John Wojcik
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik
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U.S.
President takes fight to Wall Street
April 23, 2010In a speech yesterday at New York's Cooper Union college, President Obama, literally in the shadow of the center of world finance, declared that "the crisis was born of a failure of responsibility from Wall Street...
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U.S.
Break up megabanks, progressives urge
April 21, 2010Labor and progressives warn against the danger of moves on Capitol Hill to weaken finance reform.
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U.S.
Wall Street moves to crush $50 billion fund
April 20, 2010The GOP's back room talks with Wall Street began to explode in the faces of Republican senators yesterday.
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U.S.
Goldman fraud adds fuel to financial reform drive
April 20, 2010Big banks appear to be much more worried about a clampdown on their derivatives gambling schemes than they are about a consumer protection agency.
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U.S.
Demand to curb Wall Street has GOP in a bind
April 16, 2010Government records on campaign contributions shows that GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell takes more money from Wall Street than any other sector.
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Peace
Russia’s Katyn gesture a blow to nuclear arms race
April 14, 2010The shock over the deaths of much of Poland's leadership in a plane crash should not cover up victories for world peace that their planned trip signified.
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Labor
Labor turns up heat in battle to curb Wall Street
April 13, 2010In a national webcast today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said, "We are taking this fight straight to Wall Street. They created this mess and now they have to pay."
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World
Recalling the Holocaust
April 12, 2010It was 65 years ago that hundreds of concentration camps across eastern Europe were liberated.
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