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Chomsky: Public Education Under Massive Corporate Assault – What’s Next?
http://www.alternet.org/story/151921/chomsky%3A_public_education_under_massive_corporate_assault_%E2%80%94_what%27s_next?akid=7377.9992.gN5pOg&rd=1&t=2

Obama’s Passive Conservatism is Making a Lot of People Angry
Clancy Sigal, Comment is Free
In many ways, Obama’s contribution to the left has been to weaken it. Should progressives go elsewhere?
http://www.alternet.org/story/151937/obama%27s_passive_conservatism_is_making_a_lot_of_people_angry?akid=7377.9992.gN5pOg&rd=1&t=5

Stop Sacrificing US Soldiers for Afghan Debacle
Medea Benjamin, AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/story/151936/stop_sacrificing_us_soldiers_for_afghan_debacle?akid=7377.9992.gN5pOg&rd=1&t=24

Ex-Obama Economist Warns of New US Recession
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/646355/ex-obama_economist_warns_of_new_us_recession/#paragraph3

Debt, Debt, Debt: 90% of Americans Experience Income Decline as Wealth Gets Sucked Back into Top .1% - Debt Explodes as We Try to Make Ends Meet
David DeGraw, Amped Status
http://www.alternet.org/story/152016/debt%2C_debt%2C_debt%3A_90_of_americans_experience_income_decline_as_wealth_gets_sucked_back_into_top_.1_--_debt_explodes_as_we_try_to_make_ends_meet?akid=7419.9992.LZfpsj&rd=1&t=2

Can You Hear Us Now? Striking Verizon Workers Rally for Good Jobs and Fair Contracts in New York City
Rae Gomes, AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/story/152073/can_you_hear_us_now_striking_verizon_workers_rally_for_good_jobs_and_fair_contracts_in_new_york_city?akid=7419.9992.LZfpsj&rd=1&t=21

Wisconsin: Dems Fight Off Recall, Hold onto Seats
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/651538/wisconsin%3A_dems_fight_off_recall%2C_hold_onto_seats/#paragraph4

How Wealthy CEOs are Screwing Themselves Over by Squeezing Their Workers
Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog
We’re slouching toward a double dip, and the stock market is imploding, because consumers, whose spending is 70 percent of the economy, have reached their limit.
http://www.alternet.org/story/152121/how_wealthy_ceos_are_screwing_themselves_over_by_squeezing_their_workers?akid=7442.9992.8Zbozx&rd=1&t=27