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July 31, 2002
  • Genoa Protesters Framed by Police - Some may remember the violence in Genoa during the G-8 summit held there last summer. But most of the arrests... MORE...
  • Bush Already Gutting Corp Reform Bill - Absolutely no shame-- within hours of signing the damn bill and trumpeting his tough new attitude on corporate crime, Bush... MORE...
  • Terror-Baiting Defenders of Rights - The Constitution has now become a document of subversion, according to the good folks at FrontPage magazine. Horowitz's columnist John... MORE...
  • Enviro Wednesday (7-31) - Roundup of environmental stories, July 31 As famine returns to Africa, it's worth focusing on new studies linking the 1970-85... MORE...

    July 30, 2002
  • Krugman Nails Bush Lies - Usually Krugman's columns speak for themselves, but today's is too important to go without additional comment. First, the collapse of... MORE...
  • Tech Tuesday (9-30) - Round up for July 30 One of the subtler censorship issues is the way web blocking software often censors far... MORE...
  • Sleeper Maine Senate Race - One place the WorldCom-Enron meltdowns could really matter is Maine, where the Democratic challenger, Chellie Pingree, to Maine's Susan Collins... MORE...
  • Bush Poll Drop Deeper than It Looks - A number of polls show Bush dropping into the 60s approval range. As I've noted, Zogby's polls, which had him... MORE...
  • Tax Reform but Keep Tax Credits - The Hauser Report quotes approvingly a far right tax source that eliminating tax loopholes would benefit everyone by saving funds... MORE...

    July 29, 2002
  • More Delong and Global Visions - Brad DeLong has replied here to my objections to his libelling of the global justice movement. Here is his main... MORE...
  • Where's Right on Paid Leave? - With strong approval by a legislative committee, the California state legislature will soon vote on mandating 12 weeks of paid... MORE...
  • Racism 101 for the Unconvinced - I am sometimes flabbergasted that conservatives can argue that racial profiling is overblown or that racial equality is even a... MORE...
  • Bush NLRB Goes Antiunion - Well, we knew it was coming. After Bush bypassed the Senate to appoint two rightwing recess appointees to the National... MORE...
  • Why is Bush Lobbying for M$oft - Maybe it shouldn' be surprising after Ashcroft's sweetheart deal with Microsoft over antitrust issues, but now Bush's Ambassor to Peru... MORE...
  • Labor Monday (7-29) - Roundup of labor stories, July 29 Take Action-- AFL-CIO has a new web page for you to send messages to... MORE...

    July 26, 2002
  • Competition Killed Telecoms - The Economist details the crash of the telecoms (may need password) and sums up the problem with a few basic... MORE...
  • Clinton Made the Corps Rip Us Off - Okay-- this is a good one. Here's a conservative blaming Clinton's 1993 tax bill for the market meltdown. Why? Because... MORE...
  • RightwingWatch Friday (7-26) - Roundup of doings on the Right - July 26 An Arizona anti-immigrant group is trying to get a church group... MORE...

    July 25, 2002
  • EU Replaces US Family Planning $$ - The UK's Guardian reports that the EU replaced the $34m US contribution to the UN Population Fund (UNPFA) that Bush... MORE...
  • Greens AWOL on Corporate Crime - Micah Sifry argues in this week's LA Weekly that the Greens are missing their political opportunity to denounce both parties... MORE...
  • Civil Liberties and the Left - Avedon Carol ridicules conservatives for claiming a franchise on civil liberities. Carol highlights the ACLU but I would note that... MORE...
  • Community Thursday (7-25) - Roundup on July 25 The NAACP hailed the conclusion of a thirty-year housing battle in New Jersey fighting against the... MORE...

    July 24, 2002
  • Enviro Wednesday (7-24) - Roundup on July 24 Citigroup's involvement with Enron is just part of its role in global environmental destruction, as outlined... MORE...

    July 23, 2002
  • Dot.Con: The Bubble Exposed - I've been reading John Cassidy's Dot.Com: The Greatest Story Ever Sold-- one of the more indispensable guides to what... MORE...
  • Bush Seeks to Kill Fed Jobs - Dems and some DC-area Republicans are fighting Bush efforts to privatize federal jobs. As the business association comments in the... MORE...
  • Brad libels Global Justice Movement - The NY Times has a story about how New York City cancelled a contract when they found out Ghana workers... MORE...
  • Tech Tuesday (7-23) - Roundup for July 23rd Activists from New Yorkers for Fair Use disrupted a Commerce Department meeting discussing the mandating of... MORE...
  • GOP Judge Dismissed WorldCom Suit - This story hasn't gotten a lot of play in the media, but it turns out that WorldCom shareholders laid out... MORE...

    July 22, 2002
  • Dean- Progressive Hope? - Well, Howard Dean of Vermont just jumped to the front as a progressive choice for 2002, calling for the repeal... MORE...
  • NY Bailing Out Other States - So, the United States has generously reached out to New York in its time of need-- bailing it out with... MORE...
  • Is "Nazi" an Empty Insult? - Off the Pine posts that" "There is no greater sign of intellectual and moral bankruptcy in discussion of the Arab-Israeli... MORE...
  • Where is Harken Today? - Okay- I don't think Harken is the big thing progressives should be focusing on, but this Fortune story on What... MORE...
  • Why Zogby Bush Polls are Better - There has been some questions on why Zogby polls have shown sharp decline in Bush's job approval ratings, while other... MORE...
  • Daily Activism Links - Part of my goal in running this weblog is to promote the struggles and activism that often fails to get... MORE...
  • Labor Monday (7-22) - Roundup for July 22 "New Labour" Tony Blair has lost key union supporters, as a staunch union leader ally of... MORE...
  • "unconscionable act of judicial activism" - Bush is nominating a rightwing judge, Priscilla Owen, to the Fifth Circuit. How rightwing? Well, Bush's White House counsel Alberto... MORE...

    July 20, 2002
  • Demoralization on the Right - David Brooks of the Weekly Standard highlights the real danger to the GOP in the recent corporate scandals. Poll numbers... MORE...
  • Easements for Unused Patents? - The JPEG format for images is one of the most popular on the web. Until this week, the patent behind... MORE...
  • Mayor Mike- Let's Live at WTC - I'm really getting to like this guy, even if I don't always like his budget priorities. Mayor Bloomberg criticized recent... MORE...
  • Millions vs. Billions - Yesterday, "The Bush administration outlined a $35 million plan today to help end chronic homelessness in the next decade". It... MORE...

    July 19, 2002
  • Forget Dow, Watch for Housing Meltdown - If you want to have nightmares about the economy, don't watch the Dow. The real threat to average family wealth... MORE...
  • Correction on Harken Stock Sale - A couple of days ago, I asked where was the victim in the Harken deal, since it was an inside... MORE...
  • Neoliberalisms Bubble Bursts - A good article on the rising Latin Americans protest against neoliberal economics. The bubble of the 90s was accompanied in... MORE...
  • You Think? - This gem from Bush on his recent revelation of dynamics in the Middle East:"I'm beginning to think that every time... MORE...

    July 18, 2002
  • Trojan Tax "Reform" - The corporate scumbags are at it again. Under the banner of eliminating the tax break for companies moving their headquarters... MORE...
  • Scott Ritter Denounces Iraq Campaign - Remember Scott Ritter, the hero of conservatives who denounced Clinton for his policy in Iraq. Well, now he is denouncing... MORE...

    July 17, 2002
  • NAACP Opposes Fast Track - Joining the labor movement and most of the environmental movement, the NAACP at its recent national convention adopted a strong... MORE...
  • Why I Don't Care About Harken - I've gotten email from liberal bloggers wondering why I'm not more outraged by Harken and at the lack of full... MORE...

    July 16, 2002
  • Wisdom from the Fed Oracle - Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan testified before Congress (see testimony) and his main argument was that the fundamentals of the economy... MORE...
  • Re-regulation of Cable Urged - As cable and telecom firms merge and consolidate their monopolies, legislators are beginning to advocate reregulation of cable rates. It's... MORE...
  • Bush Wins Anti-Labor Court Decision - The D.C. Court of Appeals has backed a Bush executive order that bans state and local government projects receiving federal... MORE...
  • 80% of Canadians Support Health System - Against the horror stories of the pharmaceutical industry and conservatives, a new survey shows 80% of Canadians are happy with... MORE...
  • Coca Farmers v/ Drug War - The failure of the war model of fighting drugs is nowhere clearer than in Peru and Bolivia where populist movements... MORE...
  • Killing Library Access to Gov Docs - Responding to a bid by the Bush administration group to privatize the operations of the Government Printing Office, library groups... MORE...

    July 15, 2002
  • Long term unemployment - The Economic Policy Institute Job Facts outlines that below the surface of steadily rising unemployment is a horrifically long-term class... MORE...
  • The Swing Voter Financial Crisis - Bush is running into deeply bad waters. Zogby is about to announce a 7 point drop in Bush job approval,... MORE...
  • FCC Chair Invites Bells to Buy WorldCom - Michael Powell, chair of the FCC, indicated in a Wall Street Journal article that the Commission would look favorably on... MORE...
  • The Right's Intellectual Crackup - The problems of the Right are not just the short-term financial scandals of Enron and WorldCom. Intellectually, there is a... MORE...
  • Conservatives Upset w/GOP - One consequence of the Enron-WorldCom meltdown is demoralization on the Right, as Bush and other GOP leaders disown their previous... MORE...

    July 14, 2002
  • Some Israeli Moral Sanity - With a dose of moral judgement and a bit of backbone by the Labor Party, the Israeli cabinet has shelved... MORE...
  • Media Bias Against Labor - One reason I have so much trouble taking the whole "media bias" against Clinton line seriously is that I read... MORE...

    July 13, 2002
  • MaxSpeak Wants Higher Deficits - Now Max is on an issue where we really disagree (and have for years). Max Sawicky reacted to the reports... MORE...
  • Falwell on Pledge Decision - Jerry Falwell argues that the daughter of the man who brought the "under God" lawsuit believes in God and goes... MORE...

    July 12, 2002
  • Peru Dumps Pro-Privatization Ministers - Following the regional trend, top Peruvian Ministers were forced out to help save President Toledo's government from street protests.... MORE...
  • War Divisions on Right - In the fall, the war in Afghanistan bitterly divided progressives between those opposing and supporting it. But as talk moves... MORE...
  • Right Outraged at Dem Scandalmongering - National Review Online is shocked, shocked that Dems would use a front group to undermine a sitting President. The group... MORE...
  • Dems Declare War on Deregulation - Oh yes- the Democratic leadership have put together a scathing report detailing the GOP war on regulation that led up... MORE...
  • More on Bush and Media Bias - The whole issue of media bias is the meta-story of the Enron-WorldCom affair for many on the left. Will the... MORE...

    July 11, 2002
  • Mandatory Jon Stewart Viewing - Another required Daily Show takedown of the Bush administration Thursday night. The show pulled out a 1998 Arthur Anderson video... MORE...
  • Media Bias for Bush? - I have nothing good to say about Bush, but I disagree with The Hauser Report's argument that Bush gets some... MORE...

    July 10, 2002
  • Corps Sucking at Govt Teet - MaxSpeak notes that one of the best ways to punish and deter criminal corporate activity is to bar such companies... MORE...
  • Bush Using Airline Loans vs Unions - Okay, it was bad enough that Bush's bailout of the airlines last fall did nothing to help laid off workers.... MORE...
  • Pay Attention to Bolivia - Yesterday, Bolivia certified a leading opponent of US anti-drug policies and IMF economics in that country for the Presidenital runoff.... MORE...
  • Bringing Forth a Mouse - At least the liberal establishment has lost patience with Bush's big words backing no real reform. Just look at today's... MORE...

    July 09, 2002
  • Bush- "Not Exactly Black and White" - Forget Bush's big speech-- it was, in Tapped words, sound and fury signifying nothing. ..But his press conference yesterday nailed... MORE...
  • Unions as Corporate Watchdogs - While Enron's collapse will be terrible for all its workers, there are at least 1700 Enron employees who at least... MORE...
  • Why Conservatives Fear Vouchers - This piece highlights why some conservatives fear education vouchers will lead to government control. The argument that vouchers will lead... MORE...
  • Joe Conason Launches Daily Column - Over at Salon, lefty attack dog (and I mean that in a good way) Joe Conason's first daily web column... MORE...
  • Nazi Likud Regime - I've always hated the leftist equation of Israel with Nazism, since it ignored the democratic pluses of Israel and the... MORE...
  • Exxon Suppresses anti-company logo - Exxon has won an injunction against Greenpeace barring their use of a campaign symbol, a defaced company logo with a... MORE...

    July 08, 2002
  • Bush Budget- SEC Staff Cuts - As Bush waxes indignant Tuesday about corporate criminals, it's worth looking at his proposed budget bottom-line, which included SEC staff... MORE...
  • Freepers Outraged at Old Accusations - Over at FreeRepublic.com, the rightwingers are being hilariously hypocritical over attacks on Bush over his Harken corporate dealings. On a... MORE...
  • Lethal Corporate Coverups - A reminder that corporate greed gets more deadly than botched investment portfolios-- it can kill. It turns out that executives... MORE...
  • More Green Party Insanity - Having decided to run a candidate against Paul Wellstone, the most liberal Senator, the Green Party in Texas has added... MORE...
  • Ending "Competition"/Encourage Broadband - There is a new study out by the Economic Policy Institute that argues for a new approach to encouraging high... MORE...
  • Sins of Omission/Sins of Commission - Leo comments that "But the sins of a Bush, a Blair, a Schroeder and a Mbeki with respect to AIDS... MORE...

    July 07, 2002
  • Did Communists Support Soviets - The Right continues with their breathless revelations that Communists in America actually wanted Communism to win out in the world.... MORE...

    July 06, 2002
  • AIDS Holocaust v. 911 - Leo comments "Why do you have to burden a perfectly sensible and right on target commentary on how the governments... MORE...

    July 05, 2002
  • Rising Anti-Americanism in Europe - Bush's incompetence is nowhere more highlighted than by the fact that he managed to take a moment of maximum global... MORE...
  • Do Liberals Like Free Speech? - Prof. Volokh has updated an analysis of all free speech decisions made by the current line up of Supreme Court... MORE...
  • More on Bush Loss 2004 - Let me run through a bit deeper analysis on why Bush is in trouble for 2004. I probably shouldn't if... MORE...
  • Will the Dems Hold the Senate? - Despite my confidence that Bush will lose in 2004, I am far less optimistic than MaxSpeaks that the Dems will... MORE...

    July 04, 2002
  • Betting on Bush's Defeat - Wow- the word "bet" just brings out the juices in the political junkie class. So here is the formal offer... MORE...
  • MCI-WorldCom: The Cooked Books of Telecom Deregulation - [This is an op-ed based on my upcoming book, so check out the main sources here, here and here (this... MORE...

    July 03, 2002
  • Timeline on Bush Insider Trading - It's nice to see a little light focused on Bush's slimy career in business, where he sold off stock just... MORE...
  • The Next President? - Senator John Edwards, one of the most likely Democratic nominees for 2004, has a new website, New American Optimists. ...Bush... MORE...
  • US to Lose on Kosovo Threat - The EU has told the US to take a hike, literally. If the US doesn't want its soldiers subject to... MORE...
  • Right Joins Big Laden in Attacking NYC - Some rightwingers are actually calling for launching an economic boycott of New York City. Joining their fellow Taliban, they think... MORE...
  • Return ICANN to the Commerce Dept. - As I casually call for returning ICANN as a government agency, Martin Wisse asks the obvious question, "which government? US?... MORE...

    July 02, 2002
  • Bush Anti-worker H1-B proposal - Bush has proposed cutting funds for training American workers in the high-tech industry, which was tied to the H1-B temporary... MORE...
  • Bottom-up Unionism at GE - LaborNotes has a good article on new union strategies, as exemplified today at General Electric by the IUE-CWA. Union organizing... MORE...
  • Polygon hails Dingell Demise - Larry Kestenbaum, as expert a political voice as exists in the blogosphere on Michigan politics, has a detailed autopsy on... MORE...
  • Ignoring the AIDS Holocaust - People look back in history and wonder why people did so little to prevent the Holocaust against the Jews? Or... MORE...
  • Internet Privatization Goes Bad - I should have sympathy for the anguish over the anti-democratic policies of ICAAN, the nonprofit controller of domain names, but... MORE...
  • More Corp Irresponsibility Legislation - Having seen how well weakening class action legislation worked in the area of securities law, the manufacturers want in on... MORE...
  • Campus Liberals Caused Enron? - The rightwing can sometimes be a caricature of itself. Now, the conservative National Association of Scholars is blaming Enron on... MORE...

    July 01, 2002
  • Did Clinton Cause Enron/WorldCom? - Well, you can see the rightwing talking points in motion, as telepundits and rightwing scribblers now mouth the mantra-- Clinton's... MORE...
  • And Now Bolivia - While a business candidate "won" yesterday's Bolivian election with 21.7% of the vote, the final vote will go to the... MORE...
  • Where's the Media Frenzy - A short blurb in the NY Post on the SEC investigation of Dick Cheney for possible illegal accounting practices at... MORE...
  • Conservative with Me on Religion Cases - Conservative columnist Steve Chapman is one of the few pundits who agrees with me that the pledge and voucher decisions... MORE...
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    February 21, 2007
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    February 18, 2007
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    February 16, 2007
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    January 01, 2007
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    December 22, 2006
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    December 21, 2006
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    November 27, 2006
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    November 13, 2006
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    November 11, 2006
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    November 10, 2006
  • The Collapse of Tax Cut Politics - You can check out Progressive States rundown of progressive successes in the states on Tuesday, but I want to focus... MORE...

    November 08, 2006
  • A Good Night for Progressives - Let's be clear-- this wasn't just a good night for Democrats. It was a good night for progressives, and no... MORE...

    November 01, 2006
  • Labor Cold War Ends - New International Labor Federation - At the dawn of the Cold War, the international union movement divided up between the ICFTU, dominated by US and Western European unions, and the World Confederation of Labor, largely allied with the Soviet Union. It's taken a decade and a half, but the irrelevancy of that division will end today as the two federations merge-- bringing together 241 labor organizations from 156 countries representing 190 million workers. The new International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is a good step for a labor movement looking to globalize itself in the taking on global capital power.... MORE...

    October 19, 2006
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    October 17, 2006
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    October 09, 2006
  • Emaciated Models, Labor Regulation - There's a bit of debate in the blogosphere around Spain's new law banning underweight models from the runways in that country. See Jordan, Amanda at Pandagon and Lindsay Beyerstein at Majikthise on whether this is an intrusive regulating violating free expression or something like that and whether OSHA safety regulations are appropriate. Just to throw my two cents in-- any broader OSHA approach would seem cumbersome and bureaucratically intrusive in a deep way. But the original Spanish proposal is brilliant in its high-impact, low-intrusion approach. Regulate only the fashion week type runways, where in a single spotcheck, models can be... MORE...

    October 03, 2006
  • Big loss for Labor-- - The National Labor Relations Board ruled today that a range of professionals are now deemed "supervisors" and thus lose all protections under labor law. That means if they say a positive thing about unions, their bosses are free to fire them at will. The AFL-CIO has more here. To put this denial of labor rights in perspective, 32 million workers or 25% of the workforce already have no right to form a union under federal, state or local law (see this GAO report and this ARAW summary). This includes: Supervisors 16.6 million workers, 8 million new supervisors plus traditional 8.6... MORE...

    September 27, 2006
  • Civil War on the Right- Dick Armey trashes Dobson - The economic business- right and the religious right are moving towards total civil war. This piece by former GOP Majority... MORE...

    September 24, 2006
  • Allen the Racist - Three college teammates confirm that George Allen regularly used the N- word: Allen said he came to Virginia because he... MORE...

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