National
COMMENTARY: Gall and Cheney
March 22, 2009Hell hath no fury like an ex-Vice President scorned. Or so it seems. Former Vice President Dick Cheney, still smarting over the fact that former President George W. Bush failed to grant a full and complete...
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The death and life of great American newspapers
March 22, 2009After years of neglecting signs of trouble, elite opinion-makers have begun in recent months to recognize that things have gone horribly awry.
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Report from the front: Workers arrested as factory assets auctioned off
March 22, 2009Reposted from rifuture.org A dozen workers from the Colibri jewelry plant in East Providence, Rhode Island were arrested today as their plant’s assets were auctioned off by a State appointed receiver. As bidders drove into the...
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March 21: International day for elimination of racism
March 22, 2009Original source: The global economic crisis cannot be successfully resolved if the solution leaves out workers who are discriminated against because of their race or ethnic origin. As unemployment rises around the world, so, too, are...
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San Francisco Bay area marks Iraq war anniversary
March 21, 2009SAN FRANCISCO — The BART rapid transit system linked demonstrations throughout the Bay Area March 19 as peace activists marked the 6th anniversary of the Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq with a day of direct actions,...
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