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REAL CHANGE
(not small change)
Unions, citizens groups, and other reformers are working to help make America's working places safe. Here are just a few resources to learn more and to get involved:
AFL-CIO: http://www.aflcio.org
Download its 2010 “Death on the Job” report: http://www.aflcio.org/issues/safety/... [read more]
To learn more about net neutrality, check out these websites:
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For the super-rich hoity-toities of our land, the democratic populism arising among the hoi polloi is a no-no. Instead of populism, the upper-crusters want a different "ism"--plutonomism.
This word was derived from "plutocracy" in 2005 by a team of "global investment... [read more]
"Tony Two-step" is too much, isn't he? Tony Hayward, I mean, the slick CEO of BP who keeps trying to two-step his way around the public's fury over the oily mess he and other top executives have made.
"What the hell... [read more]
To keep up with this issue, check out these great groups:
Economic Policy Institute:
(202) 775-8810
http://www.epi.org
AFL-CIO Executive Pay Watch:
http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/
National Jobs for All Coalition:
212-972-9879
http://njfac.org
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For information and action ideas on campaign spending, corporate lobbying, and Wall Street reform, here are a few leading groups at work on the issues:
Americans for Financial Reform
http://www.ourfinancialsecurity.org
Common Cause
http://www.commoncause.org
Public Campaign
http://www.publicampaign.org
Center for Responsive Politics
A GOLDEN WAY OUT OF AFGHANISTAN
Never buy shares in a gold mine from a guy operating out of a house trailer.
Likewise, never buy a story from the Pentagon about an incredible discovery of gold in Afghanistan. Last month, the mainstream media trumpeted a story that... [read more]