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1.3 Million Signers, 6000 Marchers and a Semi-Truck Bring Referendum on Ohio SB5
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011On the last day of March, Ohio governor John Kasich signed the Republicans’ anti-democratic law, Senate Bill 5 (SB5). Soon after, a citizens alliance began using the state’s democratic public referendum law to repeal it.1 9 With 40-some clauses that weaken workers and their unions, SB5 practically cancels the public worker’s right to collective bargaining, […]
Human Rights for Non-Human Entities: Nature and the Corporation
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011Pacha Mama Some countries in the Western Hemisphere have given constitutional rights to non-human entities — with opposite effects on their democracies. While Ecuador and Bolivia stand to strengthen their democracies by declaring human-like rights for Pacha Mama, that is, Nature, the United States, has weakened its democracy by giving human rights to the business […]
My Old Pappy versus AT&T
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011My 85-year-old father, whom we call “Pappy,” has his land line telephone service with AT&T. Last spring, AT&T sent Pappy a DSL modem and a brochure with a cheery welcome to its internet service. But he hadn’t ordered it. And when we realized that neither had any of his children ordered it, Pappy sent the […]
Billionaire-Backed Poiticos Charge Public Workers with ‘Extravagance’
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011Rally in Madison, Feb. 26th (Andy Manis / AP) “Extravagant pension and health benefits” is a charge made against public service workers by the billionaire-backed political group, Americans for Prosperity (AFP).1 The charge is one of several on the web site the group put up to support the billionaire-backed Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker, in his […]





