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  • Egypt's other revolution: Modernizing the military-industrial complex

    Commentary

    By Shana Marshall, February 20, 2012

    Planners in the Egyptian military want to boost the old defense-industrial complex by cultivating new smaller scale projects that partner the Egyptian armed forces with a diverse portfolio of second- and third-tier foreign defense manufacturers.

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  • Apple's iEconomy a Veritable Labor Dystopia

    Blog

    By Mark Engler, February 6, 2012

    Foxconn

    Mike Daisey's appearance on "This American Life" has made it impossible to ignore Apple's labor abuses.

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  • The Apple Connection

    Column

    By Walden Bello, February 1, 2012

    Apple's march to market supremacy has been accomplished at tremendous cost to both American and Chinese workers.

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  • War: The Wrong Jobs Program

    Policy Report

    By Mark Engler, November 15, 2011

    war job

    Can we run our economy on military spending?

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  • An Alternative Eulogy for Steve Jobs

    Commentary

    By Peter Certo, October 10, 2011

    jobs

    Jobs certainly thought differently, but the company he created acted the same as the competition.

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  • Migrants Demand End to the Violence

    Commentary

    By Kristin Bricker, September 23, 2011

    The caravan of drug war victims led by Mexican poet Javier Sicilia arrived at the Mexico-Guatemala border in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, on Sept. 14, where they asked for forgiveness from the migrants who risk their lives to cross Mexico to reach the United States.

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  • Human Trafficking in the Gulf Not What It Seems

    Blog

    By Michael Busch, July 23, 2011

    Mahdavi

    What's called sex trafficking is more often voluntary sex work, which is not without its hazards either.

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  • The Healthy Wage War

    Commentary

    By Mark Engler, June 30, 2011

    Public sector unions are among the only institutions that still stand against the unchecked influence of corporations. And they are under attack.

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  • Genuine Partnership or a Marriage of Convenience?

    Commentary

    By Fantu Cheru and Cyril Obi, June 24, 2011

    India and China, two leading emerging economies in the world, are competing with each other, as well as Africa's traditional western trading partners, to build a stronger relationship with Africa.

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  • Blood on the Trackpads

    Review / Department: Fiesta

    By Peter Certo, May 12, 2011

    Mike Daisey

    Monologist Mike Daisey takes on Apple and challenges audiences to exercise their consumer power to effect change.

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