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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Rally for Free and Fair Hospital Elections!  Performance by the Dropkick Murphys! 4:00 p.m. @ park across from Landmark Center (Intersection of Brookline Ave. & Park Drive, Longwood Medical Area, Boston - Green line "D" train to Fenway stop).  Many Boston hospital workers are struggling to make ends meet on wages that don't ( Read more... )

Another great post on 2 Dinar, a blog written by Marine combat veterans:

Excerpts from Palestine:

"Among Americans, understanding the history of Palestine is immeasurably more important than understanding the history of Iraq, and any reading of this history must account for one truth: since the Greeks arrived in Palestine, the region has always been ( Read more... )

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 Busting the myth that everyone in the military is right wing.

2 Dinar: A Vet on the Campaign Trail for Obama

"All American progressives should unite for Barack Obama. We descend from the proud tradition of independent social movements that have made America a more just and democratic country. We believe that the movement today supporting Barack Obama continues this great tradition of grass-roots participation drawing millions of people out of apathy and ( Read more... )

I wish I had cable and catch things like this Frontline program A Dangerous Business

"The McWane corporation's aggressive management style -- what it calls "disciplined management practices" -- has helped the company to achieve tremendous profits through increasing worker productivity. Some critics, however, argue that McWane's gains have come at a ( Read more... )

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 Both of my classes this semester are a little more advanced than last semester and I'm in with a fair number of other folks who want to be math teachers. Last week, my Geometry teacher told us going into secondary ed. that we were "really brave" for teaching HS in the public schools. She pointed out that in the less-white, less economically ( Read more... )

I got to go to math class today and do math homework and computer exercises the rest of the day, this rocks!

Retired US worker becomes champion of women's fair pay

by Fanny CarrierWed Jan 30, 12:47 PM ET

Ten years ago, someone slipped an anonymous note into Lilly Ledbetter's locker and the tire factory worker learned that she was being paid less than her male counterparts who were doing the same work.

Ledbetter took her case all the way to the US Supreme ( Read more... )