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Think Your Money Is Safe in an Insured Bank Account? Think Again
Ellen Brown: The ‘bail in’ of depositor funds is now being made official European Union policy.
The 1% Want Your Kidney: Tales of Redistribution
A Bush-era economist recently likened progressive taxation to forceful kidney removal. Dean Baker puts his claim in context.
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Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers’ Stories: Richard Wembe Johnson
A prisoner on hunger strike in California shares his story of years spent in isolation.
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GOP Choice
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Moderate
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Austerity Discredited, Not Defeated – Time to Fight for Jobs and Growth
Austerity has been intellectually discredited in recent months. But conservative spending cuts still dominate policy.
Truthout TV Interviews Mark Karlin About the Recent Court Ruling on Jeff Olsen
Mark addresses the wider legal implications of the case.
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Can We Afford to Wait for Redistribution?
The u2018marketu2019 isnu2019t working for working people. The rich have rigged the rules. We ought to keep trying, of course, to reduce the resulting inequality. But why not, unions …
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Guantanamo Reports 106 Captives Still on Hunger Strike
The figure of hunger strikers has only risen since the military acknowledged the protest in March.
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Pelican Bay Two Years Later: Those Still Buried Alive Vowing Hunger Strike “Till the End“
Prisoners are calling for a hunger strike to begin on July 8, 2013, vowing not to eat until their demands are met.