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Chicago Transit Authority’s 2010 budget: an assault on workers
The Party for Socialism and Liberation is mobilizing to stop CTA fare hikes, service cuts and layoffs. There will be…
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Study: California’s state worker furloughs cause economic damage
An October 2009 UC Berkley study examined data from the California Office of the State Controller on the cost of…
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It’s clear: Washington works for Banks, Wall Street
The economic situation in the United States today reveals a huge and ever-increasing gap in wealth distribution. At one pole…
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Administration intervenes to save banks from executive bonus scandal
On Oct. 22, the Obama administration, through the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve, announced plans to limit pay for a…
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The biggest rip-off in human history
Oct. 15 was a day of revealing statistics and facts. Led by soaring bank stock prices, the Dow Jones average…
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Economy’s nosedive causes Social Security applications to soar
Employment conditions in the United States continue to worsen. And the growing number of jobless whose unemployment benefits have or…
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One in 10 U.S. workers officially unemployed
The White House released a report in September that the economy is turning the corner, and the Federal Reserve has…
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D.C. Students Protest Teacher Layoffs
On Oct. 5, several hundred students from McKinley Technology High School in Northeast Washington, D.C., marched through the streets to…
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‘Take Back D.C.’ movement responds to budget cuts, economic crisis
Dramatic cuts, firings and privatizations have been sweeping over the public sector across the country. The District of Columbia is…
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La Revolución Bolivariana democratiza las instituciones de educación
El 14 de agosto, la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela pasó la Ley Orgánica de Educación la misma que pretende reestructurar…
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