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11 Organizations Demand Mets Cancel Citi Field Fundraiser for Israeli Settlers
Adalah-NY |
Opposing the Nov 31 dinner and fundraiser for Israeli settlers at Queens' Citi Field
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Glad I Ran
Rev. Billy Talen |
One part of our city is at war with the rest of us.
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Activists Denounce Wellpoint Influence on Healthcare Reform, Nine Arrested
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10/28/2009 (NYC) Today nine people were arrested outside of the corporate headquarters of Wellpoint
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Three Years Later, Brad Will is Still Dead
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New Yorkers join worldwide protests for freedom for Mohammad Othman
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PHOTO BY: Michael Gould-Wartofsky
The people's verdict: NYPD Guilty
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The Indypendent Issue 141: Labor Pains: In an Economic Recession, Where is the Labor Movement?
The Indypendent Staff |
Hard times don’t seem to be going away fast. Unemployment continues to rise and there has been no ebb in foreclosures. Wall Street continues to reap astronomical profits, and inequality increases with it.
Yet there is no widespread labor movement in this weak economy. Businesses continue to shed jobs, and the Obama administration has reneged on a key provision of the Employee Free Choice Act.
Abby Scher, a sociologist and editorial director of the progressive think tank Political Research Associates, writes, “Despite the urgent need for labor law reform and the fact that labor reportedly pumped $350 million into the Democrat Party in 2008, enabling its sweeping electoral victory, the business lobby has pressured congressional Democrats to back away from EFCA one by one, like Blanche Lincoln of Wal-Mart’s home state of Arkansas. Senators like Lincoln have bargained away what was once the heart of EFCA, called “card check.”
Card check would let workers form a union if a majority sign cards saying they want one. This would take away employers’ ability to ignore the cards and demand secret ballot elections. Many government workers currently organize through card check. The Hawaiian legislature just gave this option to farm workers and others in the state not covered by federal labor law.”
For the rest of the article, see the link below for “Fighting for the Union Label.” Also included in this issue: Jessica Lee and Mike Burke highlight the grassroots actions being taken by environmentalists around the world in the lead up to the Copenhagen summit on climate change in December; Stanley Aronowitz, noted author and professor at CUNY, writes on the death of neo-conservative Irving Kristol; and Karen Yi and Jaisal Noor uncover police harassment of day laborers in Jackson Heights, Queens.
For all that and much, much more, see the rest of the issue below.
It’s No Walk in the Park for Day Laborers || Working for Change: An Interview with Dan Cantor, Executive Director of the Working Families Party || Ridge Gets Schooled || Community Calendar || Reader Comments || Fighting for the Union Label || Stella Workers Hoping for a Miracle || Countdown to Copenhagen || Labor Needs to Bring the Street Heat || Kristol, NeoCon Man || Music to Take You to the Streets || The Weather Will Kill Us All: A Review of The Dark Heart of Meteorology || Labor Debates Its Dilemma: Democracy or Power? A Review of Embedded With Organized Labor
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Honduran Accord Solidifies Coup D'Etat Rule
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Nov. 7 - Black is Back! Anti-War March in D.C.
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Divorce on the way
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Health Care "Reform" That Isn't Single-Payer Is A Fraud
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Jackson’s ‘Hit Man’ Stalked Another Congressman
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BTL:Civil Disobedience Actions Launched to Stop Mountain Top Removal
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Rivers Casino Supervisor Physically Assaults Casino Security Officer during Unio
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Jackson’s ‘Hit Man’ Stalked Another Congressman
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Cindy Sheehan to speak at "Black is Back!" Anti-war March, Nov. 7, in D.C.
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Mumia Abu-Jamal faces new execution threat
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The latest trend in eco-tourism is completely out of this world ... and right ar
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NYC Event for Mumia Abu-Jamal, Nov. 6
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Twitter and NY FBI/JTTF update
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Make Sen. Lieberman stop taking $ from insurance companies.
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Call Congress Now: Vote on Single-Payer Soon!
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Poland - Is Michal Kaminski fit to lead the Tories in Europe? (the Fascist)
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FERNANDO LUGO RECIBE ARMAS Y DÓLARES DEL IMPERIO
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BTL:Karzai Government Corruption Hobbles Obama Afghan War Strategy
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Kabul - UN to evacuate Afghanistan staff after deadly attack
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Berlusconi, the Mafia and the Radioactive Wrecks
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Italian court sentences 23 CIA agents over rendition flight
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TUES- Letter-writing Dinner in the Bronx!!!
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Right Wing Talk Show Appearances Fail To Influence New York Election
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The Swine in Swine Flu
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Profits=Investments=Jobs?
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House Resolution Declares Venezuela a State Sponsor of Terrorism
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11/13-11/15 at NYU: Their Crisis/Our Movements: What's Next Conference A week
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TONIGHT: Swedish “Socialism”–Not what it used to be, but then again it never was
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11/13-11/15 at NYU: Their Crisis/Our Movements: What's Next Conference
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American-Israeli settler questioned over terror attacks
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Russia stresses tolerance on national holiday
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Joy of Resistance Multicultural Feminist Radio returns to WBAI Thursday morning
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Iran: China gives Washington the Cold Shoulder
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Trouble in U.S. Ranks and Not All Powerful Nations Bow to Israel
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WILL MASS TOURISM on CRUISE SHIPS sink VENICE
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STOP THE WAR AT HOME!
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What a plague she is: SymBioDiversity...
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Italy: Ku Klux Klan 'seeks new members'
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EVEN CNN IS GETTING UPSET ABOUT THIS
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Watch this and then call your rep.
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Proping Up a Broken Capitalism
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Venezuela: The error of being Lusbi Portillo
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Inquiring Marxists want to know" Where is the truth?
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FBI Kills islamic Cleric, Arrests Followers for Being Muslims at the Wrong Time
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Brazil: a good plan and a good man
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Who Gets What
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Dr. Arthur Becker-Weidman: Help With Homework!
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PFLP: Shut down the war criminals wherever they go!
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