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Noam Chomsky on the Occupy Wall Street movement
Noam Chomsky is linguistics and philosophy professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Author of nearly 100 books, Chomsky is one of the world's most widely read progressive dissident intellectuals. He talks about his new book, "Occupy," about the Occupy Wall Street movement and the wider issues of class warfare in the America today.
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Show date: Dec. 14, 2015
Americans Must Rise up to Challenge Trump's Racism and Scapegoating
Interview with Chip Berlet, former analyst with Political Research Associates, who has written about racism and intolerance for over four decades.
Chip Berlet discuss his recent article, "Trump: An Apocalyptic Messenger for the Christian Right," and related issues such as the long history of xenophobia and racism within the GOP and the U.S. political, media response.
Paris Summit's Carbon Reduction Targets Not Enough to Stave off Climate Catastrophe
Interview with David Pomerantz, senior climate and energy campaigner with Greenpeace USA
David Pomerantz assesses the results of the UN climate summit in Paris, where 195 nations signed on to an accord that will, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. But scientists say the agreed to targets, if reached, will only be half what is necessary to stave off an increase in atmospheric temperatures of 2 degrees Celsius or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. the point at which, researchers have concluded rising sea levels, severe weather, droughts and flooding as well as widespread food and water shortages will occur.
Amid Venezuelan Economic Crisis, Party of Hugo Chavez Loses Election and Control of Legislature
Interview with Garbriel Hetland, assistant professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies at the University at Albany, SUNY
Garbriel Hetland analyzes the results of the Venezuelan election that he explored in a recent Nation Magazine article, "The End of Chavismo? Why Venezuela's Ruling Party Lost Big, and What Comes Next."
Connecticut Janitors Threaten Strike on Jan. 1st If Negotiations Don't Lead to Fair Contract
Interview with Alberto Bernardez, assistant supervisor of the SEIU 32 BJ union
Alberto Bernardez discusses the effort now underway by janitors, including the threat of a strike, to negotiate a new contract with Hartford, CT area building cleaning contractors that would include a fair wage increase, maintaining adequate health and pension benefits and paid sick days.
Recent Shows
December
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Ladd Everitt: San Bernardino and Colorado Springs Mass Shootings Provoke Renewed Gun Control Debate
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Karen Orenstein: Paris Climate Summit Unlikely to Produce Sufficient Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Patty Lovera: Consumers and Fishing Industry Oppose FDA Approval of GMO Salmon
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Mark Colville: Witness Against Torture Holds Cuba Vigil in Solidarity with Guantanamo Detainees
November
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John Coequyt: If Paris Climate Summit is a Turning Point, Governments Must Go Beyond Current CO2 Reduction Pledges
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John Quigley: Turkey's Shooting Down of Russian Jet Fighter Makes Unstable Situation in Syria More Volatile
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Miranda Blue: Planned Parenthood: Toxic Rhetoric Feeds Anti-Abortion Violence
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Bernie Sanders: Presidential Candidate Touts U.S. History of Democratic Socialism
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Beau Grosscup: Why is the U.S. Turning a Blind Eye as Money Flows from Saudi Arabia to ISIS Terrorists
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Phyllis Bennis: Essential Non-Military Strategies that Must be Implemented to Defeat ISIS.
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Nate Cardozo: After Paris Attack CIA, FBI Officials Launch False, Opportunistic Call to Expand Surveillance
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Nick Nyhart: In Rebuke to "Citizens United," Voters Approve Publicly Financed Election Systems in Maine and Seattle
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Ann Jones: American's Longest War in Afghantistan is Going from Bad to Worse
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Mat dos Santos: Oregon's Dept. of Justice Caught Spying on State Residents Who Used #BlackLivesMatter Hashtag
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Vijay Prashad: ISIS Terrorist Attacks Designed to Instill Fear & Hasten the "Apocalypse"
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Deirdre Shelley: Multi-Issue Youth Coalition Organizes Protest Action Demanding Justice on Race, Climate & Immigration
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Jessa Boehner: Full Text of Trans-Pacific Partnership Reveals A Free Trade Agreement That Advances Corporate Rights
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Jon Rainwater: Obama Escalates U.S. War In Syria with Boots on the Ground
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Kevin Burgos: Low Wage Workers Organize Largest 'Fight for $15' National Action Yet
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Melinda Tuhus: Direct Action on Climate Change Subject of Local Discussion
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Kalin Jordan: Activist Group Exposes and Challenges Koch Brothers Funding of Colleges and Universities Nationwide
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Charles Glass: With U.S. Ground Troops Now Engaged in Syrian Conflict, Multi-Sided Proxy War Will Likely Intensify
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Richard D. Wolff: Bernie Sanders' Discussion of Democratic Socialism, an Opportunity to Critique the Excesses of Capitalism
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Robert Kraig: New GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan Advocates Dismantling or Privatizing Federal Social Safety Net Programs
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Lynn Taborsak: Connecticut Residents Rally in Solidarity with Workers Seeking to Join Union at Danbury and New Milford Hospitals
October
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Andrew Cockburn: New Documents Reveal U.S. Drone Program's Deadly Flaws
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John H. Cushman: Investigative Report Finds Exxon Knew Climate Change was Real, But Funded Deniers to Sow Confusion
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Yael Bromberg: Alabama Voter ID Law and Closure of Driver's License Offices In Black Counties = Voter Suppression
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Brian Concannon: Haitian Election, Whoever Wins, Won't Solve Poor Nation's Deep Economic and Political Crises
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Jessa Boehner: Fair Trade Coalition Gears-up Campaign to Defeat Transpacific Partnership in Congress
- Matt Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: American Corporations Shelter $2.1 Trillion in Offshore Profits, Withholding $620 Billion in U.S. Taxes
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Sulaiman Khatib and Maya Katz: Former Israeli and Palestinian Combatants Tour U.S. Promoting Peaceful Settlement of Middle East Conflict
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James Otto: Disney Sued for Replacing Its U.S. Employees with Low-Wage Foreign Workers
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Hedrick Smith: Only Activism Can Challenge U.S. Rigged System to Reverse Inequality and Restore Democracy
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Chris Toensing: Assessing the Consequences of Russian Intervention in Syrian Civil War
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Miranda Blue: Report Exposes Links Between Operation Rescue and Group That Released Videos to Discredit Planned Parenthood
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Eric Foner & Ralph Nader: The Opening of New American Museum of Tort Law in Winsted, Connecticut
September
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Alice Slater: As Tension Rises between the U.S. and Russia is the World Witnessing a New Nuclear Arms Race?
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May Boeve: Activists Hoping the Pope's Message on Climate Change Will translate into Action at UN Paris Summit
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Andrew Hanauer: Pope Francis Challenges U.S. Congress to Take Action on Inequality and Poverty
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Sylvester Salcedo: Attorney and U.S. Navy Veteran Advocates Decriminalizing Heroin, Providing Treatment Not Prison
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Chip Berlet: Support for Racism and Trump is Mainstream in Today's Republican Party
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Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader's New Tort Reform Museum in CT Celebrates Victories of Law Over Corporate Power
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Rena Seinzor: Critics Condemn DOJ Deferred Prosecution of GM for Deadly Auto Defect
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Matt O'Connor: NLRB Invalidates Union Elections at Two CT Hospitals
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Phyllis Bennis: International Nuclear Agreement with Iran a Victory for Diplomacy Over War
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Russell Mokhiber: U.S. Department of Justice Sets New Guidelines to Prosecute Corporate Criminals
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Allan Nairn: Resigned and Jailed Guatemalan President Complicit in Mass Murder and War Crimes
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John Humphries: Connecticut Governor's Council on Climate Change Moves to Set Interim Goals to Limit Greenhouse Emissions
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Arun Gupta: Union Organizing 'Fight For $15,' Marginalizes Larger Struggle for Worker Power
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Eve Spangler: Abiding by Human Rights Framework One Path to Resolving Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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Adriana Beltran: Context for Guatemala's Recent Political Upheaval Explained
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Marilyn Elie: Groups Continue Fight to Stop NRC Re-licensing of New York's Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
August
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Ben Norton: Assisted by Flawed Journalism, Iran Nuclear Deal Opponents Spread Disinformation
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Costas Panayotakis: Ongoing Greek Debt Crisis Triggers New National Election with Uncertain Outcome for Governing Syriza Party
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Norman Solomon: Activists Petition Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders to Reveal his Foreign Policy Platform
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John Bell: Museum Exhibit Tells Story of Bread and Puppet Theater, Which for 50 Years has Produced Compelling Politically Charged Art
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Carmen Watkins: NAACP's 'Journey for Justice' March from Selma to Washington Mobilizes Activists Across Five Southern States
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Gar Smith: Robots, Nature and the Singularity
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Mark Klein: AT&T's "Unique" Relationship with NSA Comes Under Scrutiny After Release of Snowden Documents
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Tom Swan: Connecticut is First State in the Nation to Propose a Penalty on Low Wage Employers
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Eric Kingson: Social Security Disability Fund Shortfall Solution Becomes New GOP Congressional Hostage
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Matthew Hoh: As Military Situation in Afghanistan Deteriorates, Washington May be Drawn Back into Endless War
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Abby Scher: Union Support for Worker-Owned Cooperatives Plants Seeds for Future Solidarity Economy
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Ben Martin: Environmentalists and Climate Activists Challenge New England Natural Gas Pipeline Project
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Daphne Wysham: Civil Disobedience Action Targets Shell Icebreaker Ship Bound for Oil Drilling Rig in Arctic
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Vijay Das: On Medicare's 50th Birthday, Bills in Congress Would Expand Medicare to All Citizens
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Jaydee Hanson: EPA Sued for Its Conditional Approval of Nanotechnology Pesticide
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Scot X. Esdaile: Connecticut NAACP Launches Investigation of 2014 Death of Young Black Lawyer in Redding, Connecticut
July
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Paul Kawika Martin: Will Congressional Rejection of the International Iran Nuclear Accord Lead to War?
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Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Assesses the 2016 Presidential Candidates
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Erica Payne: If Elected, Jeb Bush Says He'll Phase Out Medicare
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Patty Lovera: House Passes Bill That Would Ban State Laws Mandating Labeling of GMO Foods
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Stephen F. Cohen: U.S., Russian Military Escalation in Ukraine Could Lead to Dangerous Unintended Consequences
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Jamal Abdi: U.S. Peace Movement Must Mobilize to Prevent Congress from Sabotaging Iran Nuclear Accord
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Dan Berger: U.S. Criminal Justice System Requires Reforms Well Beyond Those Advocated by President Obama
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Kenneth Barone: Racial Profiling Study of Connecticut Law Enforcement Used to Train Police to Minimize Bias
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Sameer Dossani: Will New BRICS Development Bank Offer Poor Nations an Alternative to the World Bank?
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Mark Weisbrot: Tentative Bailout Deal Inflicts More Austerity, But Keeps Greece in the EuroZone
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Mark Potok: Congress Needs to Investigate Threat of Domestic Terrorism from White Supremacist Hate Groups
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Stanley Heller: BDS Movement Targeting Israel, Gaining Increased International Support on 10th Anniversary
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James S. Henry: Greek People Say No to More EU Austerity, Yes to Dignity
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Wayne Smith: Former U.S. Diplomat Celebrates Normalization of U.S.-Cuba Relations
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Andrew Patrick: Charleston Massacre One More Reason to Strengthen U.S. Gun Laws
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Kai Newkirk: Coalition Pushes Obama to Issue Executive Order Requiring Federal Contractors to Disclose their Political Spending
June
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John J. Mearsheimer: U.S. Decision to Deploy Heavy Military Equipment to Eastern and Central Europe Dangerously Escalates Tension with Russia
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Adam Gaffney: Obamacare Wins Supreme Court Case, but the Struggle to Achieve Universal Health Care Continues
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Nick Nyhart: As Congress Refuses to Restore Voting Rights Act, GOP-Governed States Continue to Enact Voter Suppression Laws
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Gregory Williams: Pro-Palestinian Jewish Activists Arrested and Labeled Terrorists for Disrupting IDF Event at CT Temple
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Graylan Hagler: Charleston Massacre Provokes Long Overdue National Debate Confronting Deep-seated White Supremacist Views
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Jim Dean: Progressive Group Threatens Free Trade Democrats with Primary Challenges
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Joel Kovel: Pope's Climate Change Encyclical Links Market Economics to Environmental Degradation and Global Warming
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Konstantinos Tsoukalas: Greek Syriza MP Assesses Europe's Growing Movement Resisting Austerity Policies
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William Binney: Former NSA Official Warns that Without Major Changes, the U.S. is Establishing a 'Surveillance State'
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Sarah Anderson: Free Trade Opponents Claim Victory in Defeating Fast Track, But Face Second Vote this Week
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Miranda Blue: Federal Court Upholds Texas Law that will Shutter Most of the State's Abortion Clinics
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Kashama Sawant: The Main Architect of Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage Sees Her Campaign Go National
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Sue Udry: Civil Liberties Advocates Say USA Freedom Act Reforms But Does Not End Dragnet NSA Surveillance
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Jennifer Clark: GOP Voter Suppression Laws Challenged in Advance of 2016 Presidential Election
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Eric LeCompte: Debt, Bankruptcy and Poverty Not Adequately Addressed at G7 Summit Meeting
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Glen Ford: Police Violence Triggers Birth of Militant Black Lives Matter Movement
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Jean Ross: Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders Champions Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street
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Susan Eastwood: Polluting Industries Attack New EPA Clean Water Regulations that protect U.S. Streams and Wetlands
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Lisa Gilbert: Former Securities & Exchange Commissioners Push SEC to Mandate U.S. Publicly Traded Companies to Disclose Political Spending
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Medea Benjamin: Women's Peace Walk Across Demilitarized Zone Advocates Peace Treaty Between North & South Korea
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Kshama Sawant: Seattle City Councilperson Who Led Effort for $15 Minimum Wage, Sees Idea Spread Nationwide
May
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Adam Johnson: U.S. Media Buries the Lead in Special Forces Assault Inside Syria
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Peter Jenkins: Obama Administration Falls Short in Plan to Protect Honey Bees and Other Pollinators
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John Nichols: As Senate Approves Fast Track, Battle Over Proposed Free Trade Agreements Moves to House
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Seth Adler: "No Justice, No Peace: Confronting Capitalism's and Democracy's Crisis" is Focus of This Year's Left Forum Conference
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Kevin Zeese: Opponents Say Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Deal Will Impose Defacto Corporate Governance
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Costas Panayotakis: Eurozone Fears Spread of Resistance, If Greece Wins Concessions on Austerity
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Nicole Ramirez: Seattle "Kayactivists" Stage Ocean Protest Opposing Shell Arctic Drilling Rig
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Michel Lee: Opponents Say Explosion and Fire at Indian Point Nuclear Plant, Another Reason to Close this Hazardous Site
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Russ Choma: One Percent of the One Percent Cast a Long Shadow on U.S. Electoral Politics
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Shahid Buttar: Federal Appeals Court in Landmark Ruling Finds NSA Bulk Collection of Americans' Phone Data Illegal
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Steve Ellner: Shortage of Basic Goods and Lower Oil Prices Damage Venezuela's Economy
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Ben Martin: May 31 Connecticut Climate March To Call for Policies That Support Climate Justice
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The Rev. Brad Braxton: Seeds of Hope Found in the Ashes of Baltimore's Eruption of Anger Provoked by Police Violence
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Doug Sutherland: Going Down to the Wire, Opponents of Fast Track Pressure Legislators to Vote No
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Pratap Chatterjee: U.S. Drone Warfare Pilots Resigning En Masse
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Greg Guma: Will Bernie Sanders' Run for the White House Help Build a National Progressive Movement Beyond 2016 Campaign?
April
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Chris Toensing: Saudi Airstrikes, Naval Blockade Exacerbates Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
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Sophia Cope: As Patriot Act Expires, Campaign Pushes for Reform of Dragnet Government Surveillance
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David Lindorff: Routine Abusive Police Behavior Linked to Death of Freddie Gray and Baltimore Unrest
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John Humphries: Connecticut Gov. Malloy Forms New Council on Climate Change
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Sarah Jaffe: Low-Wage Workers Movement Organizes Largest Nationwide Protest Ever to Push for $15 Minimum Wage
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Emma Lui: While California Moves to Cut Urban Water Consumption, Big Agribusiness Gets a Pass
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Isaiah Poole: 'Populism 2015' Conference Crafts Progressive Agenda to Influence 2016 Presidential Election Debate
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Patrick Johnson: Broad Coalition Opposes Connecticut Gov. Malloy's Proposed Cuts to State Human Service Agencies
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Matthew Fogg: Culture of Impunity a Toxic Element Contributing to Police Violence
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Geoff Thale: Warming U.S.-Cuban Relations, the Major Focus at Summit of the Americas
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Mathew Gardner: Deep Tax Cuts for Corporations and the Rich, Lead to Unfair Tax System for Working Families
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Gary Orfield: Connecticut Court Case Set Stage for Successful State Effort to Desegregate Schools
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William Picard: Yemen's Civil War Triggered by Local Issues, Draws Saudi and Iranian Intervention
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Paul Kawika Martin: GOP and Israel Work to Kill International Iran Nuclear Deal
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Aquene Freechild: President Obama Urged to Issue Executive Order Mandating Political Spending Disclosure by Federal Contractors
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Peter Montgomery: Firestorm over Indiana's Religious Freedom Act Portends Larger Fight over Protection of LGBT Civil Rights