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How the 99% Can Take Their Country Back from the 1%
The 1% cannot be defeated by competing on their terms, money. They can only be defeated by organizing cooperative, informed, enlightened, motivated action by all of the 99%.
The Oligarchy Doesn’t Care About Democracy, Just Rigged Markets
Nomi Prins writes a painstakingly researched history of the financial industry's collusion with the White House to create a self-serving United States financial policy.
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As Parents Struggle To Repay College Loans for Their Children, Taxpayers Also Stand To Lose
New Department of Education data shows rising default rates on federal loans to parents.
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After Death of Radical Mayor, Mississippi’s Capital Wrestles With His Economic Vision
Laura Flanders: Chokwe Lumumba's economic vision should be carried on.
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Mike Lofgren | Can’t We Just Say the Roberts Court Is Corrupt?
John Roberts knows he was appointed to be a Supreme Court justice for one reason: to decide relevant cases on behalf of corporate interests, which he has done with …
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Want To Fight the Corporate Takeover? Start With a Pint at the Pub
The British government is reversing damage done to local economies by the Great Recession by protecting local pubs.
Truthout Interviews Featuring Panayota Gounari on Greece, Neoliberalism, and the Crisis of Capitalism
In a sort of orgy of social necrophilia, the Greek government trumpets the “success” of austerity as the people of Greece suffer high unemployment, a shrinking of social services, …
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Why We Need A 10.4 Million Jobs Plan
It doesn't matter what Friday's report of the March job numbers shows. If you listed our national problems in order of priority, jobs has to be at or near …
Transformation of US Semiconductor Industry
Globalization led to the transformation of the entire US Semiconductor Industry from a few Independent Device Manufacturers (IDMs) to several fabless small businesses leading to new innovations in the …
Waving Free-Market Flag Brings Out Worst In Capitalism
We should be thinking outside of the box of capitalism — in particular, supporting the emerging solidarity economy.