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Detroit needs jobs, not emergency managers
March 1, 2013"We don't need an emergency manager; we need someone to help manage our emergency."
Read moreCommunist Party head in historic debate at Univ of Georgia
February 28, 2013In 1963, the Phi Kappa Literary Society at the University of Georgia invited a speaker from the Communist Party to the campus for a public debate.
Read moreIs full employment possible under capitalism?
February 27, 2013By last count, approximately 12 million Americans were officially unemployed. Of those, 4.7 million have been jobless for 27 weeks or longer.
Read moreThe Congressional crisis calendar countdown
February 27, 2013For two years, we have had continual crises with debt ceilings, budget resolutions, and really big scary numbers.
Read moreTaking China’s bullet train with slow clock
February 26, 2013Last year, after participating in a Beijing conference on the crisis of capitalism and the future of world socialism, I took the bullet train to Nanjing, 620 miles away.
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