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Dennis Kucinich and Chris Hedges on the 99 Percent
This week on Truthdig Radio in collaboration with KPFK: Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Chris Hedges explain why the 99 percenters are “the best among us.” Plus: Occupy L.A., Obama’s …
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Occupy Wall Street March Gets Massive Turnout; 28 Arrested in Police Crackdown
AMY GOODMAN: I’m Amy Goodman. JUAN GONZALEZ: And I’m Juan Gonzalez. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers around the country and around the world. Labor …
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How (and Why) to Co-Opt Those Cops on Wall Street
The young (and not-so-young) protesters who came to Occupy Wall Street — and have stayed despite mass arrests — deserve thanks from the “99 percent” of Americans they claim …
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The Week Politics Changed
Washington - American politics reached a pivot point this week. A new story line will now define how voters and the media see what's going on. Since …
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What Do They Want? Justice
How can anyone possessed of the faintest sense of social justice not thrill to the Occupy Wall Street movement now spreading throughout the country? One need not be religiously …
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Economic “Experts” Got Crisis All Wrong
(Image: CartoonArts International/The New York Times Syndicate) It took bad thinking and bad policy by many players to get us into the state we’re in; rarely in …
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When IPS and the Heritage Foundation Agree that Something’s a Bad Idea, It Probably Does Stink
Sens. Kay Hagan (D-NC) and John McCain (R-AZ) have announced plans to introduce a bill tomorrow that would let U.S. companies bring home as much as $1.4 trillion of …
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Union Movement Opens ‘Arms and Hearts’ to Occupy Wall Street Activists
In a statement released this afternoon supporting the growing Occupy Wall Street movement, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says: Occupy Wall Street has captured the imagination …
Obama Supports Occupy Wall Street
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Calling Wall Street a ‘Gambling Casino,’ Democratic Rep. DeFazio Proposes Financial Transactions Tax
Echoing the demands of the Occupy Wall Street protesters, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) is proposing to tax the trading of stocks, bonds, and derivatives. DeFazio, along with his Senate …