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Shut Down the 1 Percent: Occupy Oakland Calls General Strike
PROPOSAL: We as fellow occupiers of Oscar Grant Plaza propose that on Wednesday November 2, 2011, we liberate Oakland and shut down the 1%. We …
Washington Post Discards All Journalistic Standards in Attack on Social Security
News outlets generally like to claim a separation between their editorial pages and their news pages. The Washington Post has long ignored this distinction in pursuing its agenda for …
Raising Cain: When Is a Scoop Ready to Be Published?
Politico’s story on possible sexual harassment by Herman Cain may be the biggest investigative scoop of the campaign season. But it would be hard to deduce that from the …
Occupy Wall Street’s Elegant Message
Demonstrators with the Occupy Wall Street protests listen to a performance by Arlo Guthrie at Columbus Circle in New York on October 21, 2011. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The …
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Markets Slide After Surprise Referendum Is Set by Greece
Athens - European markets slid dramatically on Tuesday after Prime Minister George A. Papandreou stunned the continent’s leaders with a surprise announcement late Monday that his government would hold …
Communicating via People Pedal Power
A bicycle-powered generator supplies power to a radio. (Photo: kaputniq) One single bicycle - and many pedaling people - powers Occupy San Francisco's media center: three laptops, …
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Perry’s Tax Plan Would Be a Boon for the Wealthy, Study Says
West Des Moines, Iowa - Rick Perry's proposed optional flat tax would be a windfall for wealthier Americans, giving millionaires an average tax cut of $637,418, according to an …
Occupy the Future
That the Occupy movement is unprecedented seems appropriate because this is an unprecedented era.
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Nashville Reporter Tapes His Own Arrest, Records Apparent Police Misconduct as Peaceful Protesters Detained
State troopers, on orders from Gov. Bill Haslam (R-TN), have repeatedly conducted nighttime raids on the Occupy Nashville encampment outside of the state capitol. During the raid at 2:30 …
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Regulators Investigating MF Global for Missing Money
Federal regulators have discovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in customer money has gone missing from MF Global in recent days, prompting an investigation into the brokerage firm, …