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Side With the 99 Percent
Occupy Wall Street is the populist movement that the Tea Parties claimed to be. And in its third week of confronting the nation’s financial overlords, Occupy Wall Street and …
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Letter to a Dead Man About the Occupation of Hope
Dear young man who died on the fourth day of this turbulent 2011, dear Mohammed Bouazizi, I want to write you about an astonishing year — with …
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The Self-Inflicted Wound of US Foreign Aid Cuts
It's not every day that foreign aid is front page news in the United States, but it is because slashing foreign aid has become one of the few areas …
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Rediscovering Civil Disobedience
Occupy Chicago protesters at the intersection of Jackson and La Salle in downtown Chicago on Saturday, October 16. Click to view more photos of Occupy Chicago. (Photo: abjam77) …
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The Occupy Windfall
Washington - “Defend Wall Street” is not likely to be a winning campaign slogan in 2012. For Republicans, this is an obvious problem. For President Obama and the Democrats, …
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Jobs – Still the No. 1 National Emergency
We are in an absolute national jobs emergency and everyone outside of Washington, DC understands this. But if you read the DC-oriented press, you would think that the “issue” …
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Voters Are in a Deep Funk
Having spent time this week in both New Hampshire and Iowa, the states featuring the first presidential nominating contests of 2012, and having been in Michigan the week before, …
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Occupy Mike Bloomberg
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has been against the Occupy Wall Street movement from the beginning. On his weekly radio broadcast, Bloomberg has made numerous misleading remarks …
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All Hail the Unknown Organizer!
The Unknown Organizer. Liberated Autonomous Manhattan — In a century, community organizers will still be debating what to call Zuccotti Park/Liberty Plaza/Liberty Square. The surrounding skyscrapers will …
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Terms of the Occupation
Occupy Wall Street takes over Washington Square Park in New York, October 8, 2011. (Photo: getdarwin)