Thousands March for Defense of Voters’ Rights
This past Saturday, thousands of New Yorkers celebrated International Human Rights Day by marching in protest of a wave…
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Tunisia’s President Vows to Uphold Revolution
Tunisia’s new president Moncef Marzouki has been sworn in in front of the country’s constituent assembly as the nation…
West Coast Port Shutdown Sparks Heated Debate between Unions, Occupy
For the second time in a month, the Occupy movement called for mass action to shut down port operations.…
Why Conservatives Can’t Fix Poverty
Newt Gingrich’s recent utterances about poor children–they “have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works”–reflect…
Sending a Message at the Ports
Ports up and down the West Coast were shut down or disrupted December 12 in a day of demonstrations…
Feeding the Monster: Militarization and Privatized Security in Central America
Last week, the Honduran National Congress passed a law allowing the military to perform police functions, and Assistant Secretary…
How to Turn Election Year Into Election Life
Sometimes words outlive their usefulness. Sometimes the gap between changing reality and the names we’ve given it grows so…
Unions and Immigrants Join Occupy Movements
When Occupy Seattle called its tent camp “Planton Seattle,” camp organizers were laying a local claim to a set…
In Texas, if you don’t fill out an 18-page questionnaire correctly for food stamps, you don’t get them. In…
What a Difference an Occupation Makes
It was never a genuine question. Money media prattled on about Occupy Wall Street’s supposedly ineffable demands the same…