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June 1, 2013

Afghanistan: Is it really the end game?

Conn Hallinan Foreign Policy in Focus

There is no need for a chaos-engulfed finale to the Afghan War, no reason to continue the bloodshed

June 1, 2013

Republicans and Immigration

Columnist Charles M. Blow New York Times

June 1, 2013

Ralph Nader: Kerry Should Get Israeli Peace Leaders Before Congress

Ralph Nader Eurasia Review

The problem is that almost nobody in Israel - hawks, peace advocates, or those in the middle - believes anything will come out of Kerry’s shuttle diplomacy.

June 1, 2013

Labor Union Decline, not Computerization, Main Cause of Rising Corporate Profits

American Sociological Association

This huge amount of money did not go to the workers ...

June 1, 2013

REWIND - A Week of Quotes and Cartoons

Portside

March Against Monsanto. Social justice in Sweden. Make a Wall Street banker squirm. Unemployment rates among the youth. Challenging Detroit’s creditors. The ugly, destructive war against food stamps. Pathway to citizenship.

May 31, 2013

An Ugly and Destructive War

Economist Paul Krugman New York Times

May 31, 2013

Under the Rug

Jeff Danziger ucomics

May 31, 2013

Locomotive Builders Say, ‘Keep It Made in Erie!’

Mark Haller Labor Notes

Locomotive builders in Erie, Pennsylvania, are rallying today to demand that General Electric stop the transfer of nearly a third of the plant’s jobs to a non-union, lower-wage factory in Texas.

Blowin' in the Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary

May 31, 2013

This Friday Nite Videos is devoted to the fiftieth anniversary of the release of The Freewheelin Bob Dylan. Peter, Paul and Mary created one of the most widely played versions of this civil right song. This performance is on Tonight in Person (BBC 1966).