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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Revolution
(Photo: Lance Page / Truthout) 1. Entrance October 28 The man sitting behind the chain barrier between Portland, Oregon's Lownsdale Square and …
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Europe Takes a Big Step on Debt, EU Integration
Washington — European leaders closed a pivotal week Friday with an agreement in principle to join a new treaty that would force all but one European Union nation into …
Move Your Money, Change the System
Occupy LA - November 5, 2011, Bank Transfer Day. (Photo: too many jennifers) Inspired by the Occupy movements around the country, nearly two-thirds of a million Americans …
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Healers, Torture and National Security
An interrogation room at Guantanamo Bay as seen on March 19, 2004. Detainees wear shackles that are attached to the ring on the floor. (Photo: Angel Franco / The …
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Saving the Forests with Indigenous Knowledge
Durban, South Africa - For the Laibon community, a sub-tribe of Kenya’s Maasai ethnic group, the 33,000-hectare Loita Forest in the country’s Rift Valley Province is more than just …
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Finally, Higher Taxes for the 1% – Is Occupy Behind Governors’ Moves to Make the Wealthy Pay Their Share?
This week the New York State Senate and Assembly near-unanimously passed a measure that would increase the top tax rate on the state's wealthiest citizens — at Gov. Andrew …
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EPA Links Tainted Water in Wyoming to Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas
Denver - Chemicals used to hydraulically fracture rocks in drilling for natural gas in a remote valley in central Wyoming are the likely cause of contaminated local water supplies, …
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NPR Tries to Track Down Those Millionaire Job Creators
Dean Baker (12/9/11) flagged this NPR Morning Edition report today (12/9/11), and it's well worth a positivity. In the debate over the payroll tax cut, Democrats want …
Ex-Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Greece’s Fiscal Crisis and Why He Backs Occupy Movement
In an exclusive interview, we speak with former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who is attending the U.N. climate change summit in Durban, South Africa. Papandreou was forced to …
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Obama Endorses Decision to Limit Morning-After Pill
Washington - President Obama, who took office pledging to put science ahead of politics, averted a skirmish with conservatives in the nation’s culture wars on Thursday by endorsing his …