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Walkouts, Protests Hit Walmart Nationwide on Biggest Shopping Day
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t r u t h o u t | 11.23
Walkouts, Protests Hit Walmart Nationwide on Biggest Shopping Day of the Year
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12918-walkouts-protests-hit-walmart-nationwide-on-biggest-shopping-day-of-the-year
Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: The importance of the protest is not only in the arguably modest number of protesters, but also in the opponent.
Want to Help Small Businesses? Bring on Taxmaggedon
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12889-want-to-help-small-businesses-bring-on-taxmageddon
Salvatore Babones, Truthout: Contrary to public perceptions, low-tax America has among the lowest rates of entrepreneurship in the world. Taxmaggedon would help most small businesses and begin to restore a sane level of taxation on America's wealthy.
Americans Want Leadership Now on Real Cliffs: Jobs and Human Survival
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12826-americans-want-leadership-on-real-cliffs-jobs-and-ecology
Paul Street, Truthout: No matter how difficult, we need to tell the truth about our dehumanizing, destructive economy, drop the politicking on the so-called "fiscal cliff," and solve the problems of climate change and unemployment.
Reflecting on My Visits to Families in Exhausted Iraq
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12917-reflecting-on-my-visits-to-families-in-exhausted-iraq
Cathy Breen, Voices for Creative Nonviolence: "We are helpless and hopeless, but we are adapting," a doctor told a volunteer traveling in Baghdad this month.
Will President Obama Restore the Rule of Law During His Second Term?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12913-will-president-obama-restore-the-rule-of-law-during-his-second-term
Stephen Rohde, Truthout: The contrast between Obama's campaign promises and his performance in office during his first term is stark.
How Renewable Energy Is Rescuing Schools From Budget Cuts
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12916-how-renewable-energy-is-rescuing-schools-from-budget-cuts
Erin L. McCoy, YES! Magazine: Educators across the country are finding millions of dollars in savings through cheap and simple forms of renewable energy.
117 ALEC Members Voted Out of Office in 2012
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12914-117-alec-members-voted-out-of-office-in-2012
Rebecca Wilce, PRWatch: Legislators' membership in and support of the American Legislative Exchange Council has become a public campaign issue.
Kurdish Prisoners End Mass Hunger Strike
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12915-kurdish-prisoners-end-mass-hunger-strike
Paul Jay, The Real News Network: The Kurdish movement is the greatest challenge to the neoliberal, conservative Turkish government, says international development scholar Baris Karaagac.
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