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Wages of Fear: Lockdowns and the IMF on Occupied Wall Street
I walked around lower Manhattan for a long time last Friday looking for the #OccupyWallStreet protests. It was an experiment: Had Mayor Bloomberg and the forces of “security” hidden …
The Corporate Takeover of the 2012 Presidential Election
The unregulated energy hucksters behind the infamous Enron scandals of a decade ago created an array of dummy financial funds to evade public scrutiny and perpetrate fraud. To disguise …
“American Autumn” Will Depend on People, Not Parties
Dr. Margaret Flowers, a core organizer of the October2011.org Movement. (Photo: Bill Hughes) No sooner did President Obama take office than the first cracks in the wall …
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Who Will Eclipse America?
Washington DC – According to Voltaire, the Roman Empire fell “because all things fall.” It is hard to argue with this as a general statement about decline: nothing lasts …
Beyond Troy Davis: How Race Colors Death Row “Justice“
The state of Georgia ignored a mountain of evidence and killed Troy Davis on Wednesday night. But the movement that grew out of the effort to save his life …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Have the Socialists, Communists and Greens Taken Over France?
In today's On the News segment: Congressional Republicans took a vacation in the middle of the spending/shutdown battle, Florida Gov. Rick Scott brags about killing jobs, police used violence …
The West and the Rest in a One-Model-Fits-All World
More than 10 years ago, before 9/11, Goldman Sachs was predicting that the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) would make the world economy’s top ten — but not …
Mahmoud Abbas, the Jackie Robinson of Palestine
Upon his return from New York, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority is welcomed home by a crowd of cheering Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah, …
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A Campaign Finance Ruling Turned to Labor’s Advantage
Washington — Labor unions are seizing on last year’s landmark Supreme Court campaign finance ruling to change how they engage in politics, developing ambitious plans to influence nonunion households …
Why Don’t the Deficit Hawks Want to Tax Wall Street?
Wall Street, New York City. (Photo: Manu_H) The intensity with which the country's leading deficit hawks continue to ignore financial speculation taxes (FST) is getting ever more …