Sep 07 2010
September 8, 2010
We’ll revisit the state of the economy with a new report on how CEO Pay increases are linked to job cuts, and how sound Obama’s idea to spur small-business growth really is. Plus, environmental activist Bill McKibben launches a campaign to return Jimmy Carter’s Solar panels to the White House. And, who will California’s healthcare workers choose to represent them? Labor Notes’ Mark Brenner will explain the battle between SEIU and the National Union of …
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NATO reported today that a U.S. soldier fighting with its International Security Assistance Force was killed in Southern Afghanistan. This comes a day after the car of an Afghan politician was ambushed on Monday, killing a district Governor and his driver. Ahmad Seroor was the chief administrator of the Nahrin district in the Northern province of Baghlan. As violence escalates …
Indigenous Mapuche prisoners in Chile have been on a hunger strike for 58 days to protest the judicial system and application of anti-terrorism laws. It was reported last week that some Mapuche youth held in detention centers were going to join the hunger strike in solidarity. The indigenous community has fought to obtain rights to their ancestral lands for generations, …
Ask Americans about why Southern states ceded in 1861 to form the Confederate States of America, and chances are, they will describe it as a battle over states’ rights. That’s what author and historian James Loewen has found in his travels across the country. But in delving into the actual documents of the time, Loewen shows that the cessation of …
