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Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace Newsletter October 30th, 2008 More from Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace »

Wal-Mart Has Perfected the Art of Union-Busting By Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota 'Wal-Mart is a case study of the abysmal workers' rights regime we have here in the United States.' Read more »   Help AlterNet continue to expose the facts on Palin! As the 2008 election comes down to the wire, AlterNet is operating at full throttle. We are covering it all, from the sleaze to the inspiration, from voter suppression to the shocking nomination of Sarah Palin. In fact, we've probably organized more information on this woman than anywhere else on the web. And in the past two months, over 3 million people have come to AlterNet to read about the pratfalls and far-right ideas of McCain's VP choice. Now is the home stretch. But because of the global financial meltdown, our budget is quickly shrinking just as we need to be going all out. Will you help us finish the year with a bang? We could really use your support. Much Thanks, Don Hazen, Executive Editor     How the Economy Is Affecting Your Sex Life By Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee Softening up, going down, losing firmness -- it seems sex and the economy have more in common than language. Read more »   Don't Look Now, There's a Huge Wave of Inflation Coming Toward Us By Kevin Phillips, Huffington Post Paulson and Bernanke's "rescue" have only begun to do their full long-term damage. Read more »   Can "Card-Check" Lead to Labor's Comeback? By Kim Moody, Labor Notes Despite innovations in unionizing through the card check process, a bold initiative waiting in Congress is the big hope. Read more »   Cheating Uncle Sam By Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality America's tax cheats come disproportionately and overwhelmingly from the ranks of America's rich. Read more »   The Nasty Truth: Free Trade Agreements May Scuttle Green Jobs Plans By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Many of the promises the candidates make on the stump would have trouble passing muster with the WTO -- that's the whole point of "free trade" deals. Read more »   The Bailout Has to Come With Regulation By Arthur MacEwan, Dollars and Sense The firms that are "too big to fail," should be regulated to prevent them from operating in ways that put us all at risk. Read more »   Will the Economic Crash Take Down Our Hopes for Clean Energy? By David Morris, AlterNet This happened before, in 1981. But this time the renewable energy industry is in better shape for a fight. Read more »   5 Reasons Why Wall Street's Bailout Won't Work By Danny Schechter, AlterNet Markets are volatile and trending down while banks are still not lending despite frequent projections of massive unemployment and stagflation. Read more »   Alan Greenspan: Who Could Have Known? By Dean Baker, TruthOut.org Greenspan thinks that if the geniuses running the Fed couldn't predict the meltdown, nobody could. Read more »   Michael Moore: No More Socialism for the Rich! CNN "McCain is going to make sure the wealthy get another incredible tax break while everybody else suffers." Read more »   Why I Love Taxes -- And Most Americans Do, Too By Sally Kohn, Movement Vision Lab Conservatives talk about "starving the beast" of government. But given that government feeds and nurtures us, we'd only be starving ourselves. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Obama Mocks Socialist Attacks: "I Shared My Toys in Kindergarten" By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly "By the end of the week, he'll be accusing me of being a secret communist because ... I shared my peanut butter and jelly sandwich." Read more »   The Washington Post Only Supports Bailouts for Millionaires, Not Autoworkers By Dean Baker, Huffington Post After all, the average autoworker only makes $56,650 a year, who do they think they are? Read more »   Sorry, Barack, but Our Lifestyle Is Going to Have to Change By Joshua Holland, AlterNet But you can't say that on the campaign trail ... Read more »

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