Feathers Versus Guns: The Throne Speech and Canada's War With Mi'kmaw Nation
by Pamela PalmaterAs I write this blog, Canada is at war with the Mi'kmaw Nation -- again -- this time in Elsipogtog (Big Cove First Nation) in New Brunswick. The Mi'kmaw have spoken out against...
View ArticleThe Road from Here: What About Medicare and Social Security, Sen. Durbin?
by Richard EskowAs the Bob Dylan song says: “Things should start to get interesting right about now.” You may think they’re already interesting – what with government closings, threats of a debt...
View ArticleRussell Brand: 'Revolution Is Coming... I Ain't Got a Flicker of Doubt'
British comedian goes off on failed paradigm, talking egalitarianism, consciousness, and filthiness of profit with the BBC - Jon Queally, CommonDreams staff...
View ArticleILL POETS SOCIETY vol II: The Aaron Ammons Project
Dr. Raymond Morales is teaming up with prolific poet Aaron Ammons aka Brother A-Dub to produce a 19 track Spoken Word album featuring some of the best performers from S.P.E.A.K. Café and beyond.read more
View ArticleCPS Students “Go Zombie” at CPS Headquarters and City Hall to Protest Death...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 31, 2013 12:18 PMCONTACT: Chicago Students Unionchicagostudentsunion@gmail.comread more
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"Unreasonable Force" In Illinois Evidently Does Not Mean A Probably Drunk Cop...
One more story demonstrating the low standard of accountability police are held to in Illinois."Unreasonable Force" In Chicago Evidently Does Not Mean A Probably Drunk Cop Killing An Unarmed Guy Lying...
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The Revolutionaries in Our Midst
by Chris HedgesNEW YORK—Jeremy Hammond sat in New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center last week in a small room reserved for visits from attorneys. He was wearing an oversized prison jumpsuit. The...
View ArticleThe War on Democracy: How Corporations and Spy Agencies Use 'Security' to...
by Nafeez AhmadA stunning new report compiles extensive evidence showing how some of the world's largest corporations have partnered with private intelligence firms and government intelligence...
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'Americanization' Leading the Way... To Gutting Worker Protections
The 'race to the bottom' for labor, perfected by the US, is spreading to Europe - Jon Queally, CommonDreams staff writerhttp://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/12/04 Union protesters in Lisbon last...
View ArticleI've Worked at McDonald's for 5 Years and Have 4 Kids. Any Questions for Me?
I am striking today for better wages for my family and others like me. Most raises we get at McDonald's are only 5 or 10 centsby Laurentinaread more
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‘From Bean to Cup,’ Starbucks Labor Action Heats Up
by Michelle ChenAs part of workers' Week of Action, a protester distributes leaflets outside of a Starbucks in Cambridge, Mass. (Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers) The Starbucks cup, with...
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The Great American Class War
by Bill MoyersThe promise of the Declaration of Independence still guides us, writes Moyers, even as the battles for true democracy and perils of inequality persist. (Wikimedia commons) I met Supreme...
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Occupy Studies Itself
by Nathan Schneider(Photo: PaulSteinJC/ cc via Flickr)The trouble with trying to tell the story of Occupy Wall Street was that it was always a million things at once. You could go to one meeting, or...
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