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Economy & Labor

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Economy & Labor

Unequal Protection: Jefferson Versus the Corporate Aristocracy

Thomas Jefferson. (Image: Gilbert Stuart / cliff1066™; Edited: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Although the first shots were fired in 1775 and the Declaration was signed in…
by
Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
April 19, 2011
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The Boston Tea Party Revealed
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Economy & Labor

Unequal Protection: The Boston Tea Party Revealed

The battle between the small businessmen of America and the huge multinational East India Company actually began in Pennsylvania, according to Hewes.
by
Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
April 12, 2011
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Unequal Protection: The Corporate Conquest of America
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Economy & Labor

Unequal Protection: The Corporate Conquest of America

While corporations can live forever, exist in several different places at the same time, change their identities at will, and even chop off parts of themselves or sprout…
by
Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
April 8, 2011
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"Unequal Protection": The Deciding Moment
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Economy & Labor

Unequal Protection: The Deciding Moment?

Part of the American Revolution was about to be lost a century after it had been fought.
by
Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
April 8, 2011
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"Unequal Protection": Banding Together for the Common Good
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Economy & Labor

Unequal Protection: Banding Together for the Common Good

This new corporate entity was, of course, not something that was physically real; it was an agreement, a so-called legal fiction authorized by a government.
by
Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
April 8, 2011
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Unequal Protection
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Economy & Labor

Unequal Protection: The Battle to Save Democracy

Over the past century, corporations have repeatedly asserted that they are, in fact, “persons” and therefore eligible for the human rights protections of the Bill of Rights –…
by
Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
March 8, 2011
Truthout
Economy & Labor

As GOP Appears to Win Extension of Bush Era Tax Cuts for Wealthy, Rev. Jesse Jackson Calls for “War on Poverty“

Rev. Jesse Jackson describes our current moment as one of ‘exceptional poverty’ and is calling on President Obama to hold a bipartisan meeting on hunger and poverty.
by
Amy Goodman &
Juan González,
Democracy Now!
December 2, 2010
Truthout
Economy & Labor

Eleven Ways to Rebuild Our Country

Alexander Hamilton’s strategic proposals for American manufacturing built the greatest industrial powerhouse the world had ever seen — before they were abandoned.
by
Thom Hartmann,
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
November 8, 2010
Truthout
The Disappearing Intellectual
Economy & Labor

The Disappearing Intellectual in the Age of Economic Darwinism

We live at a time that might be appropriately called the age of the disappearing intellectual, a disappearance that marks with disgrace a particularly dangerous period in American…
by
Henry A. Giroux,
Truthout
July 13, 2010
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Man in the shadows behind dollar sign
Economy & Labor

Financial Reform Makes Headway; Jobs and Social Security in Jeopardy

Two critical Wall Street reforms, once declared dead by U.S. megabanks, are suddenly close to Congressional approval.
by
Zach Carter,
The Media Consortium
June 15, 2010
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