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Thanks to the 99 Percent Movement, Media Finally Covering Jobs Crisis and Marginalizing Deficit Hysteria (2)
Part of the reason economic policymakers have failed to properly address the poor economy is because the nation’s news media has not properly covered the unemployment crisis. For example, …
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California Gov. Brown Shuts Down Transparency Website
Sacramento, California - California Gov. Jerry Brown has shut down the government transparency website created by his predecessor, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, as a repository for financial disclosure statements and …
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Obama Meets with Sarkozy, Merkel as G-20 Tries to Solve Greek Debt Crisis
Cannes, France - Warning that the “most important” task for world leaders gathered here is to find a way to resolve Europe's financial crisis, U.S. President Barack Obama huddled …
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Bishop Gene Robinson Explains Why Religious People Should Support the 99 Percent Movement
Over the last few weeks, a number of clergy, religious activists, and writers — both Christian and Jewish — have spoken out in support of the Wall Street protests. …
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Scenes From Oakland’s General Strike: Activists Shut Down Local Citibank Chapter
Today, thousands of Oakland residents are participating in a general strike to protest last week’s police brutality and to draw attention to the economic inequality that the 99 Percent …
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Move Your Money: Campaign Grows to Divest from “Too Big to Fail” Banks to Local Banks, Credit Unions
As participants in the Occupy Wall Street movement continue protesting the record profits made by banks bailed out by taxpayer money, a group of grassroots activists are hitting America’s …
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US and Israeli Tech Teams Develop “Malworm” to Take Down Iran’s Computer Software
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Facing mounting concern about Iran's nuclear program, a top US and Israeli technical team has developed an improved computer “malworm” designed to …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Greek People to Vote on Plutocrat-Friendly EU Bailout, and More
In today's On the News Segment: Today is the day for a planned general strike in Oakland - the first of its kind since 1946, it's up to the …
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Lakota Tribes “Refuse to Cooperate” With Tar Sands Proponents
A protester against the Keystone XL pipeline is arrested outside the White House in this screengrab from “The Indigenous Call: Take Back Our Future.” (Image: StopKeystoneXL) The …
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Source: Port of Oakland Running at Half Capacity After Wildcat Strike in Solidarity With Occupy Oakland
Port of Oakland. (Photo: st3ck3l) Update 1:42 PM Pacific - Despite push-back from union leaders and the management at the Port of Oakland, rank and file longshoremen …