Tim Wheeler
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U.S.
Montana high court upholds ban on corporate cash in elections
January 10, 2012Progressives in the "Big Sky State" are praising the Montana Supreme Court for rejecting the U.S. Supreme Court's "corporate personhood" decision.
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Opinion
Lorenzo Torrez, copper miner, Communist leader, dies at 84
January 9, 2012Lorenzo Torrez, leader of the Communist Party, a staunch yet quiet spoken fighter for union rights and Mexican American equality, died New Years Day in Tucson.
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Opinion
2011: People Said NO to union busting, greed and war
December 15, 20112011 will be remembered as the year workers occupied capitals to defend union rights and the jobs of millions of public workers.
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Opinion
No cheering for fiscal treaty in the streets of Europe
December 12, 2011Cutbacks and layoffs have touched off huge street protests, general strikes, and the collapse of governments.
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U.S.
GOP dirty trickster guilty of “fraud” in racist robocall
December 7, 2011Former Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich's campaign manager, Paul Schurick, was convicted of "fraud" Dec. 6 for his role in a racist robocall seeking to suppress the Black vote.
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U.S.
Occupiers message to Congress: All we want for Christmas is good jobs
December 7, 2011Protesters from Ohio sat down in the corridor outside House Speaker John Boehner's office, "bearding the corporate Grinch in his den."
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U.S.
Veterans say: We are part of the 99 percent
November 10, 2011Veterans are observing Veterans Day by joining the "99 percent" in Occupy Wall Street and denouncing deadly wars fought to enrich the wealthy.
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U.S.
12,000 ring White House to protest tar sands pipeline
November 7, 2011An estimated 12,000 tar sands protesters encircled the White House, Nov. 6, chanting, "Stop the pipeline, stop the greed, and give the people what they need."
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