French Left on Syria
RFI
Nationwide Protests Rage against Colombia’s Economic Policies
Alliance for Global Justice
Demands include popular participation in the peace process, an end to Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that threaten the livelihoods of family farmers and workers, and government fulfillment of unkept promises for infrastructure development and Peasant Reserve Zones in rural areas.
Obama at the Lincoln Memorial: Right Direction, Missed Opportunities
Campaign for America's Future
...the action, and our opportunity to keep marching, continues.
Unionists and Other Supporters Back Fast Food Strikers
East Bay Express
"...this is a march on corporate America. We’re all being Doctor King right now.”
Obama Increasingly Isolated on Syria as Opposition Mounts at Home and Abroad
The Guardian
Does anyone still believe that the massive surveillance operations revealed by Edward Snowden were really geared toward protecting us from terrorists?
John L. Lewis With Atlanta Fast Food Strikers
On Aug 29, fast food workers in Atlanta and 49 other cities around the country went on strike. Rep John Lewis joined Atlanta Jobs with Justice to fight for a living wage and a union for fast food workers.
Friday Nite Videos -- August 30, 2013
Portside
Wealth Inequality in America. Strike: Fast Food Workers Speak Out. The Onion Warns Miley Cyrus May Be Depleted. Walmart Workers Announce Labor Day Deadline. John L. Lewis With Atlanta Fast Food Strikers. Kevin Spacey: Give Viewers Control.
Wealth Inequality in America
The distribution of wealth in America is way more unequal than we think it is or than we think it should be. These are the real numbers, and they're hard to believe.
Strike: Fast Food Workers Speak Out
These are the names, the faces, the lives and the demands of fast food workers, who are striking for the right to organize and a decent wage.
The Onion Warns Miley Cyrus May Be Depleted
In 2008, experts warned that Miley Cyrus had just five years before she became a withered, dessicated husk. Unless she is conserved, humanity may be reduced to barbarism.
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