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Privatizers poked

January 7, 2009 By Gene Lantz And John Pappademos

The advanced privatization schemes of the far right in Texas are unraveling, and the perpetrators are going down. Privatization of government-run services has been a principle feature for neo-conservative rule worldwide since they took over in...

Screen actors up against producer tactics

January 7, 2009

Hollywood producers, like many other bosses, are showing that they are all to willing to use the current economic crisis to squash attempts by the workers to better their living conditions. As the Screen Actors Guild...

Women workers expect early victories from new Congress

January 7, 2009

On Jan.7 the House of Representatives is expected to hand workers a victory by passing two bills to ensure equal pay for women and reverse the 2007 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that severely restricted the rights...

U.S. hidden role in Hamas rise to power

January 6, 2009

Reposted from AlterNet, www.alternet.org. The United States bears much of the blame for the ongoing bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and nearby parts of Israel. Indeed, were it not for misguided Israeli and American policies, Hamas...

Israel: Over 150,000 protest Gaza military operation

January 6, 2009

Over 150,000 people demonstrated Jan. 3 in Israel against Operation Cast Lead: in the northern Arab town of Sakhnin and in Tel-Aviv. The demonstration in Sakhnin was, by far, the biggest such protest in Israel. According...