John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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U.S.
Occupy Congress to feature tent city of the unemployed in D.C.
November 22, 2011Starting Dec. 6, lawmakers in Washington will have to confront, face to face, the people left jobless by the Great Recession.
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Opinion
Talking turkey on Turkey Day
November 21, 2011For me, the best parts of the holiday meal at my mother's home include mashed potatoes, dark turkey meat with gravy, stuffing and cranberry sauce.
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U.S.
Congress super committee yields no deal
November 21, 2011Republicans on the committee favor closing the deficits entirely by cutting spending, including Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
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U.S.
Occupy, unions and allies: “We refuse to be evicted”
November 17, 2011Tthe "one percent" is learning big time today that it cannot evict a nationwide grassroots movement.
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U.S.
Police tear down New York’s Occupy Wall Street camp
November 15, 2011In the pre-dawn hours today helmeted and shield-carrying police tore down the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park here where protesters have hunkered down since September.
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U.S.
Communist Party’s National Committee convenes just blocks from Occupy Wall Street
November 12, 2011Leaders of the Communist Party, USA, opened a full session of their recently-elected National Committee in New York in a celebratory mood on Saturday.
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U.S.
Congress eyeing backdoor route to slashing benefits
November 8, 2011Republicans and Democrats inclined to go along with the slashers are reportedly considering adoption of a new formula that would allow progressively larger reductions in Social Security and other benefits.
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U.S.
Economy adds paltry 80,000 jobs, official jobless rate 9 percent
November 4, 2011Just 80,000 jobs were added in the U.S. economy in October and the official unemployment rate was 9 percent, almost unchanged from September.
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