The complaint -- which was also posted earlier by Greg Sargent -- alleges that several violations of the law occurred on the call: That Walker attempted to coordinate third-party campaign spending, when he told "Koch" that there would need to be messaging in support of Republican …

Yesterday, the Ohio Senate passed by a single vote a radical bill that would strip most of the state's public employee unions of their collective bargaining rights. [...]

Anonymous,' the group of online hacker activists that rose to prominence for laying cyber siege to a number of parties who opposed WikiLeaks, has launched its latest attack on the Americans for Prosperity website, a conservative organization funded by the billionaire Koch brother …

Fabulous photos from yesterday's massive protest, march, and rally in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Workers are under siege all over the world. But they are taking a stand in Egypt and right here in Madison, Wisconsin--Ground Zero for the American labor movement.

UPDATE: Local media report that the Dems may return to work on Saturday. Stay tuned.... UPDATE: The Dems have left the Illinois hotel they where they were "found" by media this afternoon; no reports as to their current whereabouts

Typical dictatorial tactics on display here in Cairo & Alexandria: import the poor, migrant workers and combine them with the corrupt bureaucratic officials who have become the nouveau riche through the dispensation of the regime & employ them at critical junctures to counter the …

A crucial reminder that myths are precisely that: halfway between fact/truth & lies/falsity! As Joan says:

What would it be like if we really remembered Martin Luther King and honored his memory? Would we think about the advances he and his supporters made in civil and human rights? Would we work to preserve and expand them?

It's happening all over the country. Union workers in both the public and private sectors have a target on their backs. Politicians are taking aim, determined to destroy the last remaining force dedicated to working people: the labor movement.

"The EU has called on Turkey to open up trade with Cyprus, to better promote gender equality and human rights, and to toe the line on foreign policy issues in a lukewarm appraisal of Ankara's path towards EU membership.