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Obama Snubs Africa, Then African Americans
Many people believed that after Bush had left the White House, rampant arrogance combined with stunning hypocrisy had also gone. Events have proven otherwise. A recent speech delivered…
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Justice Denied for Oscar Grant
Two years ago, with the election and inauguration of the first African American President, the corporate media in the U.S. was giddy with excitement that America had entered…
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Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Introduction by Workers Action Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech at a Clergy and Laity Concerned meeting at the Riverside Church…
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Mass Action Gets Results: The Arrest of George Zimmerman
Mark Vorpahl Weeks after the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Special Prosecutor Angela Corey has announced that his killer, George Zimmerman, will be charged with second degree murder.…
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Why Mass Marches Still Matter: 2013’s March on Washington
In terms of the numbers it attracted, the August 24, 2013 March on Washington was an inspiring success. The question remains, however, how politically effective was it? In…
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Police Unions vs. Black Lives
In “progressive” Portland, Oregon the city’s police stand out as political outliers. Whereas most of the city leans left the average cop is, unapologetically, on the far-right of…
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Capitalism and the Attack on Public Education
During the past several decades, government funding for public education on all levels has declined and in some cases plummeted, leaving students languishing in overcrowded classrooms housed in…
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Democrats versus Public Education
Public education in the United States is under heavy attack. And because a so-called “progressive” President is leading the charge, many education activists have been lulled to sleep…
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The Fight to Save Public Education
March 4 was historic. It will be remembered as the day that people began to fight back against the destruction of public education. The student and teacher led…
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The Way Forward for the Movement in Defense of Public Education
On March 4, students, staff, teachers, faculty and their unions on all levels of public education created history by uniting and pouring out onto the streets to engage…