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Maude Barlow: Water, Free Trade Agreements (TTIP) and Activism
Maude Barlow, a Canadian author and the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, discusses the issues that surround water, the impact of free trade agreements and the role …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: It Cost Corporations Less Than $18,000 per Vote to Get “Fast Track” Passed, and More
In today's On the News segment: It cost corporations less than $18,000 per vote to get “fast track” passed in the United States Senate; Barcelona, Spain, has voted against austerity; the …
The Limited “Victory” Won by Mexican Farm Workers
If they continue to stand their ground, the farm workers of San Quintin have a good chance of winning.
Economic Update: The New Deal Lives
This episode provides updates on Larry Summers, and more.
Congress Can – and Should – Declassify the TPP
Members of Congress could share the secret TPP text with the US people.
Julian Assange on the TPP: Secretive Deal Isn’t About Trade, but Corporate Control
WikiLeaks published leaked chapters of the secret TPP.
Scott Walker Dumped as Chair of the Jobs Agency He Created
As allegations of cronyism and corruption engulf the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, Gov. Scott Walker has been removed as chairman.
“The Art of the Gouge”: NYU as a Model for Predatory Higher Education
New York University has been operating as a real estate development or management business with a predatory higher education side venture.
A Tale of Two Supermarkets: One Transition Town’s Efforts to Respond to Gentrification
It takes much more than one project or policy to address gentrification. It takes a movement.
The Worst of All Possible Worlds: Did Market Leninism Win the Cold War?
Instead of the best of all possible worlds, the international community now faces an unholy trinity of authoritarian politics, cutthroat economics and Big Brother surveillance.