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Mondragón and the System Problem
The bankruptcy declaration of Mondragu00f3n Corporation's major subsidiary, Fagor Electrodomu00e9sticos Group, illustrates the need for large-scale cooperatives to go beyond competition in the existing economic system and begin to …
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With Great Concern: A Plea for Marissa Alexander and All New Afrikan Women
An inmate at California's Pelican Bay State Prison makes an impassioned plea for Marissa Alexendar:
Political Cowardice Is Political Courage
It seems telling that the most vocal people fervently endorsing many elements of the reform agenda have either a political or economic stake in moving those policies forward.
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Remembering Lou Reed
Reedu2019s true legacy is his example for the survivors, those of us who will live through the coming turmoil.
A Nostalgic America, Haunted By Ghosts
The America that believed in technology as a solution to all things has become almost a century later a landscape where ghosts comfortably dwell.
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John Carpenter’s Prophetic Visions of the American Police State
Those seeking a good scare tend to overlook the deeper, overarching themes that speak to the filmmakeru2019s concerns about the unraveling of our society, particularly our government.
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Janet Yellen: The Economist’s Economist
Paul Krugman shares his thoughts on Janet Yellen for the Federal Reserve and the recipients of the 2013 Nobel Prize for economics.
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Stop the Cruelest Cuts!
Republicans would rather pad the wallets of the wealthy elite than put food on the tables of America's most needy and vulnerable.
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America Was Once a Superpower – Now It’s Not
George Washington would be rolling over in his grave if he knew what President Obama was up to.
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The Revolution Will Not Be (Russell) Brand-ed
As young organizers and radical thinkers, the question on our lips is: why is Brand getting so much attention?