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The Way to Occupy a Bank Is to Own One (2)
Occupy Wall Street has been both criticized and applauded for not endorsing any official platform. But there are unofficial platforms, including one titled the "99 percent Declaration," which calls …
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Going Postal
There was a time not too long ago when mantles lined with Christmas cards were as ubiquitous as Christmas trees, when birthdays bestowed us with similar arrays, when the …
Truthout’s Jason Leopold Speaks to RT About Increase in Veterans’ Suicides
With the thousands of lives lost in Iraq, more US soldiers are dying of suicide then dying in battle. In 2010, 468 US troops committed suicide and an average …
Afghanistan Chronicles, Part 3: Children of Terror
Afghanistan has been at war, with little respite, since the Soviet Union invaded the country in 1979. Only the enemies and uniforms have changed. The physical devastation of the …
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Re-Occupy: A Movement Seeks a Sanctuary
As Occupy Wall Street’s birthday party got going, the mood was mixed—not unlike the mood with which, in a series of improvisations, the movement began three months earlier on …
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Revolutions Don’t Happen in a Day: Five Ways OWS Can Stay Powerful and Truly Build a Movement
On September 17, we took Liberty Square, used it to begin to create the social norms and institutions of a society to come, and became the Occupy movement. We …
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Compassion Is Our New Currency: Notes on 2011’s Preoccupied Hearts and Minds
Usually at year’s end, we’re supposed to look back at events just passed — and forward, in prediction mode, to the year to come. But just look around you! …
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EPA Caps Toxic Air Pollution From Power Plants After Years of Industry Opposition
More than 20 years after Congress passed the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Wednesday new national standards that will limit the amount of mercury, …
Congress Moves Toward Tougher Stand on Pipeline Safety, But is it Enough?
A bill to strengthen pipeline safety regulations passed the House and Senate last week and now awaits President Obama’s signature. But while many applaud Congress’s move toward more oversight, …
Democrats Are Still Compromising Away Women’s Rights – What’s Wrong with the Pro-Choice Movement’s Strategy?
On December 7, when Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made her decision to overrule the FDA's recommendation that Plan B One-Step, the morning-after contraceptive pill, should be …