A bill to help business create jobs, tax carbon, and save billions on disaster relief has been introduced by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA). Here Darren Springer, Senator Sanders’ chief counsel, describes what it is and how it would work, along with what obstacles stand in the …
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Right to Work? Right to Get Screwed Over – the constant war against workers heats up. – Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) | Embed
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That Michigan became the 24th state to part ways with its die-hard union past and join the right-to-work club is significant. That the legislative “battle” was tidied up in just one day is even more so. Leid Stories discusses Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s big win, how organized labor dropped the …
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The November election is not a battle between Republicans and Democrats. It is not a battle between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. It is a battle between the corporate state and us. And if we do not immediately engage in this battle we are finished, as climate scientists have made …
A previous article discussed what perhaps is the most perilous time in world history. American-led Western societies are waging war on humanity. Imperial war is a way of life. Social democracies are being eliminated. Freedom is on the chopping block to be crushed. Elections are meaningless and farcical. America’s are …
In 2003 the Russian President signed into law a further “Private Garden Plot Act” enabling Russian citizens to receive free of charge from the state, plots of land in private inheritable ownership. Sizes of the plots differ by region but are between one and three hectares each [1 hectare = …
Is the end of Monsanto within reach? It has certainly been a rough couple of weeks for the mega corporation as the real dangers surrounding GMOs are being brought to the attention of consumers on a global scale like never before. It all started with the monumental French study finding a serious …
A top United Nations official has presented the first ever international investigation into the situation of indigenous peoples in the United States, urging the adoption of new policies and mechanisms to “address persistent deep-seeded problems related to historical wrongs, failed policies of the past and continuing systemic barriers”. Based on …
Unemployment is still above 8 percent, job gains aren’t even keeping up with population growth, the economy is barely moving forward. And yet, according to most polls, the Romney-Ryan ticket is falling further and further behind. How can this be? Because Republicans are failing the central test of electability. Instead of …
On July 30, the Washington Post headlined “A bill to stop security leaks puts a plug on democracy,” saying: Journalists and others talk to officials daily. Background briefings are commonplace. Vital information is discussed. Most of it is unclassified. On May 15, HR 5743: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year …
While it’s hard to fathom right-wing nuttiness, it’s sure not hard to find these days We saw it bloom spectacularly recently, popping right out of the head of Todd Akin, the GOP’s Senate candidate in Missouri. The learned congressman gave America a twisted tutorial on the imaginary science of “legitimate …
Republican Congressman Todd Akin continued Wednesday to reject demands that he step down as the party’s candidate for the US Senate seat from Missouri, three days after making himself a national symbol of ignorance and bigotry with his declaration that women who were raped were unlikely to become pregnant or …
Resistance at Romneyville; protest at the Republican National Convention. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (12.4MB) | Embed
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Five years ago, in 2007, a report bearing the revealing title “FDA Science and Mission at Risk” by the Subcommittee on Science and Technology1, detailed how the FDAcannot fulfill its mission because: The FDA’s mission statement reads as follows: “The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health …
It’s policy-making by myth, so who needs reality? According to guest Scott Slesinger, legislative director of the Natural Resources Defense Council, congressional Republicans seriously intend to turn back government to before Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle,” when there were no rules or regulations whatsoever. And they have linked together seven bills …
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