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Issue #68
November-December 2009
   

HEALTHCARE

Challenging the Health Industry's Greed
How Can a Sick System Be Changed?
BY JESSE LESSINGER
Campaigning for Single Payer
BY PATRICK AYERS


INTERNATIONAL

Afghanistan: "The Good War"
Bring the Troops Home Now
BY GENEVIEVE MORSE, Member, Classified Staff Union/MTA
Chinaworker.info Journalist Blocked From China
Laurence Coates Held for Two Hours at Border and Banned From Country
Puerto Rico
Workers Strike Against Layoffs
BY BRYAN KOULOURIS


ECONOMY

Recession, Recovery, Banks, and Bubbles
Workers Face Jobless Recovery
BY ALAN JONES
Working Families on the Brink
BY MARY SMITH


ENVIRONMENT

Copenhagen Environmental Summit
Big Business Politicians Have No Solutions
BY CALVIN POPE


CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM

Michael Moore Takes on Capitalism
What is the Alternative?
BY DAN DIMAGGIO
Are You Worth More Dead Than Alive?
BY NICK GIANNONE, Member, Boilermakers Union Local 29


CIVIL RIGHTS

Over 100,000 March for Equality in D.C.
Impatience With Obama Grows
BY DANI INDOVINO
Divide and Conquer
The Politics of Racism
BY ELJEER HAWKINS
Right Wing Steps Up Attacks
BY MATT RICHARDS


POLITICS

What Happened to Obama's Agenda for Change?
Big Business and the Democratic Party
BY TONY WILSDON
We Need a New Political Party
To Represent the Millions of Working People - Not Corporate America
BY BRYAN KOULOURIS


LABOR

AFL-CIO Changes Leadership
Should We Expect Different Results?
BY STEVE EDWARDS, President, AFSCME Local 2858
Kent, Washington
Teachers Strike Wins Gains
BY ALTON SIERRA


STRUGGLE

Education Under Attack: California Fights Back
United Walkout Shuts Down University of California
BY DEVIN LETZER
Rumblings in the Boston Labor Movement
BY JEFF BOOTH, Member, HUCTW/AFSCME Local 3650
Harvard University
The Fight Against Layoffs Continues
BY JOSHUA KORITZ, Member, HUCTW/AFSCME Local 3650
Fight For Jobs
Build a Movement for a Massive Public Works Program
BY KATIE QUARLES
Why I Am a Socialist
BY DYLAN SEO, Boston, MA, Bricklayer
   

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