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Social workers' strike for better working conditions in 2011 (Oren Ziv / Activestills)
Haaretz’s financial paper doesn’t hide its anti-union agenda
TheMarker journalists toy with statistics to reverse the correlation between cause and effect, portraying unions, once again, as protectors of the privileged. TheMarker, Haaretz’s economic supplement (which over the last several years has gained a life of its own), is at it again. A report and corresponding article (only the latter of which made it online in…
By Haggai Matar November 15, 2013
J14 protesters outside Tel Aviv Stock Exchange July 7, 2012 (Activestills)
The price of turning Israel into another Scandinavia
The reality of the Nordic economic model has little to do with the derisive way it is described by the ‘The Marker’ or ‘The Economist.’ One writer takes apart the right-wing business media’s analysis, revealing the truth behind the successful social democracies. By: Ami Vatury (Translated from Hebrew by Rachel Beitarie) “The Scandinavian model” found…
By Haokets May 1, 2013
J14: No need to bring up the occupation – it’s the capitalism, stupid!
With the growing number of calls for J14 to address the “elephant in the room” that apparently no one is willing to talk about – the occupation (shhh!), it’s important to understand something: there is no elephant Lately there have been calls on the Left, including here on +972, for the #J14 movement to talk…
By Ami Kaufman August 14, 2011
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Sargent Shriver when he was candidate for vice president, 1972 (photo: Rowland Scherman/JFK Memorial Library)
The death of Sargent Shriver & the lessons for Israel
Sargent Shriver, the first head of the Peace Corps, was related to President John F. Kennedy by marriage. He devoted his life to promoting the ideals of public service and peaceful dialogue. Israelis would do well to emulate his example News of the death of John F. Kennedy’s brother-in-law Sargent Shriver on Tuesday made little-to-no…
By Roee Ruttenberg January 20, 2011
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