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Gar Alperovitz’s Green Party Keynote: We Are Laying Groundwork for the “Next Great Revolution”
I urge that you sit back and say, am I up to that or am I just doing politics, or am I really up to that. Now the that …
Immigration, Racism and the Supreme Court
In a victory for those who support a humane immigration policy, the Court overturned three sections of SB 1070: Arizona cannot criminalize unlawful presence in the United States, or …
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Scandal-Plagued Congressman to Give Ethics Lecture to Crowd of Lobbyists
Jerry Lewis won't run for re-election and is already scouting job opportunities at lobbying firms.
We Live in the Biggest Company Town on Earth
Sound familiar? It is an old and cruel tactic in any company town. Reduce wages and benefits to subsistence level. Break unions. Gut social assistance programs. Buy and sell …
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To Disagree Is to Be Put on the Enemies List
Howard Zinn: As the economic situation of the universities becomes more precarious and faculties shrink, it becomes easier to get rid of undesirables, whether political dissidents or just troublesome …
Economic Update: What Are the Social Costs of Capitalist Mega-Corporations?
This episode provides an update on the widening LIBOR scandal and the fine Wells Fargo received for overcharging African-American and Hispanic families on their mortgages. The segment ends with …
The 1% Connection: Mexico and the United States, Crony Capitalism and the Exploitation of Labor Through NAFTA
Slim obtained (with some other backers) a monopoly on the telephone system in Mexico, guaranteed for years
Bread and Roses: The Battle Cry of the American Labor Movement
Bread and roses. It was the battle cry of the thousands of striking women and their supporters who marched through the streets of Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912, in the …
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Banksters Take Us to the Brink
Moyers and Winship: You wonder why the banksters still roam free, like gunslingers in a Wild West town without a sheriff.
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Minnesota Amish vs. Fracking
Does the industry's ongoing land grab clash with the fundamental tenets of the Amish population?