LOCAL News :: Civil & Human Rights : Environment : Globalization : Labor : Protest Activity
U.S. Chamber to Small Business: GO AWAY!
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12 Nov 2009
by
Dave Kraft, NEIS
Environmentalists and labor challenge the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's predatory agenda
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Drugs : Globalization
Swine Flu Vaccine? Just the Facts
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11 Nov 2009
by
Petros Evdokas, petros@cyprus-org.net
Medical imperialism impacts on oppressed and poor communities the hardest. Usually white and affluent communities have enough knowledge and social power to fight back, or to seek alternative~complementary medical options; it's the native, the poor, the occupied communities and people of colour who are most vulnerable to medicine's worst abuses.
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LOCAL Announcement :: Housing : Labor : Protest Activity
ABA, You're the Worst: 3-part show next Labor Beat
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11 Nov 2009
by
Larry Duncan
Chicago and Evanston cablecast details. Starts Thurs., Nov. 12
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LOCAL Announcement :: Protest Activity
Nov 12, 9am: Protest CTA fare hikes, service cuts, layoffs!
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LOCAL News :: Miscellaneous
Mexico Solidarity Network/Centro Autonomo event, Sun. Nov. 15
Current rating: 3
10 Nov 2009
by
Jenny
Mercado de Navidad (Christmas market) in support of Zapatista cooperatives in Chiapas, and artisans in Oaxaca.
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Will the Great Depression Be Repeated?
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10 Nov 2009
by
D. Eckert and H. Zschapitz
Global trade fell 30 percent three years after the crash. The US gross domestic product shriveled 40 percent. In 1932, every fourth American was without a job. In Germany, industry produced half of what was produced three years before.
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LOCAL Announcement :: Peace
Afghanistan "Surge" Announcement Coming Soon?
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10 Nov 2009
(Updated)
by
Chicago Committee to Bring the Troops Home Now
There were some press reports last night indicating that President Obama may be announcing his troop surge into Afghanistan as soon as TODAY (Tues., 11/10).
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The Coming U.S. Budget Attack
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09 Nov 2009
by
Workers Action
The United States is moving backwards...fast. State budget cuts are decimating essential health and social services; public education is being destroyed; the social safety net is in tatters. To make matters worse, all of this is occurring when the loss of jobs stands at a twenty-six year high with no end in sight.
But this is only phase one.
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LOCAL Announcement :: Media
Chicago Independent TV in November -- G20 Protests in Pittsburgh, Afghanistan Protest in Chicago
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09 Nov 2009
by
Chicago Indymedia Video Collective
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Rupert Murdoch: I can block Google searches all by myself
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09 Nov 2009
(Updated)
by
Steve Farmer
Rupert Murdoch: I can block Google searches all by myself
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