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January's Lowdown

Yes we can manage this country without the corporate priesthood--the cooperative movement shows us how

We're being told by today's High Priests of Conventional Wisdom that everyone and everything in our economic cosmos necessarily revolves around one dazzling star: the corporation. This heavenly institution, the HPCW explain, has such financial and political mass that it is the optimal force for organizing and directing our society's economic affairs, including the terms of employment and production.


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WHO'S TRYING TO SHUT PROFS UP?

June 2011 // Commentary
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Do something!

May 2011 // Do something
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GANNETT WORKERS' GIFT TO BOSSES

May 2011 // Commentary
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A battery of elected ideologues opens fire on those who serve the public

May 2011 // Main article
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BANKS NOT LENDING? HIT TEACHERS & COPS

April 2011 // Commentary
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JAPAN'S EARTHQUAKE JOLTS SHREVEPORT

April 2011 // Commentary
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PLENTY OF AMERICAN JOBS--ABROAD

February 2011 // Commentary
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Corporate kings grab our tax subsidies but create no new jobs. Obama fiddles.

September 2010 // Main article
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HIDING WORKER INJURIES

August 2010 // Commentary
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Corporations scoff at workers' rights--even the right to come home from work alive

August 2010 // Main article
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