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How Can We Rouse Police and Other Protectors of the Corporatocracy – “Guards” of the Status Quo – to Join the OWS Rebellion?
“In a highly developed society, the Establishment cannot survive without the obedience and loyalty of millions of people who are given small rewards to keep the system going: the …
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Let Them Eat Keller
Funny, he doesn't look like Marie Antoinette. But when former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller asks his readers if they are "bored by the soggy sleep-ins and …
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Welcome to Our Banana Republic and Its Global Panopticon
The day I became a citizen of these United States, June 17, 2009, in the old Paramount Theater in downtown Oakland, I raised my right hand and swore that …
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The Choice Between Democracy and Autocracy
Hear ye, hear ye! Let it be known that in this 10th month of the first year of His Majesty King John Hickenlooper's reign, the sovereign governor of the …
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At Loss for a World View
Washington - The demise of Moammar Gaddafi is big news around the world. Note to the Republican presidential candidates: This will come as a shock, but there are lots …
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The Austerity Death Trap
Ron Paul’s newly-unveiled economic plan – promising to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget in year one (presumably that means 2013) – is only slightly more ambitious than …
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If the Greeks Can Shut Their Country Down, Why Can’t We?
In an effort to stop Greece’s parliament from voting for further austerity measures today and tomorrow, the Greek people have effectively shut the entire country down, as part of …
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Is the National Security Complex Too Big to Fail? TARPing War
Soldiers with the U.S. Army 2nd Platoon, Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment fire 105mm rounds of artillery toward a Taliban or Haqqani network rocket position beside …
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Which Bank Is the Worst for America? Five Behemoths That Hold Our Political System Hostage
The economic crash led to the loss of 9 million jobs and the biggest drop in American home-ownership since the Great Depression. Long-term unemployment, poverty and hunger have increased …
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Lincoln’s Lessons for Obama
Washington - Can President Obama take advantage of the egalitarian sentiment let loose in the country by the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations? Would doing so be consistent with the …