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Webバージョン  |  アップデート設定  |  登録解除 いいね ツイート 転送 http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com Can the Rising Progressive Tide Lift All Ships? Posted by lauren on 29 January, 2013 Katrina vanden Heuvel The growing progressive coalition that helped elect President Obama has emerged at the end of a failed and exhausted (Photo: xtine burrough)conservative era. The media now chronicle the flailings of Republican leaders slowly awakening to the weaknesses of a stale, pale and predominantly male party in today’s America. read more Why Are Domestic Workers Ignored in Immigration Reform? Posted by Beth on 29 January, 2013 Bryce Covert Eight senators released a broad proposal for immigration reform yesterday. One detail nestled within it was highlighted by Seth Freed Wessler at Colorlines: the proposal includes special treatment for agricultural workers and DREAMers. For farm workers, the proposal states (my emphasis): read more Stand Up for Julian Assange Posted by jon on 29 January, 2013 Mairead Maguire Last month, on December 13th, 2012, I visited Julian Assange, Australian founder and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, in the Ecuadorian embassy, in Knightsbridge, London. read more One Billion Rising: 'It's Like a Feminist Tsunami' Posted by jon on 29 January, 2013 Jane Martinson Indian women in a protest this month against violence towards women. (Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA)Since Eve Ensler launched the One Billion Rising campaign to end violence against women she has been repeatedly asked: is it a dance movement or overtly political? A protest or a giant global celebration? read more Smart Talk on the Next Austerity Disaster Posted by jon on 29 January, 2013 Robert Borosage The United States is in the midst of the most protracted unemployment crisis in modern history, and for vast segments of the population, the recession has never ended. Wages are still sinking; more than 20 million people are in need of full-time work. Yet, the national debate is fixated on fixing the debt rather than fixing the economy. read more Why the Ideas of Karl Marx are More Relevant Than Ever Posted by jon on 29 January, 2013 Bhaskar Sunkara Capital used to sell us visions of tomorrow. At the 1939 World's Fair in New York, corporations showcased new technologies: nylon, air conditioning, fluorescent lamps, the ever-impressive View-Master. read more The Politics of Debt in America: From Debtor’s Prison to Debtor Nation Posted by jon on 29 January, 2013 Steve Fraser [This essay will appear in the next issue of Jacobin.  It is posted at TomDispatch.com with the kind permission of that magazine, and re-posted at Common Dreams with subsequent permission.] read more Failed Filibuster Reform Threatens Legislative Agenda Posted by jon on 29 January, 2013 Renee Parsons Despite Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (Nev) repeated pronouncements that the Republican stranglehold on the Senate’s filibuster could no longer be tolerated, that is exactly the final outcome of recent reform efforts. With the success of important Obama legislative initiatives like depending on a Democratic Senate for enactment, what was Harry Reid thinking? read more The Non Zero-Sum Society: How the Rich Are Destroying the US Economy Posted by jon on 29 January, 2013 Robert Reich As President Obama said in his inaugural address last week, America “cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.” Yet that continues to be the direction we’re heading in. read more Land of the Free? Home of the Brave? Only When It’s Convenient Posted by jon on 29 January, 2013 John Atcheson These days, it’s almost mandatory for public figures to laud our men and women in the military with praise and gratitude.  “Thank you for your service,” rolls off the tongues of Republicans and Democrats alike.(Photo: AFP) read more 登録変更 | 登録解除

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