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Prohibition on Palestinian appeals to military court decisions confiscating their property embodies the essence of occupation. Returning the legal situation to the narrow province of military law harms the rights of the Palestinian residents, and the removal of judicial oversight for the proceedings against them allows these rights to be harmed arbitrarily, in violation of international law and the basic rules of justice.

Retail giant faces trial over its campaign to snuff out worker strikes. The NLRB complaint, similar to an indictment, lists incidents involving more than 60 workers in 34 states, as well as a Wal-Mart official's warning on national television to workers not to participate in Black Friday actions.

It took years of political evolution for King to understand nonviolence not merely as a moral force, but as an effective strategy for leveraging political change. Yet his embrace of that idea allowed him to shape history.

Marc Beallor reviews a new book of essays on what socialism might look like, and how it might be realized, in the USA

Bruce Springsteen & Jimmy Fallon rework "Born To Run" to address the Fort Lee, NJ bridge scandal.

Patterson, New Jersey proposes $25,000 for municipal workers in new contract. There are other parts of this contract that could be better but this is a major step forward for low paid workers.