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October2011 Movement Closes Citibank to Protest Record Profits Made at the Expense of Human Needs
The Freedom Plaza occupation in Washington, DC protested inside and outside Citibank in Washington, DC. Six protesters, including a video team went inside the bank to protest the …
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House GOP Wants to Waive Environmental Laws on US Borders
Washington — In a move aimed at improving national security, House Republicans want to give the U.S. Border Patrol unprecedented authority to ignore 36 environmental laws on federal land …
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Food System Pays Dearly as Wall Street Occupies Washington
Despite the Occupy Wall Street movement's now month-long direct challenge to corporate and financial industry power, the machine keeps rolling along. The 1 percent recently racked up …
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Santa Clara County Ends Collaboration with ICE
San Jose - In what has been heralded as the most progressive policy in the nation, Santa Clara County today voted in a new set of guidelines for civil …
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Tunisians Hold First Vote Since Revolution
Tunis - Millions of Tunisians cast votes on Sunday for an assembly to draft a constitution and shape a new government, in a burst of pride and hope that …
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A Moment of Pure Astonishment, Again
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Tea Party Nation activists calls for small business to “stop hiring,” to protest Obama, Democrats. It is no easy thing …
Nurses Condemn Chicago Mayor Emanuel for Arrest Of Nurses, Medical Volunteers at Occupy Chicago
Registered nurses from across the U.S. today condemned Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel for his decision to arrest nurse volunteers, as well as peaceful protesters, in a late night crackdown …
News Corp. Will Save Our Schools, and Other Scarily Seductive Reforms
Banish the image of a classic American classroom from your mind—chalkboard, desks and all. The future of education has arrived, and next-era classrooms look like, well, call centers: students …
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Republican Operatives Behind AFSCME Attacks on Ed Lee
I wrote last week about the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the nation’s largest public employees union, using anti-government messaging to defeat Ed Lee and …
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Recovery before Reform
The financial crisis that started in 2007 shrunk the world economy by 6% in two years, doubling unemployment. Its proximate cause was predatory bank lending, so people are naturally …