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Dehumanizing Late-Stage Capitalism
In my opinion, when people opine that the OWS movement is about — or should be about — the airing of this particular grievance or that it must bandy …
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No Matter What, Blame the Protesters
Demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street movement march in New York’s Times Square. (Photo: Robert Stolarik / The New York Times) Over the past couple of days, …
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An All-American Nightmare
This Is What Defeat Looks Like How about a moment of silence for the passing of the American Dream? M.R.I.C. (May it rest in …
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Rebels and Messiahs: Ten Spiritual Ancestors for Occupy Wall Street
We started to make a list of people throughout history who might be considered Occupy Wall Street's spiritual forefathers and mothers, but it got so long it felt like …
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Finding Freedom in Handcuffs
An Occupy Wall Street demonstrator is detained by police while others march nearby, in New York, October 14, 2011. (Photo: Robert Stolarik / The New York Times) …
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What Witch Hunt?
Washington - Herman Cain, unwilling to defend himself on the merits against sexual harassment allegations, has taken to having his campaign pass out copies of the "journalistic code of …
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Emerging Economies Join G20 Coalition to Tax Speculation
Talk about piling on. Bill Gates, the Pope, Michael Moore, the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1,000 parliamentarians, 1,000 economists, the world's major labor leaders, Occupy Wall Street protesters, Oxfam and …
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Shouldn’t Americans Repair American Infrastructure?
Bay Bridge, San Francisco, California. (Photo: naquah) Listening at last to his inner FDR, President Barack Obama is going straight at the Know-Nothing/Do-Nothing Republicans in Congress. …
Beyond the Limits of Neoliberal Higher Education: Global Youth Resistance and the American/British Divide
“We need a wholesale revision of how a democracy both listens to and treats young people.”
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You Don’t Know Mitt: Ninety-Nine Facts About Mitt Romney
In the race for the Republican presidential nomination, the media has focused on a succession of colorful Republican contenders and pretenders: Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Michele Bachmann, and Herman …