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The Occupy Wall Street Victory: Filling a Hole in Democracy
The general scorn for the Occupy Wall Street movement (OWS), now spread to hundreds of cities in the U.S., reveals a lot about Wall Street, the press, and the …
Occupy Wall Street: A Gift for the Economy
The early characterization of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement as a group of rudderless kids with no real chance of success was fantastically misplaced. The 99 percent continues …
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Someone Got Rich and Someone Got Sick: Nature Is the 99 Percent, Too
If your child has asthma and it’s getting worse, then news about the White House’s recent retreat on ozone (that is, smog) standards for the air over your city …
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Universities Burn – a View From Europe
There has been much writing on the corporatization of universities and other higher education (HE) institutions in North America. The writing spells out the danger of their conversion into …
People Distrust Government – Conservative Mission Accomplished
The corporate/conservative plan for decades has been to turn people against government and democracy. Because when people stop accepting the idea of We, the People making decisions, guess who …
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Review: Patriot Acts
The world started to make sense to Zac Reed when he accepted a new religion into his life. As he describes his story in the new book of oral …
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Israel: Twenty Years and Counting? An Analysis
Not too long ago I gave a talk on the Palestinian bid for statehood. In the audience was a Russian-Israeli expatriate who politely took exception to my criticisms of …
Cheat Sheet: What’s Happened to the Big Players in the Financial Crisis
Widespread demonstrations in support of Occupy Wall Street have put the financial crisis back into the national spotlight lately. So here’s a quick refresher on what’s …
Police Fire Tear Gas, Flash Grenades as Protesters Try to Retake Occupy Oakland After Predawn Raid
Oakland police repeatedly fired tear gas and flash grenades Tuesday night as protesters attempted to retake the Occupy Oakland encampment outside City Hall—only 12 hours after police tore apart …
Perry’s Social Security Plan: A “Monstrous Lie“
A few weeks after calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme,” Rick Perry claims he has just the plan to save the program. That is nothing but a monstrous lie. …