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BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member and Columnist Carl Bloice is a writer in San Francisco, a member of the National Coordinating Committee of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism and formerly worked for a healthcare union. Other Carl Bloice writing can be found at leftmargin.wordpress.com. Click here to contact Mr. Bloice.
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the cutbacks are coming at a time of growing need.
There is a chance that some of the most horrendous effects of the sequester deal between the Congress and the White House could be considerably alleviated…
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action to end the scourge.
The BBC said joblessness in Europe is reflected in “shocking numbers.” President Francois Hollande spoke of his commitment “to end youth joblessness.” And, German Chancellor Angela…
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Low-income families who are really struggling in this economy don’t have the resources to mount a huge campaign to bombard Capitol Hill,”
The story is being spread that the “sequester,” has not turned out as harmful as had been expected, indeed, that it is causing very little harm.…
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“coalition of the willing” outside the UN, told UN weapons inspectors to leave Iraq and preceded with invasion.
Susan Rice and Colin Powell have more than one thing in common, but if things continue to move as they are now, the most historically significant…
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of the fortunate few – the one percent.
Earlier this year, when the young boss of Fiat appeared in Turin to mark the Tenth Anniversary of the death of the automaker’s founder, Gianni Agnelli,…
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The Cold War is ostensibly over but training and arming the bad guys never stopped.
In his book Blowback, published in 2000, the author and scholar, Chalmers Johnson, wrote: “World politics in the twenty-first century will in all likelihood be driven…
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The anger of the young jobless has already burst onto the streets in the Middle East. Violent crime, generally in decline in the rich world, is rising in Spain, Italy and Portugal - countries with startlingly high youth unemployment.”
When Michael Higgins, the president of Ireland, finished speaking he received a standing ovation from members of the European Parliament. In a stirring April 17 address…
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The only possibilities for change lie in activism and organizing,”
I was a wee lad when I first was told that figures can lie and liars can figure. It was a caution to be careful when…
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It’s political horse-trading with the welfare of the elderly, orphans, veterans and people with disabilities
What unfolded in the corridors of power in the nation’s capital last week portends a serious blow to the interest of country’s working people and it…
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