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The Long Road to Immigration Reform

By Oscar Chacon and Amy Shannon The Nation
Change won't come to America's broken immigration system from policymakers. It will come from organizers.

The Scorecard of NAFTA: Losses for All Three Countries

Pete Dolack Systemic Disorder
Agreements like NAFTA, and proposed deals that would go further in handing power to corporate executives and financiers such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, have little to do with trade and much with ensuring corporate wish lists are brought to life.

WikiLeaks, Ukraine & NATO

Conn Hallinan Dispatches From the Edge
Is the Russian occupation of the Crimea a case of aggressive expansionism by Moscow or aimed at at blocking a scheme by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to roll right up to the Russia’s western border? WikiLeaks has revealed a secret cable describing a meeting between French and American diplomats that suggests the latter, a plan that has been in the works since at least 2009.

The ‘Next Citizens United’ May Fuel a Popular Uprising

Katrina vanden Heuvel The Washington Post
The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission any day now. Given the Roberts court’s track record, the biggest campaign-finance decision since Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is likely to blow another gigantic hole in the fabric of our democracy.

Salt of the Earth: Made of Labour, By Labour, For Labour

Sukhdev Sandhu The Guardian
Sixty years ago a team of radical, blacklisted filmmakers made Salt of the Earth, a powerful representation of the agency of US workers. Sukhdev Sandhu celebrates a talisman of the American left