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Unions pack Ohio Statehouse to oppose anti-worker bill
As many as 5,000 workers from across the state filled the Ohio Statehouse on Feb. 17 to stand against the…
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‘Scott Walker is another tool of the ultra rich’
Liberation News correspondents have been sending in frequent eyewitness updates from the frontlines of the of the unfolding labor struggle…
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Syracuse socialism conference brings together activists
On Feb. 12,more than 50 people gathered for the Syracuse Liberation Conference in Central New York to discuss local and…
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Breaking News: ‘We have moved into the Capitol Building.’
Second interview with Austin Thompson, an eyewitness to the dramatic demonstrations by students and workers in a dramatic action protesting…
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Eyewitness from Wisconsin’s labor battle
Interview with Austin Thompson, an eyewitness to the dramatic demonstrations by students and workers in a dramatic action protesting a…
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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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