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To Win a Debate, Confuse Matters
Direct Action, a subcommittee of the Yale Working Group of Occupy New Haven, protested outside The Study, a hotel in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, on Tuesday evening, November 15, …
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The Breakthrough Still Needed
Washington - No, the sun didn't rise in the west this morning. No, Republicans on the congressional supercommittee didn't offer meaningful concessions on raising new tax revenue. And no, …
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Greed at a Glance (2)
The Occupy Wall Street camp in Manhattan has come down. But the Occupy movement shows no sign of disappearing, in part because top 1 percent arrogance shows no sign …
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Occupy Sacramento Marches on Jerry Brown’s Home
Occupy Sacramento and members of SEIU and other unions marched on Governor Jerry Brown’s loft home Saturday to call for an end to the epidemic of violence by law …
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Rules of Engagement for Non-Profits and Unions Working with the #Occupy Movement
There has been a great deal of interest by progressive unions, labor federations, community-labor coalitions, and non-profits of many kinds in the rise of the Occupy movement. A lot …
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Obama Must Condemn Egyptian Military
As we watch the Egyptian police and military viciously attack democracy activists on the streets of Cairo, using U.S. weapons, it is outrageous that the Obama Administration has failed …
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Time for Obama to Act to End Police-State Violence Against the Occupiers
The growing number of video clips and photos showing police in Darth Vader-like riot gear assaulting peaceful demonstrators with everything from tear gas and mace to truncheons, point-blank shots …
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The Way It Was
Shortly after Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, I was invited to a dinner at the Lebanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. in honor of …
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A Failed Social Model: Providing Basic Goods Through Crushing Consumer Debt
Occupiers have joined anti-foreclosure advocates to occupy home auctions and abandoned buildings and block foreclosures. A few state attorneys general have begun resisting the Obama administration’s awful mortgage fraud settlement …
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Privatization Nightmare: 5 Public Services That Should Never Be Handed Over to Greedy Corporations
Who gains – and who loses – when public assets and jobs are turned over to the private sector? The corporate right endlessly promotes “privatization” of public …