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Youth and students stand up for public-sector workers
Liberation News interviews Samantha Hooser, a student participating in the protests in Madison, Wis., in solidarity with the public-sector workers…
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Wisconsin governor threatens public workers with National Guard
On Feb. 15, thousands of workers and supporters demonstrated at the Capitol in Madison, Wis., to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s…
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Outcome of battle over health care law will not solve health care crisis
The health care reform legislation signed into law by Pres. Obama last March has come under increasing attacks with a…
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The capitalist economy is played with two sets of rules
While state governments back out of their contractual obligations to workers, they are routinely shoveling millions of dollars back to…
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Workers in Norwich, Conn., organize against cuts to social services
Municipal workers organized by United Electrical Workers Local 222 are fighting back against social service cuts and a pay freeze…
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A solution to the budget crisis? Tax the rich!
In a recent poll, 61 percent of respondents stated that the first thing to do about the the budget crisis…
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Rally demands “Shut Down Guantanamo”
On Jan. 11, groups rallied in Washington, D.C. to demand "Shut down Guant??namo," two years after President Obama signed an…
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California budget attacks higher education
California Gov. Jerry Brown plans to cut $1 billion from California’s university system and $400 million in from community colleges,…
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Pay freeze announced for federal workers
On Nov. 29, Pres. Obama announced a two-year pay freeze for nearly two million workers employed by the federal government…
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The PSL in 2010: ‘What do we do? Stand up, fight back!’
"Sit down, shut up and take it." That was the ruling class's message to workers and poor people in 2010.…
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