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Op-Ed
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They Can’t Evict the 99 Percent
Politicians beholden to the 1% are trying to evict the Occupy movement, from Wall Street and elsewhere around the country. Meanwhile, in Washington, the “Super Committee” threatens …
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Lessons of a Police Chief: Militarization Is a Mistake
They came from all over, tens of thousands of demonstrators from around the world, protesting the economic and moral pitfalls of globalization. Our mission as members of the Seattle …
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This Is What America Looks Like
Protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park in New York, November 15, 2011. After being evicted by the police Tuesday morning, several hundred Occupy Wall Street …
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Occupy: Cathedrals and Ivory Towers
This past weekend in the UK saw people walking about sporting red poppies on their lapels. It was Armistice Day on Friday, November 11, and Sunday, November 13 was …
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What Do You Do When You Can’t Shut It Down?
Demonstrators with Occupy Wall Street react to heavy rain at the encampment in Zuccotti Park, in New York, on October 14, 2011. (Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times) …
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Bank of America: Always Thinking of You
One way you can tell that a bank is in trouble is that it suddenly starts buying full-page ads in newspapers across the country that tell us what great …
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The Long Shadows of Nixon and Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover. (Photo: Wikimedia) J. Edgar Hoover passed away on May 2, 1972. The legendary FBI director lay in state at the Capitol rotunda, the doors …
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Criticism, Violence and Roosting Chickens
Protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park in New York, Nov. 15, 2011. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New York Times) The 99 percent …
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Deadly Secrets
The world is made of deadly secrets. We are surrounded by them, enveloped in them, yet are seldom able to see them for what they are ... and when …
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“Nuclear Option” Against Iran’s Economy Paves Way for War
The drumbeat for another round of draconian sanctions against Iran is growing louder on Capitol Hill. While Illinois Senator Mark Kirk's proposed legislation to “collapse the Central Bank of …