In 1900 Americans on average lived for only 49 years and most working people died still on the job.
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Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy.
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The regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations.
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If you think about it, Washington's overwhelming power in the world is founded on death, the awesome arsenal for killing people.
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Animal-rights advocates remind us of this admonition: The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.
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Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently induces a recession.
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In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims.
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The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.
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A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?
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As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed.
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