capitol to protest their assault on union rights.
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U.S.
Michigan Republicans make ruthless power grab
December 7, 2012By taking their first votes to pass anti-worker "right-to-work" legistlation, Michigan's Republican Party and Gov. Rick Snyder have resorted to open class warfare.
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U.S.
Public education under attack, say Michigan school superintendents
December 6, 2012Republicans are shamefully using the lame duck legislative session to ram through extremist legislation to overhaul public education in radical and dangerous ways.
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Opinion
Inequality, a growing national crisis
November 28, 2012Democracy came out a winner in Michigan's elections when Republican Gov. Snyder's Emergency Manager law went down to defeat in a statewide referendum.
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Labor
Obama, Stabenow cruise to victory in Michigan, tea party mayor recalled
November 7, 2012President Obama won by more than eight percentage points in Michigan and Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow crushed her Republican opponent 58 percent to 38 percent.
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U.S.
Rally protests immigration raids at Detroit schools
October 19, 2012It has happened again in Southwest Detroit, home to Michigan's largest Latino community.
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U.S.
Detroit increases voting access, defying “tyrants”
October 5, 2012"The right to vote preserves all other rights; tyrants deny people the right to vote," Jesse Jackson told a big voter mobilization rally here Thursday.
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