Privatization
Class battle lines drawn in Chicago council elections
January 25, 2011Chicago City Council elections are shaping up to be a contest between a coalition of organized labor, the many racially and ethnically diverse communities, their organizations and small businesses against the big financial and corporate interests...
Read moreIn tea party town would fire fighters watch as houses burn?
October 7, 2010Last week the nation saw a preview of life in an America as envisioned by ultra-right tea party types - a country where everything will be "privatized," more frightening than anything the cinema has to offer.
Read moreIn defense of librarians
October 6, 2010I feel for the librarians in Santa Clarita, Calif., as their library system sells their jobs out from under them.
Read moreEconomic crises and modern Greek mythology
July 7, 2010Major media in the U.S. and Europe offer myths to explain Greece's economic crisis.
Read moreIn a rare show of unity, Indian unions demonstrate together
April 11, 2010Nine major trade union federations of India demonstrated together last month on five essential issues that affect a vast majority of Indian people.
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