Think Progress » VIDEO FLASHBACK: GOP Lawmakers Repeatedly Said Americans Would ‘Die’ Under Democratic Health Plans
In a controversial speech on the House floor yesterday, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) said that the Republican alternative health care proposals would force sick Americans to “die quickly.” Grayson’s sadly accurate statement wasn’t meant to say that Republicans want people to die, but rather, as Igor Volsky explained, their opposition to meaningful health reform would lead to those very unfortunate circumstances.
Taxpayer-Funded Destruction « The Pump Handle
Several years ago when I was writing an article about solar energy, I tried without success to find a reliable figure for how much the U.S. spent subsidizing fossil fuels. So I was delighted to see that the Environmental Law Institute has released a report that answers that very question
Orlando Sentinel - The fraudulent reign of Charlie Crist
I was amazed listening to Charlie run around Michigan, taking credit for Florida’s education gains. "When I got elected governor, out of 50 states, Florida in K-12 education was ranked 31st — 31st out of 50. Not so good,'' Crist said. "Last year we went from 31st to 14 and this year, top 10. We're very proud of that,"
Poll: Wal-Mart is America's business icon - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
When you think of what business best symbolizes America today, do you think Wal-Mart
The rebellion in Minneapolis SocialistWorker.org
The year 1934 marked a turning point for the working-class struggle during the Great Depression, with three strikes in three cities--Toledo, San Francisco and Minneapolis--that showed workers could fight back and win. Clause 7(a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, passed in 1933, had granted workers "the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing." But workers had to make the letter of the law a reality through their own battles with employers
Even in Capitalists’ Bad Times, Europe’s Socialists Suffer - NYTimes.com
PARIS — A specter is haunting Europe — the specter of Socialism’s slow collapse..
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG Hotel Workers Fight Cutbacks with Peaceful Civil Disobedience
Nearly 300 UNITE HERE members protesting demands from major hotels in Chicago and San Francisco for cutbacks, and the firing of 100 housekeepers in Boston, were arrested in peaceful civil disobedience demonstrations in recent days.