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Secret Surveillance: Truthout and the ACLU on What the Government Knows, or Wants to Know, About You
Since September 11th, 2001, the United States government has been monitoring its citizens' phone calls, license plates, internet search histories, purchases, and movements in unprecedented and, in some cases, …
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Over 1,000 Americans Have Been Arrested Protesting Wall Street, While Bankers Have Dodged Major Prosecutions
One of the major complaints made against the financial sector by demonstrators who began their occupation of Wall Street one month ago today is that there have been few …
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Global Day of Rage: Hundreds of Thousands March Against Inequity, Big Banks, as Occupy Movement Grows
From Buenos Aires to Toronto, Kuala Lumpur to London, hundreds of thousands of people rallied on Saturday in a global day of action against corporate greed and budget cutbacks, …
US Hawks Behind Iraq War Rally for Strikes Against Iran
Washington - Key neo-conservatives and other right-wing hawks who championed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq are calling for military strikes against Iran in retaliation for its purported murder-for-hire …
Wait, It Gets Worse: Wall St. Responsible for Sky-Rocketing Oil and Gas Prices, Too.
While the issues that resonate the loudest through the various #OccupyWallStreet protests surround bank bailouts, dirty housing foreclosure tactics and crony relationships with politicians, a new report from the …
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Hamas Frees Israeli Soldier as Prisoner Swap Begins
An Israeli soldier held for more than five years by the militant Palestinian group Hamas was traded on Tuesday for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails in an …
Global Day of Rage: Hundreds of Thousands March Against Inequity, Big Banks, as Occupy Movement Grows (2)
From Buenos Aires to Toronto, Kuala Lumpur to London, hundreds of thousands of people rallied on Saturday in a global day of action against corporate greed and budget cutbacks, …
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As Rage at Wall Street Rises, Its Moneymen Shower Cash on Candidates
Washington - Even as protests over its political influence grow louder, Wall Street is one of the leading sources of money so far in the 2012 race for the …
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The Self-Inflicted Wound of US Foreign Aid Cuts
It's not every day that foreign aid is front page news in the United States, but it is because slashing foreign aid has become one of the few areas …
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Rediscovering Civil Disobedience
Occupy Chicago protesters at the intersection of Jackson and La Salle in downtown Chicago on Saturday, October 16. Click to view more photos of Occupy Chicago. (Photo: abjam77) …