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US Social Forum 2010 – We Need Unity in Action

5. July 2010

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US Social Forum 2010 – We Need Unity in Action

Capitalism is trying to solve its financial problems by attacking all workers. We can defend our rights only by fighting back as a class. “An injury to one is an injury to all” means that we must treat every battle as our own.

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Support Detroit’s Emergency Medics!

5. July 2010

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Support Detroit’s Emergency Medics!

Detroit medics who work for the city's Emergency Medical Service desperately need our support - please sign their online petition.

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Union Democracy On Trial

21. March 2010

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Union Democracy On Trial

by Carl Finamore - SEIU is pouring massive resources into defeating the fastest growing labor organization in California, the member-led NUHW. (Includes post-trial update.)

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Inequality: The Root Source of Sickness

31. October 2009

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Inequality: The Root Source of Sickness

America has the worst health statistics in the industrialized world because it is the most unequal society in the industrialized world. Social inequality affects the health of populations even more than access to medical care.

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Mental sygdom eller et sygt samfund?

14. September 2009

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Mental sygdom eller et sygt samfund?

Skrevet af Susan Rosenthal (oversat af Mikkel Marini -Min ADHD Blog) Når du er syg eller er kommet til skade, ønsker du at vide hvad der er galt, og hvad der kan gøres ved det. Du ønsker at få en diagnose. En korrekt diagnose afslører hvad der er galt, hvad der er den fortrukne behandling og hvad [...]

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Medical Rationing in the US and Canada

2. September 2009

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Medical Rationing in the US and Canada

Both the U.S. and Canada ration medical services. In the US, rationing is based on ability to pay. Canada rations by under-funding the medical system, bringing inequality through the back door.

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What Happened in Chile: An Analysis of the Health Sector Before, During, and After Allende’s Administration

1. September 2009

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What Happened in Chile: An Analysis of the Health Sector Before, During, and After Allende’s Administration

by Vicente Navarro - In the early 1970s, Chileans fought for a democratized and inclusive National Health Service. The lessons of that struggle are critical to our fight for universal health care today.

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Solidarity Divided: A Welcome Return to Class Politics

28. July 2009

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Solidarity Divided: A Welcome Return to Class Politics

By refusing to fight the political class war, unions are losing the economic battle. Solidarity Divided raises the call for a new labor movement that will fight for the entire working class: union and non-union, employed and unemployed, all races, genders, sexual orientations, native-born and immigrant.

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Book Review: Solidarity Divided

27. July 2009

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Book Review: Solidarity Divided

by Immanuel Ness - Solidarity Divided is the first major work to address seriously - without personal attacks and exaggeration - the 2005 crisis and split of organized labor.

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Professional Poison: How Professionals Sabotage Social Movements, and Why Workers Should Lead Our Fight

7. June 2009

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Professional Poison: How Professionals Sabotage Social Movements, and Why Workers Should Lead Our Fight

Professionals dominate social change organizations and also hold them back. Despite their good intentions, professionals are a conservative force. The skills they have acquired to serve an oppressive system are the opposite of the skills required to challenge that system.

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