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Report: US Needs to Encourage Economic Reforms in Cuba
Miami - A new report says the United States needs to do more to encourage market reforms and restructuring in Cuba as it tries to bolster its crumbling economy. …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Weekend Sees Crackdowns Against Occupy Camps Nationwide, and More
In today's On the News segment: Weekend sees a spate of crackdowns against Occupy camps nationwide, new report foreshadows global economic slowdown, reports surface on social media of sabotage …
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At Least 6 Occupy Encampments Attacked Across America, But Protesters Willing to Fight
Over the weekend, police evicted and/or attacked several Occupy encampments across America, sending a clear message: the cops, and the corporate banks, have apparently imposed a time limit on …
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Wielding Assault Rifles, Police Arrest Chapel Hill Occupiers Of Building Left Derelict By Developer
Wielding assault rifles, about 20 police in riot gear stormed a derelict commercial property in the heart of Chapel Hill, NC, on Sunday afternoon, arresting activists who had taken …
We Are Failing the Women and Children of Afghanistan – and Our Own
(Photo: Johnny Barber) In Kabul, the children are everywhere. You see them scrounging through trash. You see them doing manual labor in the auto body shops, the …
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Vultures’ Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates and High-Finance Carnivores
Greg Palast. (Photo: Dutton Adult) It’s all my fault, because I’m such a cheap bastard. I was told to rent a white van, something nondescript that painters …
War Is a Force That Pays the 1 Percent: Occupying American Foreign Policy
The man on the left served with the Marines in Southern Afghanistan from 2001-2006. The man on the right is now a public school teacher who served with the …
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Occupy Wall Street: Crafting a Constitutional Amendment to Stop the 1%
We’ve seen the signs and heard the chants: “Abolish Corporate Personhood!” I’m very sympathetic to the cause of reducing the power of big business corporations to control …
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Big Change Whether We Like It or Not
In every aspect of human existence, change is a constant. Yet change that actually matters occurs only rarely. Even then, except in retrospect, genuinely transformative change is difficult …
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Big Corporation, Tiny Heart
How small can a giant corporation get? I don't mean in size, but in spirit. Once again, America's biggest commercial empire — Walmart — is displaying its …