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Thirty Thousand Chinese “Occupy” Highway to Protest Polluting Coal Plants
Tens of thousands of residents in China’s southern Guandong Province gathered in the streets yesterday, occupying a highway to demonstrate against the development of a new coal plant near …
Grover Norquist’s Real Game: Shifting Power and Wealth to the One Percent
Grover Norquist is fast becoming the man everyone loves to hate – except those who fear him. Norquist, the leader of Americans for Tax Reform, …
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Greg Palast: Our Photographer – and His Lens – Busted at Occupy
(Photo: Zach D. Roberts) “So this bishop, three priests and a comedian are locked up together in this paddy wagon and ... ” "Zach! This …
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George Monbiot: This Bastardised Libertarianism Makes “Freedom” an Instrument of Oppression
Freedom: who could object? Yet this word is now used to justify a thousand forms of exploitation. Throughout the rightwing press and blogosphere, among thinktanks and governments, the word …
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Missoula’s Supremely Important Vote
In November's elections, the national media gave extensive coverage to a proposed “personhood amendment” to Mississippi's state constitution. This extremist, anti-choice ballot initiative declared that a person's life begins …
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The Four Occupations of Planet Earth
Demonstrators protest the government of Vladimir Putin and results of the recent parliamentary elections, in Moscow, December 10, 2011. (Photo: James Hill/The New York Times) On the …
Cop Art: The Rise of the Citizen Satirist
(Image: janie-jones / Casually Pepper Spraying Cop Tumblr) “My name only comes up when some a-hole wants to end an argument..., ” Adolf Hitler yells to his …
Ethnic Media: Where Do Immigrants Stand on Occupy?
Members of the Occupy movement block the entrance to docks at the Port of Oakland, Calif., Dec. 12, 2011. Demonstrators blocked the gates of several West Coast ports Monday, …
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Occupy the Constitution: Get Money Out of Politics!
One of the most popular 99% Movement and Occupy Wall Street issues is getting money out of politics. In a country where the candidate who spends the most money …
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Marines Promoted Inflated Story for Medal of Honor Recipient
Washington - With Dakota Meyer standing at attention in his dress uniform, sweat glistening on his forehead under the television lights, President Barack Obama extolled the former Marine corporal …