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Chris Hedges, Truthdig Op-Ed: Our political leaders, Democrat and Republican, are complicit in our demise. Our political system, like that in the declining days of ancient Rome, is one of legalized bribery. Politicians, including Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, serve the demented ends of corporations that will, until the final flicker of life, attempt to profit from our death spiral. Civil disobedience, including the recent decision by Greenpeace activists to chain themselves to a Gazprom supply vessel and obstruct a Russian oil rig, is the only meaningful form of resistance. Voting is useless. 
Anthony Gucciardi, Video Report: "Overall, it seems quite apparent that the researchers really have no idea what the word 'health' entails. While even the very few aspects they examine seem to heavily favor organic food items, the hundreds of other essential factors are wildly overlooked in the report that does nothing but push back the general public's notion of what true health is by about 30 years." 
Dean Baker, Op-Ed: In polite circles in Washington it is common to view unions as a quaint anachronism. They may have made sense back when most workers had little education and worked in factories, but there really is no place for them in a 21st century economy. From this perspective, the sharp decline in union membership that we have seen in the last three decades is simply a natural process, sort of like the development of more powerful computers. 
Catherine Wilson, News Report: Leaders of 15 Pacific Island nations have pledged to remove barriers to women's economic empowerment, end violence against women and pave the way for their increased political representation, at the conclusion of the 43rd Pacific Islands Forum in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, last week. The meeting was also attended by the Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet. 
Mohamed A. El-Erian, Op-Ed: What if members of the United States Congress, now returning from their summer recess, were to receive a "back to school" letter from concerned citizens? The choice Congress faces this term is simple: either address head on America's challenges, or risk being remembered as the body whose dithering condemned future generations to being worse off than their parents. 
Video Interview: With the upcoming election in the fall how do the two presidential candidates stack up in the eyes of the occupy protesters? Not very well it seems. Many occupy protesters do not see the outcome of 2012 election having any impact on what they are there to protest. One protester says "I am here to protest the system where I have to pick the lesser of two evils." 
Rachael Marcus, News Report: The new ad from the Republican National Committee seeks to hit Obama where Americans perceive his weakness to be — in unemployment and economic recovery. Obama's management of the economy may be the single biggest obstacle to his re-election, and more than half of Americans disapprove of his economic management, according to a poll from The New York Times/CBS. 
Dave Johnson, Op-Ed: What is Labor Day? And why is it a national holiday? Labor Day is our national holiday to celebrate the contribution that regular working people make to our country and our economy. It is also a holiday that celebrates the way We, the People democracy can deliver prosperity to many, instead of great wealth to just a few -- when it works. Strong unions help make it work. 
Aviva Shen, News Report: "The Democratic National Committee released a draft of their party platform Monday night, to be voted on Tuesday in Charlotte, NC. The platform not only lays out the party's vision for the future but also articulates President Obama's first term accomplishments and attacks Romney's policies. Most issues are framed in comparison to radical Republican policies, affirmed last week in what was called 'the most conservative platform in modern history.'" 
Nick Turse, Op-Ed: Afghanistan may turn out to be one of the great misbegotten "stimulus packages" of the modern era, a construction boom in the middle of nowhere with materials largely shipped in at enormous expense to no lasting purpose whatsoever. With the U.S. military officially drawing down its troops there, the Pentagon is now evidently reversing the process and embarking on a major deconstruction program. It'stearing up tarmacs, shutting down outposts, and packing up some of its smaller facilities. 
George Lakey, Op-Ed: "Our chance to defeat the 1 percent depends on our willingness to give up demanding that others become like us, and instead learn to walk in their shoes. That's true when it comes to race and gender, and other differences including class. I'm not advocating a dismissal of action in favor of obsessing about political correctness. A living revolution focuses not on rigid rules but on opening ourselves to others' realities, and being grateful when they are willing to express them." --
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