Labor
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When Will American Labor ‘Connect the Dots’? | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Jan. 29, 2018 A few years ago In Wisconsin and in two major cities in California, voters (made up mostly of working folks) chose to ...
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The Fix is (Always) In | Philip A. Farrugio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Jan. 23, 2018 A must read for any sports fan is Brian Tuohy's 2010 book "The Fix is In." Tuohy covers most professional sports and how many ...
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I have become so much more important in the past 20 years | Mickey Z.
From quickmeme.com Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan 23, 2018 When I was younger… …if I wanted to play basketball with my friend Frank but my Mom was using the family phone, I’d have to run the risk ...
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It's All Right Ma... I'm Only Bleeding! | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Jan. 16, 2018 Many thanks to Bob Dylan's great song of the same name. What rankles me is how so many of my friends, neighbors and ...
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What is 'activism' when we’ve already passed the point of no return? | Mickey Z.
Image from Planet of the Apes movie Mickey Z. -- World News Trust For years, whenever I gave public talks, I’d provide some gloom-and-doom factoids in a misguided attempt to jolt people into ...
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10 steps to be a better activist in 2018 | Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Dec. 28, 2017 2017 is over. And what a year of rebellion it was! You can rest assured that the Trump-Pence regime knows we mean business! Our fists and our voices have ...
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Systems That Suck Less | John Michael Greer
Dec. 27, 2017 (EcoSophia.net) -- Last week’s post on political economy attracted plenty of disagreement. Now, of course, this came as no surprise, and it was also not exactly surprising that most of ...
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Must be the Season of the RICH | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Dec. 25, 2017 Many thanks to singer/songwriter Donovan's Season of the Witch for inspiration. As New Year 2018 is before us, we are truly ...
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An Introduction to Political Economy | John Michael Greer
Adam Smith. By Unknown. Public Domain.Dec. 20, 2017 (EcoSophia.net) -- Last month, when I looked across the vast gray wasteland of the calendar page ahead and noted that there were five Wednesdays ...
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Amerika's Jacob's Ladder | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Dec. 16, 2017 In Adrian Lyne's 1990 drama, Jacob's Ladder, Tim Robbins plays a haunted Vietnam War vet mourning his dead son, while ...
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The Silence of the (Empire's) Lambs | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Dec. 5, 2017 In Jonathan Demme's superb 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, homicidal manic Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) asks FBI ...
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