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Webバージョン  |  アップデート設定  |  登録解除 いいね ツイート 転送 http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com Open Letter to Mark Duke, CEO of Walmart: Take the Lead on Raising Minimum Wage Posted by lauren on 17 January, 2013 Ralph Nader Mike Duke, CEO Walmart Corporation Bentonville, Arkansas Dear Mr. Duke, Walmart, your gigantic company, is increasingly being challenged by your workers, government prosecutors, civil lawsuits, communities (that do not want a Walmart), taxpayers learning about your drain on government services and corporate welfare, and small businesses and groups working with unions such as SEIU and UFCW. Thus far, Walmart is successfully playing rope-a-dope, conceding little while expecting to wear down its opposition. read more GOP May Back Away from Debt Ceiling Theatrics, But Plutocrats Still Calling the Shots Posted by jon on 17 January, 2013 Yves Smith A important shift in the Republicans’ negotiating stance over the austerity fight (do we go Dem lite or Republican high test?) was duly noted in the Financial Times a day ago, but a search in Google News (“debt ceiling”) suggests a lot of other commentators have not yet digested its significance, so it seemed worthy of a short recap here. read more How Extreme Is the Business Roundtable? Check Out Its Attack On the Elderly Posted by jon on 17 January, 2013 Richard Eskow Here’s a thought experiment:  What if a group of Social Security and Medicare recipients wanted to increase their benefits by, say, 1,000 percent, and proposed seizing rich people’s assets – houses, cars, boats, whatever – to pay for it? read more Post-Iraq-War US Intel Chief Praised Posted by jon on 17 January, 2013 Ray McGovern Thomas Fingar, former Director of the National Intelligence Council, will receive the annual award from Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence in recognition of Fingar’s work from 2005 to 2008 restoring respect for the battered discipline of U.S. intelligence analysis after the fraudulent assessments on Iraq’s non-existent WMD. read more Climate-Friendly Food Demands Animal-Friendly Farming Posted by jon on 17 January, 2013 Ronnie Cummins A growing number of organic consumers, natural health advocates and climate hawks are taking a more comprehensive look at the fundamental causes of global warming. And it's led them to this sobering conclusion: Our modern energy-, chemical- and GMO-intensive industrial food and farming systems are the major cause of man-made global warming. read more Migrant Workers Can’t Win In Xenophobic Greece Posted by lauren on 17 January, 2013 Michelle Chen When riot police side with the xenophobic Golden Dawn, who will fight for Greece's migrant workers? (Photo: Steve Jurvetson / Flickr)Across Europe, the economic crisis is driving communities to deep desperation, and the people who were always at the margins are getting pushed straight off the edge. read more Common Ground: It's All Happening at the Park Posted by jacob on 17 January, 2013 Jay Walljasper Parks stand as the foremost symbol of the commons because they are literally common ground—a place where everyone can come and rub shoulders, interact, share an experience, get to know one another better. They are the foundation of community and democracy. read more What Happened to the Violence Against Women Act? Posted by lauren on 17 January, 2013 Democrats and Republicans in Congress are having a hard time agreeing on anything these days. But there are some things that should never fall victim to partisan bickering. One of these is protecting women against domestic violence and sexual assault. read more Who Says You Can Kill Americans, Mr. President? Posted by jon on 17 January, 2013 President Obama has refused to tell Congress or the American people why he believes the Constitution gives, or fails to deny, him the authority to secretly target and kill American citizens who he suspects are involved in terrorist activities overseas. So far he has killed three that we know of. read more Obama Takes Some Good Steps on Guns, But What About the War on Drugs? Posted by jon on 17 January, 2013 Matthew Rothschild Pres. Obama came out with some sensible proposals on gun violence Wednesday. By advocating reinstituting a ban on semi-automatic weapons and establishing a ban on high-capacity magazines, he would at least make it more difficult for mass killers such as we saw in Aurora or at Sandy Hook. read more 登録変更 | 登録解除