When analog TV broadcast ends Feb. 17 all hell will break lose.
The biggest stimulus package in U.S. history ...
Campaigns for a restoration of full employment ...
The Internet will spew democracy far beyond capitalism’s control.
A dramatic increase in the number of PWW readers, especially among union families.
Something new will come along to replace Twitter.
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The economic outcomes of 2009 for working people, one year from now, is in the hands of the acutest political struggle emerging over how exactly government should intervene in the U.S. economy to avert a depression? How much more, or what different kinds of, intervention will be required for recovery? And, what is recovery?
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Macabre Arpaio
Capitalism’s last dance?
Buckeye State greeting
No benefit cuts for autoworkers
Where are the FBI files?
Help needed
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President-elect Obama’s now oft-repeated refrain that “the people’s business can’t wait” is becoming more obvious every day.
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Among the new opportunities that the election of a new president and Congress brings us is to end once and for all the vicious U.S. economic blockade and travel ban imposed on Cuba nearly 50 years ago.
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The newly formed James Agee Cinema Circle has announced this year’s nominations for the Progie Awards honoring the best in progressive cinema. The group is named after the noted playwright, author and longtime writer for The Nation, James Agee, and is charged with advancing the awareness of progressive cinema.
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Peru: Witchhunt builds
United Nations: Support for gay rights
Portugal: Renewable energy is priority
Democratic Republic of Congo: ‘Blood Coltan’ spurs conflicts
Egypt: Cited for right abuse
Cuba: Infant mortality is low
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Jan. 1, 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. It is an occasion for rejoicing by all who love justice and struggle as partisans for the working class, the poor and the oppressed.
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“We’re the poster child for the Employee Free Choice Act,” said Dario Renosa, an organizer with the United Food and Commercial Workers. He was part of a recent caravan that came from Columbus to support the strike by 450 workers at the Case Farms chicken processing plant here.
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The American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association and American Association of School Administrators are urging Congress and President-elect Obama to ensure education funding is part of the 2009 stimulus package.
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