Cornel West talks with Amy Goodman about Occupy Wall Street: We’re talking about a democratic awakening. We’re talking about raising political consciousness, so it spills over; all parts of the
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Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), issued an important statement: The United Steelworkers (USW) union stands in solidarity with and strongly supports Occupy Wall Street. The brave
A reader, and also one of my favorite writers (and frequent DDA contributor), comments: And on top of it all, the dastards are finding a way to resurrect the recently cut
Dave Jamieson writes: …the budget plan presented by House Republicans for health and labor programs this week would scuttle several worker safety protections put forth by the Department of Labor. Among other
Peter S. Goodman writes: But that lack of definition to the agenda is no disqualifier. Indeed, it may be a
Glenn Greenwald writes: After several unsuccessful efforts to assassinate its own citizen, the U.S. succeeded today (and it was the U.S.). It almost certainly was able to
From the Guardian: The ministry said Yemeni forces killed Awlaki and some of his associates, though it did not say where and
Jay Lindsay writes: Model airplanes are suddenly on the public’s radar as potential terrorist weapons. A 26-year-old man from a
by eliminating funding to one useful program after another. Although, the few Americans left who have good paying jobs and
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) give their blessing to Occupy Wall Street: On behalf of our union, the


