Washington politics
Republicanos y demócratas están cometidos a la defensa de la riqueza y el poder de la élite. Y ¿cómo no? Los líderes de ambos partidos son parte de ella.
February 3, 2012 Republicans and Democrats are both committed to defending the wealth and power of the elite. And why not? The parties' leaders are part of it.
February 1, 2012 : Ben Smith The city government in Charlotte, N.C., have passed a law to restrict demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention.
January 31, 2012 Escuchando a Barack Obama en estos días, pareciera que él fuera un paladín del pueblo contra Wall Street--pero al separar la paja del trigo en lo que dice, otra realidad se sobrepone.
January 27, 2012 There are many things the 99 percent can do to affect this corrupt society, but very few of them center around the ballot box.
January 26, 2012 Barack Obama is portraying himself as a crusader against Wall Street on behalf of ordinary people--but you have to separate rhetoric from reality.
January 25, 2012 It makes no sense to shy away from challenging corporate power in the electoral arena, while calling for such challenges in other ways.
January 24, 2012 Sen. Dick Durbin, who has taken millions from the entertainment industry, is a cosponsor of legislation to restrict Internet freedom.
January 24, 2012 Newt Gingrich and his toxic brew of bigotry and reaction are back in the limelight--and his South Carolina victory says a lot about U.S. mainstream politics.
January 23, 2012 : Dana Mittenbacher My jaw dropped when I read an article by a New York Times editor that asked "Should the Times Be a Truth Vigilante?"
January 19, 2012 Major corporations have teamed up with politicians to push for a law that would place new restrictions on the Internet.
January 18, 2012 In a world run by libertarian Ron Paul, no worker would be safe from abuses on the job.
January 17, 2012 Leftists who support Ron Paul are ignoring the right-wing libertarianism that drives the policies he wants to implement.
January 17, 2012 La elección del candidato presidencial republicano ha sido una pútrida vitrina de racismo y reacción, pero lo único que los demócratas tienen para ofrecer es que no son republicanos.
January 13, 2012 The Republican primaries have been a putrid showcase for racism and reaction--but the best Democrats have to offer is they're not Republicans.
January 12, 2012 : Elizabeth Schulte No matter what he says about war and civil liberties, Ron Paul isn't a candidate anyone on the left should support.
January 10, 2012 : David Goodner Occupy activists turned out during the Iowa caucuses to protest banks and corporations, and the politicians who serve them.
January 9, 2012 The Republican primaries are getting underway--in a race in which the candidates have gone out of their way to take the most extreme right-wing positions.
January 3, 2012 : Sandy Boyer New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been forced to impose higher taxes on multimillionaires. So why do business leaders support the deal?
December 15, 2011 Las diferencias entre los dos partidos es tan mínima como máxima es la desconexión entre lo que representan y las preocupaciones reales de los trabajadores.
December 9, 2011 The differences between the two parties are dwarfed by the disconnect between what they stand for in common and the real concerns of working people.
December 7, 2011 : Elizabeth Schulte Congress' "supercommittee" failed to reach a deal on reducing the deficit--and thereby did its job of protecting the interests of the 1 percent.
November 23, 2011 : Todd Chretien Listening to Oakland officials claim they support the Occupy movement might be funny if they weren't inflicting so much violence.
November 17, 2011 The resounding defeats of an Ohio anti-union law and Mississippi anti-abortion measure were signs of a new political mood shaped by Occupy.
November 15, 2011 Over 2,000 unionists, seniors and activists rallied in Boston to demand "hands off" of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
November 14, 2011
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