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Noam Chomsky: Ecology, Ethics, Anarchism
Chomsky talks about how indigenous peoples are trying to save the world from anthropogenic climate disruption and the havoc being wrought by “really existing capitalist democracies.”
Emails Show Sen. Corker’s Chief of Staff Coordinated with Network of Anti-UAW Union Busters
Leaked documents obtained by a Nashville TV station reveal communications between the employees of two Tennessee Republicans and a network of antiunion professionals during the United Auto Workers' …
Border Crossings Refocus Immigration Debate on Families
The “Bring Them Home” campaign challenges politicians to act on their promises of immigration reform.
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The Butterfly Effect: Do Monarchs’ Woes Signal Broader Problems?
The great monarch migration is in peril, a victim of rampant herbicide use in faraway corn and soybean fields, extreme weather, a tiny microbial pathogen and deforestation. Monarch butterfly …
Hijacking the American Plane of State: Old Scripts and Empty Stories Signal a New Age
If you want a news story that will glue eyes, then think of it this way: on September 12, 2001, the national security state entered the cockpit of the …
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Should GM Get the Death Penalty for 57 Cent Premeditated Murder?
Executives at General Motors have answered the age-old question of how much is a life worth. A life is worth 57 cents.
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Nomi Prins | The Real Vice-President of the United States Is Wall Street
In “All the Presidents' Bankers” Wall Street journalist Nomi Prins writes a painstakingly researched history of the financial industry's collusion with the White House to create a self-serving US …
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Paul Krugman | Ignoring the Evidence, and Waiting for Inflation
It's interesting to note that the really smart Wall Street money doesn't buy into this “finance macro canon.”
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Facebook and the Future of Global Governance
Although Facebook is a for-profit organization, its users could transform it into a form of participatory democratic global governance.