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The Ivory Cage and the Ghosts of Academe: Labor and Struggle in the Edu-Factory
The energy dedicated to the university by students, staff and the public is harnessed to reproduce a hierarchical, commercialized, debt-driven institution.
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Koch Brothers, Major Corporations Sponsor Pension Reform Seminar for Judges
As state courts across the nation prepare to referee numerous public pension reform disputes, the Koch brothers will next week be among interested parties to sponsor an expenses-paid …
Hand in Hand With US Government, Big Pharma Pushes for More Profits
Pharmaceutical companies, with the help of the US government, are now coercing countries to adopt more stringent intellectual property protection.
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Earth: Game Over?
John Feffer: We're in the middle of a sixth mass extinction, and this will be the first one - and possibly the last - we will witness as human …
The Bleaching of San Francisco: Extreme Gentrification and Suburbanized Poverty in the Bay Area
San Francisco is experiencing a wave of unprecedented hyper-gentrification and urban removal.
Big Data’s Big Image Problem
This week the White House completes its big data policy review. Improving public perception of “big data” requires more than another report: Organizations need to improve transparency, be more …
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Social Change: We Are the Problem We Are Seeking to Solve
Social change movements want to fix a world dominated by exploitative relationships. Most social change theory aims at fixing particular systems, practices, toolkits, etc. Theory that works from the …
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Abe’s NSA? The Japanese Government Embraces Secrecy
In an effort to please the United States, Japan's Parliament made NSA-like provisions law.
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Billionaires Score Big Win With McCutcheon Decision
The Supreme Court's majority ruled that a government of, by, and for the wealthy isn't corrupt.
Seymour Hersh Reveals Potential Turkish Role in Syria Chemical Strike That Almost Sparked US Bombing
Was Turkey behind last year's Syrian chemical weapons attack?