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Coming for Your Guns

January 18, 2013

Gun rights activists confuse tyranny with the unpleasant sensation of losing elections. (5:39)

Bill Moyers on Filibuster Reform

January 18, 2013

Unless the Senate reforms the filibuster by Jan 22 the minority wrecking crew remains in charge. (4:41)

Bab AlShams: We Shall Not Be Moved

January 18, 2013

We sons and daughters of Palestine, without permits from the occupation, without permission from anyone, sit here today because this is our land and it is our right to inhabit it. (4:02)

GOP Seeks to Fix Presidential Races

January 18, 2013

Rachel Maddow reports on a new initiative by Republicans to rig the Electoral College in the states they control. (9:43)

I'm Gonna Take Everybody's Guns Away

January 18, 2013

Jimmy Kimmel shows how, thanks to the magic of video editing, President Obama promises to take everybody's guns away. (1:25)

January 17, 2013

Neo-Liberalsim Has Failed

George Monbiot The Guardian (UK)

January 17, 2013

Globalization"s Transformative Forces

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP The Daily Beast

January 16, 2013

The Roadblock

David Horsey Los Angeles Times

January 14, 2013

Teacher Fight Backs and Contractors Threaten ULPs Against NYC School Bus Drivers

Teachers unions and other educational service workers across the country - in New York, Seattle, and Hawaii - are fighting against further cuts in school budgets, for better quality education for their students. In New York, school bus drivers prepare to strike for job security for trained professional drivers; in Seattle, teachers vote to refuse to give standardized tests; in Hawaii teachers campaign for a penny tax increase dedicated to education.