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The Public Eye, Summer 2014

Researcher Mariya Strauss reveals a new coordinated effort by the U.S. Chamber and other Corporate Right groups to target low-wage worker organizing. Plus, senior fellow Fred Clarkson identifies a disturbing rise in calls for martyrdom, violence, and theocratic war - including from some high-level GOP operatives.

In this issue

Dark Money, Dirty War

The Corporate Crusade Against Low-Wage Workers
A cardboard sign that says Human Needs Before Corporate Greed

Corporate interests have taken credit for reducing private-sector unions to afraction of their former strength, and for eroding public-sector collective bargaining, especially since the 2010 “Tea Party midterms.” A resurgence in low-wage worker…

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Rumblings of Theocratic Violence

A wooden cross against a blue sky.

Some Christian Right activists have lost hope that a Christian Nation can be achieved in the United States through the formal political process—including a high-level GOP operative. They are calling for martyrs and thinking about religious war.

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Exploiting the Fear of Exploitation

The Truth Behind the Right's Resistance to Human Trafficking
A sign that says "The Truth shall set the children free."

The abuse, manipulation, and exploitation of others is unacceptable in any context, and should be confronted and stopped. Yet conservative religious groups, lobbyists, and legislators have done little to curb the harmful elements of the sex trade.…

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The Art of Activism: Rommy Torrico

This issue’s cover artist, Rommy Torrico, is the graphics and new media director for the Collier County Neighborhood Stories Project (CCNSP), based in southwest Florida.

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