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Hewn in Veins of Blood: Divine Law, Nationalism, and the Hierarchy of Oppression
The question of so-called “illegals,” or undocumented immigrants, is most often settled without ever questioning the purpose of those laws.
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Chris Hedges | Capitalism, Not Government Is the Problem
Our corporate masters have set in place laws that, when we rise up, will permit the state to herd us like sheep into military detention camps. Section 1021(b)(2) of …
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The World Has Nothing to Fear From the US Losing Power
As China looks set to overtake the US as the world's largest economy, a multipolar world can only be good for democracy.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Super-Rich Don’t Make Money by Hard Work, and More
For most of our lives, we've been taught that hard work pays off, but most of the super-rich don't make their money by working hard, and more.
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What’s Really Driving Inequality?
The World Bank is driving the inequality that is a defining problem of our times through its “Doing Business” rankings and criteria.
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A Fish Swims Like a Fish
The loss of sincerity, of humility as a product of deep practice is anethema to the corporate culture industry. Sincerity is vulnerability, it is the deep strength of a …
One in Three US Deaths Would Be Avoided if US Income Distribution Was the Same as Most European Countries
Study: Those who live in societies with a higher level of income inequality are at a greater risk for premature death.
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Oligarchy USA
At long last, we have irrefutable proof that the one indispensable nation has been subsumed by a bona fide oligarchy.
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Conservatives Are Scared Straight by a Frenchman
Raise the Capital Gains tax to 39 percent, where the earned income tax is. It's easy. Reagan actually did it - for one year.
Greek Politics Four Years After the Financial Crisis
Leo Panitch on the left Coalition: Syriza and the struggle against austerity.