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Acting With Impunity: The Case of General Electric
Can the world's biggest corporations act with impunity? When it comes to General Electric, the answer appears to be “yes.”
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Reclaiming the Roadblock, UK Uncut Takes Direct Action Against Austerity
The anti-cuts group recently mobilized a nationwide action called “Roadblocks for Justice” that focused specifically on cuts to legal aid.
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Capitalism Works (or Not) for Me
Does capitalism work? Artist Steve Lambert, found a new way to project that question so his audience might grasp how it touches our lives.
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Food Stamp Outage Highlights Problems With Privatization of Public Services
The government shutdown was not to blame for the crashing of the food stamp program for poor families in several states over the weekend, just the latest in a …
Amid Government Shutdown, “New Economy” Events Draw Sustainability Advocates
The New Economy Coalition hosted events focused on building sustainable solutions to inequality and climate change.
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Washington Attorney General Sues GMO Labeling Opponents for Hiding Corporate Donors
The state of Washington has filed a lawsuit, claiming opponents of a ballot initiative that would label groceries containing genetically engineered ingredients (GMOs) are hiding their donors in a …
Canadian Police Use Military Tactics to Disperse Indigenous Anti-Fracking Blockade
New Brunswick Mounted Police deploy rubber bullets and tear gas, arrest 40 protesters for blockading highway.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Five Million Low-Income People Will Go Without Basic Health Benefits Because of Their Republican Governors, and More
In today’s On the News segment: Five million low-income people will go without basic health benefits because of their Republican governors; in the debt ceiling standoff, our nation lost …
Longshoreman Strike Shuts Down Port of Baltimore
Port of Baltimore Shutdown: Longshoremen in solidarity with nationwide labor struggle.
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Rep. John Conyers Pushes for a “Full Employment” Bill
Rep. John Conyers says the focus should be on jobs, not debt.