News :: Labor
Employee Free Choice Act: Compromise ?
21 Mar 2009
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The Truth About EFCA .Org
Employee Free Choice Act: BIG BUSINESS Talking Compromise after WSJ reports EFCA Doesn't Remove "Secret Ballot"
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News :: Culture
Dom Erwin Kräutler: Picaretagem Indigenista Premiada
21 Mar 2009
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Eliel Santos
Absurdo: presidente de ong picareta indigenista é premiado por uma potência estrangeira por seus constantes ataques contra a soberania da nação brasileira.
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News :: U.S. Government
Gun Ban List
21 Mar 2009
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Alan Korwin GunLaws.com
Here it is, folks, and it is bad news. The framework for legislation is always laid.
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BTL:Party of Former Leftist Guerillas Wins El Salvador's Presidential Election
20 Mar 2009
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Between the Lines
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine
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The Pork That Dares Not be Called Pork
19 Mar 2009
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Gary Sudborough
Pork is a term to divert people's attention and anger away from the real useless expenditures. The offense budget of the United States is the real pork and will never end until the demise of capitalism and the US empire. The so-called peace dividend is a figment of the imagination.
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LOCAL Announcement :: Baltimore MD : Civil & Human Rights : Labor : U.S. Government : Urban Development
National Lawyers Guild Mid Atlantic Conference
Join National Lawyers Guild members of the Mid Atlantic Region for an exciting day of radical lawyering on Saturday, March 28th, 2009! The event will be held at the University of Maryland Law School, 500 W. Baltimore Ave, Baltimore, Maryland. Registration begins at 11:00 AM. Please support fellow regional chapter, the Maryland NLG, by attending this event! You can pre-register for the event online, http://www.nlg-maryland.org/midatlantic/, or register at the door. The conference is only $20 for Attorneys, $10 for Legal Workers, $5 for Law Students, and $10 for members of the public! For any questions, please e-mail midatlantic@nlg-maryland.org, or call 215-667-8298. This year's Regional Conference will focus on a myriad of pressing legal issues, including panels on the following: * Right to Counsel as a Fundamental Human Right
* Youth Leadership and Empowerment: Incorporating the Voices of Youth in Legal Work and Activism
* Countering Corporate Control by Restoring Workers Rights: The Employee Free Choice Act Highlighting the program is featured speaker Jon Hiatt, General Counsel of the AFL-CIO, who will speak about the Employee Free Choice Act. Philadelphia's Lance Geren, Union Side Labor Attorney of Freedman Lorry, P.C., will also speak on this panel!
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News :: Economy
Alexander: Food Lines Show Signs of National Depression
19 Mar 2009
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Stewart A. Alexander
According to Reuters, “The previous record for food stamp enrollment was 31.6 million last September, which included “disaster” stamps for states hit by hurricanes and floods.” Today’s disaster, that has increased that number is the U.S. economy; even with the government bailouts totaling close to $3 trillion, the U.S. economy is in freefall and the lines for food stamps and unemployment benefits continue to climb.
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LOCAL Announcement :: Activism : Civil & Human Rights : Crime & Police : Protest Activity : U.S. Government
"Terrorizing Dissent" Screening for National Day of Solidarity for the RNC 8
18 Mar 2009
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Baltimore Resistance to Electoral Conventions
"Terrorizing Dissent" Screening for National Day of Solidarity for the RNC 8
Thursday, 26 March 2009
10:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Baltimore Resistance to Electoral Conventions is partnering with MICA's Moving picture club to host a benefit for the the National day of Solidarity with the RNC 8!
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LOCAL Announcement :: War in Iraq
The SDAC Announces March Antiwar Spokescouncils
17 Mar 2009
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SDAC
Alberto Tucci of the Self Described Anarchist Collective announces the March antiwar spokescouncils and delves into other matters.
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Interview :: Economy
The Casino is Closed: Reasons for the Crash
17 Mar 2009
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Ulrich Schafer
Ulrich Schafer discusses the greed for fast money, a world without rules and why the market alone cannot regulate everything. The crisis has a pre-history. The state simply abandoned control over many economic areas. The financial world in particular was left to itself.
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