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Revolution in Ecuador, Regional Leaders at Forum and Lula on Latin American Integration
Portside
"We need to mentally define what kind of integration we want. Is it to copy the model of the European Union? Is it to build something new? What does every leader have in mind?"
50,000 Gather in Tunisia to Plan People-Powered Economy
Portside
It came at a time when the world has been rocked by grassroots uprisings in the Arab world, but also increasing mobilizations to counter the climate crisis, and massive economic protests from southern Europe to “Occupy” groups in the United States to student movements from Quebec to Chile.
Britain's Biggest Unions Put Weight Behind Plan for General Strike
The Independent
Unite and Unison back mass action for the first time since 1926
REWIND - A Week of Quotes and Cartoons
Social Security, March Madness, McDonald's and more
'a weekly paycheck with a side order of food, folks and fun'
Washington Times
Unemployed Problem
Miami Herald
Obama, Social Security Cuts & The Labor Party
President Barack Obama’s proposed budget will call for reductions in the growth of Social
Security and other benefit programs. The reductions in the growth of benefit programs, which
would affect veterans, the poor and the older Americans, is sure to anger many Democrats. Labor
groups and liberals have long been critical of Obama’s offer to Boehner for including such a plan.
'Chained CPI' Would Cut Social Security
The Chained CPI, deceptively portrayed as a reasonable cost of living adjustment, is a cut to Social Security that would hurt seniors. Watch Robert Reich explain why Chained CPI is so stingy in this video, and then sign his SignOn.org petition to President Obama here.
This video is a MoveOn original.
The Hunted and the Hated: Stop and Frisk in NYC
A secret audio recording of a stop-and-frisk in action sheds unprecedented light on a practice that has put the city's young people of color in the NYPD's crosshairs. Read the full story here.
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