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Spying on Activists: New Document Shows Army Targeted Olympia Anarchists, War Protesters
A criminal intelligence analyst for the Army infiltrated activists in Olympia to gather intelligence, which he shared with police, the FBI and a fusion centeru00a0in Washington.
Richard Wolff: Enterprise Structure Is Key to the Shape of a Post-Capitalist Future
Richard Wolff discusses his conviction that making the transition from capitalism to socialism requires a deliberate critique of workplace organization.
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How Exactly Do Colleges Allocate Their Financial Aid? They Won’t Say
Universities rarely release the specific criteria behind their aid decisions. Could a little-known regulation help open the black box?
The Next Obama Budget: The Chained CPI and the “Era of Austerity“
There are two debates underway about President Obama's upcoming budget: One involves the President's proclamation that this budget will signal the “end of austerity,” while the other involves the …
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Henry Giroux on Resisting the Neoliberal Revolution
Henry Giroux: The notion of the “Deep State” as outlined by Mike Lofgren is not enough to simply expose the hidden institutions and structures of power.
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Juan Cole on the Vulnerability of the Network
There is much that is valuable in Mike Lofgren's explication of vast network of unaccountable governmental and private institutions, which he calls the “Deep State.”
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Andrew Bacevich on Washington’s Tacit Consensus
What words best describe present-day Washington politics? “Tacit consensus,” would be a good start.
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Heidi Boghosian on Mass Surveillance
Mike Lofgren's exceptional essay, “Anatomy of the Deep State,” delivers the roadmap that bewildered Americans need to navigate the past year's glut of news about mass surveillance.
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Danielle Brian on Legalized Corruption
Mike Lofgren shines a light on the secret web of influence-peddling that spreads far and wide beneath the surface of our democracy in his essay on what he calls …
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Thailand and Shinawatra: Errors, Omissions From the Left
People in the Western world are being fed lies about the reasons for the demonstrations in Thailand.