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Bearing the Weight (2)
Afghans have no choice but to be resilient: A look at the challenges and successes of one of Afghanistan's 700,000 people left disabled by violence.
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REVOLT! Dennis Trainor Jr. Live at Washington, DC’s Freedom Plaza
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Got Class Warfare? Occupy Wall Street Now!
Class warfare has once again entered the vocabulary of mainstream national politics, but with a strange twist.
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“The Whole World Is Watching!” “Enough!” Shouts Occupy Wall Street
New York City - Wednesday, October 5 constituted the largest mass action so far in support of the Occupy Wall Street activists who have established a base camp in …
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Free Trade Is Ravaging National Economies
(Image: JR / Truthout) Equal trade, fair trade, honest, decent trade requires reasonable balance between trading partners and strong domestic economies. When that happens, Adam Smith’s model …
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Unequal Wealth
(Image: JR / Truthout) In the absence of the controls recommended by the Founders and early state regulation, corporations have continued to grow in size and power …
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Bees: The Threatened Link in Food Security
Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites that we eat… They are vital in our agricultural industry and essential for the survival of the almost 7 billion …
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Unequal Citizenship and Access to the Commons
(Image: JR / Truthout) There are resources and there are resources. For corporations, resources include raw materials, labor, the property and the equipment they use, the talents …
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Rev. Jesse Jackson on Taxing the Rich, Occupy Wall Street Protest and Palestinian Statehood (2)
On Monday, President Obama proposed a new tax on millionaires as part of his plan to close the deficit and responded to opponents who have labeled his plan "class …
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Robert Reich | Will Obama’s Deficit Plan Jumpstart the Economy?
Lawrence O'Donnell gets analysis from former US Labor Secretary Robert Reich on President Obama's plan for taxin the rich as a way to cut the deficit.