Two from Truthout:

Saturday 26 March 2011

Robert Reich | Why Governor LePage Can't Erase History, and Why We Need a Fighter in the White House
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "Maine Governor Paul LePage has ordered state workers to remove from the state labor department a 36-foot mural depicting the state’s labor history.... Are we still in America? The current Republican assault on workers - on their right to form unions, on unemployment insurance and Social Security, on public employees, and even (courtesy of Governor LePage) on our common memory - is ... despicable. And it’s why we need a President who will fight for workers and fight against this assault - just as Perkins and FDR did."
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Book Review: Epic Recession - How Did It Happen, How Bad Will It Get?
Carl Finamore, Truthout: "Big business has pretty much made up its own rules during the last three decades: taxes for corporations and the wealthiest were continually lowered and regulatory obstacles to domestic and offshore investments were eliminated. At the same time, wages for the majority of workers have remained stagnant since 1973... The book shatters the mystique of economics. Human decisions, not Adam Smith's legendary 'invisible hand,' have brought us to the brink of this disaster. If you want to be better equipped to understand the world around us, to analyze the current turmoil engulfing us, and to anticipate what may lie ahead for us, Epic Recession belongs on your bookshelf."
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