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Sarah Jaffe | Post-Occupied
Is “Occupy” over? Or are its many offshoots learning the arts of community rootedness and power building?
Ellen Brown | Are Private Banks Unconstitutional?
When enough people understand that private banks rather than governments create our money supply, we might wake up to a new day in banking, finance and the return of …
The Birth of a Eurasian Century: Russia and China Do Pipelineistan
Keep your eye on Russia pivoting to Asia, China pivoting across the world, and Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa hard at work trying to bring about the …
Lessons From James Boggs: Capitalist Automation in the 21st Century
The racist antagonisms in the UAW led James Boggs to revolutionary conclusions about the US capitalist system.
Why Don’t We Know How Many People Are Shot Each Year in the US?
Has nonfatal gun violence increased or decreased over the past 10 years? No one really knows.
Louisiana’s New Abortion Law Is the First Step in Turning Private Physicians Back Into Illegal Abortion Providers
While clinics are being shut down throughout the country by restrictive and medically unnecessary state laws, patients may soon learn that their last hope - their own private physician …
Militarization of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Harms Indigenous Communities
Much has changed in the 20 years since the Cayos Cochinos were declared a protected area.
Study Confirms US Is Ruled by Rich, Corporate News Ignores It
American democracy is no longer very democratic, according to a new university study.
The Three-War Doctrine
Depending on what happens in the mid-terms and more importantly the next presidential elections in 2016, we might be looking at yet another effort to drive a stake through …
Meet North Carolina’s Revolutionary Register of Deeds
Mark Chilton, the newly elected register of deeds in Orange County, NC, campaigned on a promise to defy state law by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.