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Joining A Union, Easy As Organ Donation

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:18:08 -0700

TomPaine - By Dmitri Iglitzin - Jun. 19 (Opinion) - In many ways, the lack of overwhelming support for EFCA is surprising. Under current law, workers who want to form a union must currently undergo a risky, grueling and time-consuming "pre-election" period that culminates, if they're lucky, in an election held under the auspices of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). If they're not lucky, the workers are instead fired or otherwise discriminated against. One recent study, conducted by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, found that about one in five union organizers or activists can expect to be fired during the pre-election period.

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On Journalism And Democracy

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:41:15 -0700

TomPaine - Apr. 25 (Interview) - Bill Moyers is chairman of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy and an independent journalist with his own production company. He is launching a new weekly series on PBS in April, and his documentary "Buying the War," about the press and the buildup to the war in Iraq, airs tonight on PBS.This interview first appeared in The Christian Century.

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Dems' Me-Too Iran Talk

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:59:35 -0800

TomPaine - By Gareth Porter - Feb. 26 (Opinion) - As the Bush administration ratchets up its military threat to Iran, the leadership of the Democratic party is providing a free pass to continue on that potentially disastrous course. Congressional leaders have tacitly or explicitly accepted the necessity of keeping the "military option"--meaning a massive, unprovoked air attack on Iran--"on the table," as have all three of the leading candidates for the party's presidential nomination.

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Maliki: Dead Man Walking

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:46:53 -0700

TomPaine - By Robert Dreyfuss - Jul. 26 (Opinion) - The address by Iraq's puppet prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday was a surreal and other-worldly exercise in the make-believe. As civil war rages in Iraq, swamping even its capital in an orgy of violence, Maliki strolled into the House chamber, led by an "escort committee" of House and Senate members that resembled pall-bearers more than an honor guard. As they waited for Maliki to enter the room, the assembled dignitaries seemed shrouded in a funereal silence. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert clumsily mispronounced his name, introducing Maliki as "Malocky." But when he finally started to speak, it was malarkey.

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An 'F' For Antiterrorism

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:53:49 -0700

TomPaine - By Center for American Progress, Foreign Policy - Jun. 26 (Press Release) - Foreign Policy and the Center for American Progress teamed up to survey more than 100 of America’s top foreign-policy experts—Republicans and Democrats alike. The Foreign Policy/Center for American Progress Terrorism Index is the first comprehensive effort to mine the highest echelons of America’s foreign-policy establishment for their assessment of how the United States is fighting the war on terror.

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Fearmonger In Chief

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:47:02 -0800

TomPaine - By William Greider - Feb. 24 (Opinion) - A conservative blaming hysteria is hysterical, when you think about it, and a bit late. Hysteria launched Bush's invasion of Iraq. It created that monstrosity called Homeland Security and pumped up defense spending by more than 40 percent. Hysteria has been used to realign U.S. foreign policy for permanent imperial...

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