Once upon a time, U.S. workers labored 30 years, until age 55 or so, and then retired to live their golden years. A “living wage” used to mean a pension… Read more »
economy
From welfare to workfare: Exploiting the poor at low-paid, dead-end jobs
Whenever Republicans and Democrats talk about reducing the federal debt, they mean slashing social services. The “Deficit Reduction Act” is a perfect example. It was passed by Congress and signed… Read more »
Who controls the Internet?: Profit vs. privacy and free expression
Soldiers keep in touch with families through blogs (Web logs). Independent media and innumerable grass-roots campaigns flourish online. Social networking Web sites are a runaway phenomenon. “Googling” is a new… Read more »
From bad times to worse: The economy needs a total makeover
Across the country people and their kids are living on the edge because they can’t pay the rent. They are the “working poor,” the disabled, and ex-cons whom nobody will… Read more »
Acting green while chasing gold: the corporate-college connection
Thanks to medical research over the past 50 years, everybody knows that cigarette smoking is linked to cancer, emphysema, and a host of other life-threatening conditions. But imagine how things… Read more »
Bush’s African “success”
Lame-duck George W. Bush has finally got some appreciation. It only took handing out a billion dollars during his six-day trip in February to five of the world’s poorest nations…. Read more »
The revolt of the hungry
Uprisings by starving people around the world may prove the tipping point for capitalism’s crash. Each element in the global food crisis comes from the chaos of callous government policies… Read more »
Anti-CAFTA union leaders fight back against government firings and threats in Costa Rica
An international campaign is building to defend eight Costa Rican trade union leaders. All have either been fired or threatened with firing for playing central, militant roles in the near-defeat… Read more »
¡Rescatemos a los trabajadores, no a los bancos!
En marzo, el Gobierno de EEUU metió millones de dólares de los contribuyentes en los bolsillos de por sí llenos de Wall Street. Por lo menos un trillón de dólares… Read more »
Bail out workers, not banks!
In March, the U.S. government shoved billions of taxpayer dollars into already bulging Wall Street pockets. At least one trillion dollars that could have been used for Social Security and… Read more »
