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Say No To Austerity Politics
This past week Jared Bernstein, former economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden let it be known that no new jobs stimulus, WPA-type programs or mortgage relief is even on the table for discussion among most of the president’s advisers, and apparently the president as well.
India: The Meaning of Financial Liberalization
Original source: People's Democracy
China to Consider Raising Taxes for the Rich
Original source: Global Times
GOP Plans to Hurt Veterans with Social Security Privatization
Republican Party plans to slash Social Security benefits and to privatize the program in order to pay for trillions in tax cuts for the rich will hurt the country's veterans, according to a new report from Social Security Works, a coalition of labor, civil rights, and advocacy organizations.
Americans Support Family Planning, Oppose GOP
As Republicans press forward with their political attacks on Planned Parenthood, a new poll shows that a large majority of Americans support public funding for family planning.
Lawsuit Filed to Challenge Georgia's Anti-Immigrant Law
Orignal source: The Atlanta Progressive News
Russell, Mao and the Fate of China (Part One)
In 1921 Bertrand Russell, then probably the most famous living philosopher in the world, published The Problem of China [POC]. This book was the result of Russell's being invited to China to give a series of lectures and conduct meetings with leading Chinese intellectuals over a period of about six months.
Cleaning Up Dirty Coal
EarthTalk® E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that only a handful of outdated coal-burning power plants generate a sizable amount of the mercury pollution generated in the United States? If so, is anything being done to clean these sites up or shut them down? -- Frank...
Podcast: Labor’s Independence and the Stakes in the 2012 Elections
Today we discuss responses to a recent speech delivered by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the political independence of the labor movement.
West Virginia Gubernatorial Primary Shapes 2012 Challenges for Progressives
Earl Ray Tomblin and Bill Maloney, Democrat and Republican, will line up alongside Mountain Party candidate Bob Henry in October for a special election to determine a successor to the unexpired term of Joe Manchin, former Governor, who replaced the late Sen. Robert Byrd last fall.
