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Trumka: Time for mighty jobs movement is now

October 5, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

"When is enough, enough?" asked Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO president.

Attacks on Social Security called “un-American”

October 4, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

"The party that aggressively defends Social Security and Medicare will win the next election!"

Occupy Chicago: “For as long as it takes to end corporate greed”

October 4, 2011 By John Bachtell

For 12 days dozens of protesters from diverse backgrounds have been camped out around the clock in front of the Federal Reserve here.

America’s kids tell their stories from their Wall Street camp

October 4, 2011 By Roberta Wood

"I figured if I'm going to be homeless, I might as well be homeless for a good reason," said one of the hundreds of restless youth Occupying Wall Street, determined that their voices be heard.

European workers have nothing but chains to lose

September 30, 2011 By John Case

Shying away from political union now means the collapse of the Euro, the common market and the growth and economies of scale it promises.