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Economy & Labor
What Drives US Foreign Policy Towards Israel?
Andrew Levine says that Cold War strategic thinking about the Middle East is no longer relevant.
Economic Update: Big Economic Changes
This episode covers the new census data, a Kentucky town going “socialist,” a workers' co-op in Maine, big wage theft and economic insecurity.
The Federal Reserve Makes “Effort” to Rein in Big Banks
Federal Reserve is proposing a new rule to rein in big banks that are too big to fail.
Participatory Intoxication: ESOP and New Belgium Brewing Company
We exist in this world and we should take every line of fight out of the maddening system we can, any opportunity to weaken the stranglehold centralized wealth holds …
“Insanity”: CODEPINK’s Medea Benjamin on Obama Plan to Bomb Syria, Expand Iraq Attacks
The Pentagon has announced it will soon start flying bombing missions out of the Kurdish region of northern Iraq as part of an expanded US-led military campaign against militants …
The Bennis Plan: Here Is a Real Strategy for Dealing With ISIS
Institute for Policy Studies fellow Phyllis Bennis says military strategies have failed; only a political and diplomatic solution will work.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Considers Amendment on Campaign Finance, and More
n today's On the News segment: The United States Senate considers a constitutional amendment on campaign finance.
Shh! Life in a State of Surveillance
Nowadays it seems everyone wants to get their hands on our personal data.
David Harvey and Gar Alperovitz on Cooperation and Capitalism
David Harvey and Gar Alperovitz dig into the failure of capitalism, the hope presented by worker co-ops, and what activists fighting for a just economy must do to get …
Economic Update: Corporations Are the Problem
This episode covers Market Basket workers' recent victory, top paid asset managers, Chipotle's gross inequality, Montreal corruption and the Russia/China economic alliance.