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Thomas Piketty: Capitalism in Its Current Form Undermines Democracy
The distribution of wealth is one of today's most widely discussed and controversial issues. But what do we really know about its evolution over the long term?
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The Government-Corporate Complex: Surveillance for the Money
Had the NSA developed the in-house and inexpensive Thin Thread program instead of alternatives dictated by financial interests, September 11 might have been foiled and the Fourth Amendment still …
The Powerful Forces Shredding Our Constitution: Preface to “The Rise of the American Corporate Security State”
No foreign terrorist shredded the Constitution, nor did we, as citizens, bankrupt the nation.
The Rise of the American Corporate Security State
Daniel Ellsberg writes of The Rise of the American Corporate Security State: "Edwards is an extraordinary writer who brilliantly captures the essence of what whistleblowers such as Snowden have …
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The Snowden Saga Begins: “I Have Been to the Darkest Corners of Government, and What They Fear Is Light“
Glenn Greenwald's new book, “No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the US Security State,” chronicles his last near-year swept away by the Snowden affair.
Surveillance Posing as Counter-Terrorism: Foreword to “The Rise of the American Corporate Security State”
This Foreword to Bea Edwards' “The Rise of the American Corporate Security State,” describes how peace, financial stability and civil liberties are threatened by the antidemocratic legal regime.
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Unions Need to Build Power
In this excerpt from the new afterword to “Raising Expectations (And Raising Hell),” Jane McAlevey argues that unions have to start focusing on the inequality of power.
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Privacy Tools: Encrypt What You Can
Ever since Edward Snowden revealed the inner secrets of the NSA, he has been urging Americans to use encryption to protect themselves from rampant spying.
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Matt Taibbi | “The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap“
In his new book, Matt Taibbi explains how two of the most troubling trends in the United States are interwoven: economic inequality and mass incarceration. Wealth can merit an …
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Henry A. Giroux | Neoliberalism’s War on Democracy
Four decades of neoliberal policies have resulted in an economic Darwinism that promotes privatization, commodification, free trade and deregulation, Henry Giroux writes in the introduction to his book.