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Surviving the Second Gilded Age
We refuse to support the politicians, think tanks, media and anti-public intellectuals who are pushing to create a Secon
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America’s Leaders Are Small, but Americans Are Not
"We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, …
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Follow English Commoners’ Lead: Band Together to Force Corporate Reform
In recent years, senior Wall Street managers relentlessly pursued short-term profit and personal windfalls by any and all means while bringing Main Street to its knees (where it remains …
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Pondering a Dire Day: Leaving the Euro
London - It would be Europe’s worst nightmare: after weeks of rumors, the Greek prime minister announces late on a Saturday night that the country will abandon the euro …
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Robert Reich: Are Mitt and Newt Channeling Their Inner Progressives?
Two important reforms are stopping the revolving door between Washington and the nation’s financial giants, and preventing financiers from flipping companies(making short-term profits by borrowing big sums to buy …
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The Disappearance of the Compassionate Conservatives
I would never have been mistaken as a political supporter of President George W. Bush. But in his early days as president, I was invited to have conversations with …
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Is Obama’s Teddy Roosevelt Rhetoric Just Talk?
Is Barack Obama changing? If so, many in the Occupy Wall Street Movement are patting their efforts on the back, and even claiming credit for what looks like a …
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You Cannot Handcuff a Movement Whose Time Has Come: Why I Was Arrested at the State Capitol
As I was escorted by the Thurston County sheriff into a jail cell, sporting the tattered plastic sandals they exchanged for my shoes, wearing my yellow "I AM A …
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Capitalism Is the Enemy of Democracy
Occupy Wall Street, October 21, 2011. (Photo: Tony the Misfit) The most significant accomplishment for Occupy Wall Street (OWS) to date is that the Occupiers have managed …
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End of “Brown Rice Diplomacy” With Iran?
Ironically, the House is trying to criminalize diplomacy with Iran before sustained talks with Iran have been tried. More than eighty-percent of Congress has signed on to the bill, …