Workers Urge Democrats to Focus Platform on Employee Choice, Jobs, Health Care, Trade
Region: United States
Posted by James Parks to AFL-CIO NOW In recent decades, corporate power has grown at the expense of ordinary workers, who see the results every day—in exported jobs, stagnant wages, lost pensions and unaffordable he... more
Views: 1747Singapore Considers Allowing Organ Trading
Region: Singapore
Posted by Mong Palatino to Global Voices Online An important debate is raging in Singapore: Should government legalize organ trade? The debate began last month when two young Indonesians were arrested and jailed for tryin... more
Views: 2490AFL-CIO Endorses Obama, Launches ‘Meet Barack Obama’
Region: United States
The AFL-CIO yesterday endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president. The AFL-CIO General Board, which voted to endorse Obama, includes presidents of all 56 unions in the AFL-CIO, as well as Executive Council members ... more
Views: 1337Outcry Over ICC’s Scrapping of Rape Charges
Region: ZaireVictims of sexual violence in DRC angered by court’s controversial move. By Jacques Kahorha in Goma (AR No. 173, 3-Jun-08) Congolese women who’ve fallen victim to rape and related crimes say they feel badly... more
Views: 1527McCain: Out of Touch on Trade
Region: United States
by Seth Michaels At a speech in Florida yesterday, Sen. John McCainmade a baffling pronouncement: The rising discontent in our country is not due to job losses, home foreclosures or the health care crisis,... more
Views: 1233Global: The Price of Food, the Cost of Despair
Region: Egypt
- by John Liebhardt The crisis of skyrocketing food prices is affecting all economic groups in every corner of the world. Every day, it seems, high-priced food sends another country lurching through some... more
Views: 1280‘Confessions of a Sweatshop Inspector’ Shows Need for Standards in Trade Deals
Region: United States
by James Parks Both Democratic presidential candidates and a majority of the American public believe U.S. trade deals should include assurances that workers’ basic rights are respected. But until such provisions be... more
Views: 1545It's NAFTA, Stupid
Region: PennsylvaniaI read the news today, and I found out: Meeting with President Bush this week, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon rejected the idea their countries would go along with ... more
Views: 1712China: Netizens Defend Zimbabwe Arms Sales
Region: China
by John Kennedy As the post-election crisis looms in Zimbabwe and Mugabe clings to power, the fate of the vessel holding the latest arms shipment from China remains unclear. Sightings of armed uniformed Chinese soldiers i... more
Views: 1727Rereading Ron Paul's Freedom Under Siege
Region: New York
Representative Ron Paul, M.D. (R-TX) www.RonPaul2008.com became a phenomenon in the 2008 USA presidential election campaign thanks to his provocative appearances in the TV debates and the echo effect of the Internet s... more
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