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25,000 Dockworkers Shut Down West Coast Ports in Historic Antiwar Protest

truth — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:28:55 -0600

From Democracy Now!, May 2, 2008

In the largest labor strike since the invasion of Iraq, ports along the West Coast—all twenty-nine of them—were shut down as some 25,000 dockworkers went on a one-day strike to protest the war. We speak to Jack Heyman of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

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truth — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:55:53 -0700

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Jim Hightower: The Public Rallies for Media Democracy

truth — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:18:34 -0700

by Jim Hightower, Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Halloween was especially scary this year, thanks to a truly spooky move by Kevin Martin.

Jim Hightower: Why Bush Loves Musharraf

truth — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:03:01 -0700

Monday, November 26, 2007, by Jim Hightower

If the Bush-Cheney Regime is so committed to its stated ideals of spreading western-style democracy throughout the Islamic world, why is George W hugging up and propping up the anti-democratic, military dictatorship of Gen. Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan?

Revisting the Arrest of Protesters

truth — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:05:45 -0600

By Jim Hightower October 3, 2007 Published on jimhightower.com

If you just can’t bring yourself to believe that our government authorities would even think of suppressing the legitimate protests of peaceful demonstrators – look at the record of court cases recently coming out of New York.

Jim Hightower: War on Terrorists Gets Goofier

truth — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:12:43 -0600

“In order to stop terrorists from destroying America’s democratic freedoms, we will destroy America’s democratic freedoms ourselves.”

Jim Hightower: GIVING AWAY APPALACHIA

truth — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:39:56 -0600

From Jim Hightower's Today's Common Sense Co

THE BUST IN BUSH’S BOOM

truth — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:41:44 -0600

From Jim Hightower's Today's Common Sense Co

REBUILD THE MIDDLE CLASS

truth — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:40:39 -0600

Friday, August 31, 2007 Common Sense Commentary by Jim Hightower