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“Thank You Anarchy” Author and Wall Street Occupier Nathan Schneider on the Movement’s True Power
Nathan Schneider, author of the just-published ‘Thank You Anarchy, Notes From the Occupy Apocalypse’ tells Truthout he has been changed irrevocably by the movement, of which Zuccotti Park was …
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Slick, the Chumps and the Bars: How the Free Market Is Sucking the Middle Class Dry
Let's analyze our current economic situation vis-u00e0-vis a simple example that cuts through all the arguments and charts and statistics and gets to the heart of the matter.
Poor Prospects in a “Middle Class” Society
One of the biggest myths about the United States is that it's a mostly ‘middle class’ society, with poverty confined to a minority of the population; the reality is …
Middle Class Squeezed – I Mean Literally Squished
As more and more of the gains from our economy go to a few at the top the rest of us get squeezed - literally.
Judges’ “Mitigation of Damages” Doctrine Harms Injured Employees
Judicial amendment to the NLRA violates public and personal rights by denying wrongfully fired employees legal remedies.
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Concentrated, Privatized Wealth or Shared Prosperity and Economic Democracy?
It is going to take action from below to create an economy that puts people and the planet before profits.
Richard Wolff: Detroit a “Spectacular Failure” of System that Redistributes Pay from Bottom to Top
Kicking off a series of speeches about the economy, President Obama told a crowd in Illinois on Wednesday that reversing growing inequality and rejuvenating the middle class
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The American Dream was Never to be Rich
Time and time again, there have been efforts made to control royalty and nobility in America.
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The Structural Genocide That Is Capitalism
The internal logic of capitalism results in structural violence that includes genocide, a review of Garry Leech's new book argues.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Sanders to Introduce Bill to Fund Youth Jobs With $3 Billion, and More
In today's On the News segment: Billionaire admits to Senate subcommittee that middle class, not rich ‘job creators,’ anchors of the US economy.