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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Backlash Against GOP Governors Who Attacked Labor Unions This Year Begins, and More
In today's On the News segment: Libyan Leader Moammar Qaddafi was buried in Libya today, backlash is underway against Republican governors who attacked labor unions this year, Republicans aren't …
Glenn Greenwald: Why Is the Elite Class Protected Under America’s Justice System?
Glenn Greenwald, author of "With Liberty and Justice for Some.” (Photo: Wikimedia) Glenn Greenwald: Actually, what is happening with the Occupy Wall Street protests is as perfect …
Goldman Sachs v. Occupy Wall Street: A Greg Palast Investigation
A controversy in the banking community has arisen around the Occupy Wall Street movement. Greg Palast investigates the story behind Goldman Sachs’ recent decision to pull out of a …
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From Tahrir to Wall Street: Egyptian Revolutionary Asmaa Mahfouz Speaks at Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street received a surprise visit Monday from several leading Egyptian activists, including 26-year-old Asmaa Mahfouz. She is one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement, …
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My Vision of the 99 Percent Street Protests: A Balanced Empowerment Society
The 99 percent protests are telling us that electoral politics are dead. They are telling us a coup is occurring in which deliberative democracy is being replaced by a …
Putting the Global Occupy Movement in Context: Who Are These Protesters, and What Do They Want?
At first glance, the synchronized protests that took place in more than 900 cities around the globe on Oct. 15 seemed to indicate that Occupy Wall Street had achieved …
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China’s Policies Do Matter
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) I thought I should offer a brief note about one of the arguments people make against the government’s …
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Women Seek to Set Their Stamp
Tunis - Nine months after a popular election toppled the dictatorship of former Tunisian president Zine Abidine Ben Ali, voters headed to the polls Sunday to cast their ballots …
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53 Bodies Found in Libya Raise More Questions about Fighters
Fifty-three bodies discovered over the weekend were those of loyalists of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi who appeared to have been executed after capture, the latest in a string …
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The Teachers’ Union Hypothesis
For the past couple of months, Steve Brill’s new book has served to step up the eternally-beneath-the-surface hypothesis that teachers’ unions are the primary obstacle to improving educational outcomes …