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April 6’s Arab Spring Leaders Speak to the American Autumn
A few organizers of the protests of Tahrir Square, Egypt, visited Occupy Wall Street on October 24. (Photo: NLNY) "Its like a football game between Egypt and …
Communicating via People Pedal Power
A bicycle-powered generator supplies power to a radio. (Photo: kaputniq) One single bicycle - and many pedaling people - powers Occupy San Francisco's media center: three laptops, …
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Regulators Investigating MF Global for Missing Money
Federal regulators have discovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in customer money has gone missing from MF Global in recent days, prompting an investigation into the brokerage firm, …
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Will Federal Refinancing Program Help States Most in Need?
San Francisco - Nearly 1 million struggling homeowners nationwide could get a lifeline to stave off foreclosure, thanks to changes to a federal housing program. The …
Delaware Attorney General Sues Mortgage Electronic Measuring System, Calls for Halt to Foreclosures
The mortgage securitization industry has just had a new major front open on its battle with those who are less than happy with the way it has run roughshod …
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ICE Agent During Search: “The Warrant Is Coming Out of My Balls“
(Photo: United States Federal Government / Wikimedia) The ACLU of Tennessee filed a lawsuit this week in federal court on behalf of fifteen residents of an apartment …
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Gandhi’s Wings: Occupy Wall Street and the Redistribution of Anxiety
It's my home — last night I dreamt that I grew wings I found a place where they could hear me when I sing —"Wings" by …
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Have and Have-Not Nation
Washington - The hard-right conservatives who dominate the Republican Party claim to despise the redistribution of wealth, but secretly they love it — as long as the process involves …
Occupy Movement Underutilizes Potential to Challenge War Economy
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Iraq War Vet Hospitalized With Fractured Skull After Being Shot by Police at Occupy Oakland Protest (2)
Thousands of people reclaimed the Occupy Oakland encampment in front of City Hall Wednesday after police dispersed them twice on Tuesday — first in a pre-dawn raid on the …