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Znet Article Flanders: The Deal That Saved Detroit (and Banned Strikes)

Znet Article, February, 08 2012 Laura Flanders
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If wages in the United States get low enough, they may even draw jobs back from where they’ve gone

Znet Article Hahnel: The Formerly Advanced Economies

Znet Article, February, 08 2012 Robin Hahnel
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Soon it may become commonplace to refer to Europe, the US, and Canada as the formerly advanced economies

Znet Article Hass: Public Outcry Forces Palestinian PM to Suspend Austerity Measures

Znet Article, February, 08 2012 Amira Hass
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Fayyad's cabinet launches austerity plan in early January, including tax hikes, early retirement for civil servants and government spending cuts.

Znet Article Fisk: From Washington This Looks Like Syria's 'Benghazi Moment'. But Not From Here

Znet Article, February, 08 2012 Robert Fisk
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Look east and what does Bashar see? Iran standing with him and Iraq refusing to impose sanctions

Znet Article Hass: Otherwise Occupied / For the Sake of his Dignity

Znet Article, February, 07 2012 Amira Hass
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After over 50 days of hunger strike against what he terms humiliating Shin Bet interrogation techniques, Khader Adnan's health is deteriorating.

Znet Article Zirin: The Heroes of Super Bowl Sunday

Znet Article, February, 07 2012 Dave Zirin
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Several hundred people gathered at the Indianapolis state house to stand up against the recent passage of the state's “right to work” legislation

Znet Article Quigley: Occupying Corporations: How to Cut Corporate Power

Znet Article, February, 07 2012 Bill Quigley
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Corporations have hijacked most of the rights of people while evading the responsibilities

Znet Article Billet: The Curse of the Boss

Znet Article, February, 07 2012 Alexander Billet
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Ever since the famed attempt by Ronald Reagan’s reelection campaign to use Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In the USA,” American conservatives just can’t seem to find their soundtrack

Znet Article Monbiot: The Right's Stupidity Spreads, Enabled By A Too-Polite Left

Znet Article, February, 07 2012 George Monbiot
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Conservativism may be the refuge of the dim. But the room for rightwing ideas is made by those too timid to properly object

Blog Post McGehee: A Reply to Chris Hedges' 'The Cancer in Occupy': Stop Scapegoating Black Bloc, Look Within

Blog Post, February, 06 2012 Michael McGehee
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The interweb is abuzz on Chris Hedges latest column, "The Cancer in Occupy." While employing hyperbole and non sequitur's to take digs at Black Bloc, Hedges has managed to alienate himself from, and piss off, many non-Black Blocers.

Znet Article Engelhardt: Offshore Everywhere

Znet Article, February, 06 2012 Tom Engelhardt
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How drones, special operations forces, and the U.S. navy plan to end national sovereignty as we know it

Commentary Jamal: Incarceration Nation

Commentary, February, 06 2012 Mumia Abu Jamal
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For the first time in nearly 3 decades, I join you, free from a death sentence

Znet Article Brecher: Keystone XL Opponents Need A Jobs Program

Znet Article, February, 06 2012 Jeremy Brecher
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If we fail to become the voice for both the planet and workers, our movement risks losing the support of increasing numbers of workers, unions, and their political allies

Znet Article Swanson: 27 of 35 Bush Articles of Impeachment Apply to Obama

Znet Article, February, 06 2012 David Swanson
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President Obama has accumulated his own massive list of high crimes and misdemeanors

Znet Article Achcar: Theses on the Arab Spring

Znet Article, February, 05 2012 Gilbert Achcar
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Summing up the Arab Spring thus far

Commentary Street: Megabus and Private Jets: Super Bowl Reflections

Commentary, February, 05 2012 Paul Street
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Why should the parasitic Fat Cats get to celebrate, preen, and gorge themselves without disruption

Znet Article Fisk: An Attack On Tehran Would Be Madness. So Don't Rule It Out

Znet Article, February, 05 2012 Robert Fisk
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If Obama can abandon Palestinian freedom and statehood for his own re-election, he can certainly support Israeli aggression in the hope that this will get him back in the White House

Blog Post Tripathi: Battle Over Energy Resources

Blog Post, February, 05 2012 Deepak Tripathi
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A battle between US/EU and China/India over energy resources is being fought in Iran.

Blog Post Vltchek: Defend Paper Books Against the Electronic Menace!

Blog Post, February, 05 2012 Andre Vltchek
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Defend Paper Books Against the Electronic Menace!

Blog Post Scipes: It Started in Wisconsin

Blog Post, February, 05 2012 Kim Scipes
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New collection of articles on the Wisconsin uprising published.

Znet Article Landau: Environmental Internationalism: Cuba’s New Mission?

Znet Article, February, 04 2012 Saul Landau
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Cuban leaders could use this environmental foundation to articulate a new and vital mission, to organize for the Earth’s well being and humanity’s survival

Znet Article Porter: Dempsey Told Israelis U.S. Won't Join Their War on Iran

Znet Article, February, 04 2012 Gareth Porter
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Obama still appears reluctant to break publicly and explicitly with Israel over its threat of military aggression against Iran

Znet Article Halimi: Tobin Isn’t Enough Now

Znet Article, February, 04 2012 Serge Halimi
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From now on, we must insist that the banks cease to be in the hands of private interests

Znet Article Zibechi: Victims of Agrochemicals Break their Silence

Znet Article, February, 04 2012 Raul Zibechi
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There are more than 12 million people affected by fumigation in the country

Znet Article Chomsky: The World According To Noam Chomsky

Znet Article, February, 03 2012 Noam Chomsky
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Interview on public services, the eurozone crisis, environmental issues, Iran, Europe's stance on Palestine and the US presidential race

Znet Article Zirin: Occupy the Super Bowl: Now More Than Just A Slogan

Znet Article, February, 03 2012 Dave Zirin
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The Super Bowl is perennially the Woodstock for the 1%: a Romney-esque cavalcade of private planes, private parties, and private security

Znet Article Meister: Sit Down, Punk!

Znet Article, February, 03 2012 Dick Meister
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In 1969, at the AFL-CIO's national convention in Atlantic City, Carter, a 28-year-old delegate, dared stand up to oppose a resolution unconditionally supporting the Vietnam War

Znet Article Monbiot: Nuclear vs Nuclear vs Nuclear

Znet Article, February, 03 2012 George Monbiot
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Opponents of nuclear power who shout down suggestions of how to use spent waste as fuel will not make the problem disappear

Znet Article Early: Three Kaiser Unions Walk Out Again in California, while SEIU Stays Put

Znet Article, February, 02 2012 Steve Early
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The continuing struggle over which path to take at Kaiser—resistance to concessions or the non-adversarial approach embraced by SEIU—will intensify in the months to come

Commentary Pilger: The Assange Case Means That We Are All Suspects Now

Commentary, February, 02 2012 John Pilger
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Washington’s enemy is not “terrorism” but the principle of free speech and voices of conscience within its militarist state

Znet Article Weisbrot: Why American 'Democracy Promotion' Rings Hollow In The Middle East

Znet Article, February, 02 2012 Mark Weisbrot
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Egypt's crackdown on Republican and Democratic organisations is hardly surprising: they're widely seen as stooges of US empire

Znet Article Bond: Economic Advice That Can Hurt the Poor

Znet Article, February, 02 2012 Patrick Bond
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The poverty innate to the IMF’s best model, Tunisia, cannot be solved by paper rights aiming to integrate poor people into a rotting ‘formal’ economy

Blog Post Scipes: Fighting Labor Imperialism in the AFL-CIO

Blog Post, February, 02 2012 Kim Scipes
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Fred Hirsch responds to scurilous attack on solidarity activist by labor pie card.

Znet Article Swanson: A Crazy Republican Attack That Obama Himself Agrees With

Znet Article, February, 01 2012 David Swanson
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The military, across various departments, swallows over half of federal discretionary spending

Znet Article Cooke: Proxy War in Syria Threatens Catastrophe for the Middle East

Znet Article, February, 01 2012 Shamus Cooke
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Syria is a global proxy battleground in a larger series of events that now directly threatens the entire Middle East, and possibly beyond

Znet Article Zunes: Unarmed Resistance Still Syria's Best Hope

Znet Article, February, 01 2012 Stephen Zunes
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The best hope for Syria is continued protests, strikes and other forms of nonviolent resistance

Znet Article Monbiot: Divine Injustice

Znet Article, February, 01 2012 George Monbiot
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Unmanned craft allow governments to fight a coward’s war, a god’s war, harming only the unnamed

Znet Article Fisk: Syria is Used to the Slings and Arrows of Friends and Enemies

Znet Article, February, 01 2012 Robert Fisk
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Bashar al-Assad is clinging to power despite the slow growth of a civil war

Znet Article Wolff: Who REALLY Pays Taxes?

Znet Article, February, 01 2012 Richard D. Wolff
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The US federal tax system enabled greater inequality

Znet Article Sinclair: John Tirman interview

Znet Article, February, 01 2012 Ian Sinclair
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Interview with John Tirman about his news book The Death of Others: The Fate of Civilians in America’s Wars

Znet Article Fisk: The Present Stands No Chance Against the Past

Znet Article, January, 31 2012 Robert Fisk
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People who will no longer tolerate dictators are not going to accept peace treaties with an ever more expansionist Israel

Commentary Cohn: The Haditha Massacre: No Justice for Iraqis

Commentary, January, 31 2012 Marjorie Cohn
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Because rules of engagement are set at the top of the command chain, criminal liability extends beyond the perpetrator under the doctrine of command responsibility

Znet Article Glick: Uniting the 99%

Znet Article, January, 31 2012 Ted Glick
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Who are the social forces in society who must be united if we are to have the political power to enact change?

Znet Article Goodman: Despite Salary Caps, Treasury Approved Lucrative Exec Payouts at Dozens of Bailed-Out Firms

Znet Article, January, 31 2012 Amy Goodman
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As many as 49 executives at a handful of firms that received the biggest bailouts received from $5 million and up in compensation

Znet Article Edwards: Selective Outrage

Znet Article, January, 31 2012 David Edwards
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We wonder if the Guardian would have described the Iranian assassination of scientists on US or Israeli streets as ‘goading’.

Znet Article Hass: Otherwise Occupied/Ecological nudniks

Znet Article, January, 30 2012 Amira Hass
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Do the women of MachsomWatch who help Palestinian workers appeal their travel ban beautify the occupation? That's what they ask in a new report

Znet Article Engelhardt: Iranian Aircraft Carriers in the Gulf of Mexico

Znet Article, January, 30 2012 Tom Engelhardt
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The kind of pressure the U.S. and its allies have been exerting creates the basis for madness -- or for terrible miscalculation followed by inevitable tragedy

Znet Article Zibechi: A New Chile is Possible

Znet Article, January, 30 2012 Raul Zibechi
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Chilean students are practicing the kind of education they have spent years dreaming about and struggling to obtain

Znet Article McGehee: In ‘Notes From the Front Lines,’ Argument Unbecoming a Decent Human Being

Znet Article, January, 30 2012 Michael McGehee
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What exactly is “deplorable,” or “inappropriate”? Urinating on the dead bodies of people we killed in a criminal war, or the killing (i.e. war) itself?

Znet Article Whitaker: New perspectives in the WSF process?

Znet Article, January, 29 2012 Chico Whitaker
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Discussion on the World Social Forum

Commentary Parenti: Free-Market Medicine—A Personal Account

Commentary, January, 28 2012 Michael Parenti
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The U.S. medical system costs many times more than what is spent in socialized systems, but it delivers much less in the way of quality care and cure

Znet Article Meister: So, What About The State Of The Unions, Mr. President?

Znet Article, January, 28 2012 Dick Meister
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The president's failure to mention one of the country's most important economic and political institutions was unfortunate

Znet Article Amin: The Center Will Not Hold

Znet Article, January, 28 2012 Samir Amin
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Review of Immanuel Wallerstein's The Modern World System IV: Centrist Liberalism Triumphant, 1789–1914 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011)

Znet Article Achcar: Opportunists and the Revolution

Znet Article, January, 28 2012 Gilbert Achcar
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The revolutionary wave that started in Tunisia and is still in its in initial stage proved to the entire world that Arabs hate tyranny and yearn for freedom no less than any other people

Znet Article Street: The Primaries: Mapping the Terrain

Znet Article, January, 27 2012 Paul Street
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Interview on the Republican primary race

Znet Article Parenti: Why Climate Change Will Make You Love Big Government

Znet Article, January, 27 2012 Christian Parenti
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To adapt to climate change will mean coming together on a large scale and mobilizing society’s full range of resources

Znet Article Swanson: Japanese Delegation Wants the U.S. Out of Okinawa

Znet Article, January, 27 2012 David Swanson
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The Constitution that the United States imposed on Japan 65 years ago forbids war preparation, yet the United States trains its forces in Japan to fight wars elsewhere in the world

Znet Article Early: The Mother of All Union Trusteeships--Three Years Later

Znet Article, January, 27 2012 Steve Early
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Three years ago this Friday (Jan. 27), Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Andy Stern declared war on one-quarter of his California membership

Znet Article Landau: Cuba: Looking Back and Ahead

Znet Article, January, 27 2012 Saul Landau
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In 2012, Cuban leaders could forge a new mission, to remake Cubans as the inspiration - if not saviors - of human life on the planet

Znet Article Callinicos: Remaking History - Understanding the Revolutionary Wave of 2011

Znet Article, January, 27 2012 Alex Callinicos
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Understandind the revolutionary wave—and the potential for it to go much further

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