Patrick J. Foote
LATEST ARTICLES BY Patrick J. Foote
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Climate activists converge in Midwest on global day of action
May 17, 2016The event, one of hundreds held across the world, was held in Whiting, within sight of a BP oil refinery where workers struck over safety concerns last year.
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European activists move in for deathblow on TTIP trade deal after leak
May 13, 2016Leaked internal drafts of TTIP show that corporations are still lobbying for the right to sue governments for lost profits.
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Chicago May Day marchers show unity against Trump
May 3, 2016Thousands of people marched for a more just society and to confront the face of bigotry and classism: the Republican front runner for president, Donald Trump.
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Award-winning elementary principal criticizes Mayor Rahm Emanuel, loses job
April 27, 2016The "reassignment" to a different position smelled like retribution for the outspoken principal's public criticism of the Chicago mayor.
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French right-wing party in hot water over Panama Papers
April 13, 2016We now know that two "allies" of Front National's leader Marine Le Pen, have been named in the Panama Papers.
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Prime Minister of Iceland forced out over Panama Papers connection
April 5, 2016Thousands of protestors packed the square outside Gunnlaugsson's office and coated the windows with thrown yogurt.
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‘Panama Papers’ to expose global capitalist shell game
April 4, 2016The total fallout from the Panama Papers cannot be predicted, but it's already a topic of conversation going into the Russian elections.
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North Carolina discrimination law shows limits of corporate conscience
March 29, 2016"The legislation hastily enacted is deplorable and discriminatory, and it runs counter to everything we stand for."
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