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The Crash of 1929 Was Just a Prelude: Truthout Interviews Whistleblower-Novelist Nomi Prins
Nomi Prins, author of “Black Tuesday.” (Photo: Official Nomi Prins Page) Nomi Prins: Into the crash of 1929, there were six big banks. Their leaders controlled most …
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This Is What America Looks Like
Protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park in New York, November 15, 2011. After being evicted by the police Tuesday morning, several hundred Occupy Wall Street …
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Occupy: Cathedrals and Ivory Towers
This past weekend in the UK saw people walking about sporting red poppies on their lapels. It was Armistice Day on Friday, November 11, and Sunday, November 13 was …
Occupy Wall Street Protest Live Blog
This blog will feature Truthout's live coverage of the Occupy movement's national day of protest today. Our editors will be summarizing news from around the country. Matt Renner (Truthout's …
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What Do You Do When You Can’t Shut It Down?
Demonstrators with Occupy Wall Street react to heavy rain at the encampment in Zuccotti Park, in New York, on October 14, 2011. (Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times) …
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Bank of America: Always Thinking of You
One way you can tell that a bank is in trouble is that it suddenly starts buying full-page ads in newspapers across the country that tell us what great …
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The Long Shadows of Nixon and Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover. (Photo: Wikimedia) J. Edgar Hoover passed away on May 2, 1972. The legendary FBI director lay in state at the Capitol rotunda, the doors …
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Occupy Movement Prepares for Mass Day of Action in Defiance of Crackdowns
(Photo: Timothy Krause / Flickr) Thursday, November 17, marks the two-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, and an international day of nonviolent direct action has been called …
After the Zuccotti Park Raid
It was strange, after all these weeks, to be on the outside looking in at a new set of occupiers who were there because they have the guns and …