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Shoveling America’s Wealth to the Top
As an old country saying puts it, “Money is like manure — it does no good unless you spread it around.” Yet America's corporate and political leaders …
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Austerity and the Modern Banker
(Photo: dev null) Washington, DC – Santa Claus came early this year for four former executives of Washington Mutual (WaMu), a large US bank that failed in …
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Let’s Double Our Efforts to Raise a Ruckus
Strikers guarding window entrance to Fisher body plant number three. Flint, Michigan, early 1937. (Photo: Sheldon Dick) I can think of no better way for us to …
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Populism Isn’t Dead, It’s Marching: What 19th Century Farmers Can Teach Occupiers About How to Keep Going
Occupy Albany protesters moving their info tent as they're evicted on December 22, 2011. (Photo: sebastien.barre) Not so long ago, Americans witnessed the beginning of a mass …
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Norman Solomon: Uncle Sam Is Making the Wrong Choices
On a recent day in Petaluma, two very different events spotlighted grim results of upside-down priorities from the federal government. Upwards of 600 people gathered for …
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Urging Obama to Stop Rush to Iran War
President Obama needs to put an abrupt halt to the game of Persian Roulette about to spin out of control in the Persian Gulf. If we were still on …
The Rain and the Reckoning
Dewey Square, the patch of earth that Occupy Boston protesters called home from September to December, is empty now.
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Keep an Eye on This Wild Card: Americans Elect
Washington - For all the roller-coaster tumultuousness of the primary season, the general election promises another strange jolt: the likely presence on the ballot in all 50 states of …
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The Belittle Big Bodies Banzai: A Year-End OWS Salute and Immune Key to 2012
(Photo: Michael Kappel / Flickr) Yes, Virginia, there really are silver bullets and here's a sterling one for you. After a lifetime clashing with monstrous …
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Capitalism and Loneliness: Why Pornography Is a Multibillion-Dollar Industry
(Photo: Dave 77459 / Flickr) Massive social changes in the US labor force and in commerce have transformed the economy and powerfully affected personal relationships. Since 1970, …